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Scharwenka

American  
[shahr-veng-kah] / ʃɑrˈvɛŋ kɑ /

noun

  1. (Ludwig) Philipp 1847–1917, German composer.

  2. his brother (Franz) Xaver 1850–1924, German pianist and composer.


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Le Salon de Musiques The intimate chamber-music series presents “Virtuosic Performance,” a program of works for strings and piano by Bach, Chopin, Saint-Saëns and Philipp Scharwenka.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2019

Le Salon de Musiques The intimate chamber-music series presents works for piano and strings by Robert Schumann and Xaver and Philipp Scharwenka.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2017

Le Salon de Musiques The intimate chamber-music series offers works for piano and strings by Robert Schumann and Xaver and Philipp Scharwenka.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2017

The second upon the list is Xaver Scharwenka, born at Samper, January 6, 1850.

From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews

In 1891 Scharwenka came to New York to establish a conservatory there.

From Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression by James Francis Cooke

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