Artur Schnabel

Artur Schnabel was an Austrian-American classical pianist, composer and pedagogue. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th century's most respected and important pianists, his playing displayed marked vitality, profundity and spirituality in the Austro-German classics, particularly the works of Beethoven and Schubert.

17 April 1882

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Born in the same month (April 1882): Albert Coates (musician) • Auguste Herbin • Fred McLeod (golfer) • Frederick Francis IV • Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman • Holland Smith • Kurt von Schleicher • Leopold Stokowski • Moritz Schlick • Natalia Sedova • Otz Tollen • Percy Williams Bridgman • Philippe Desranleau • Seth Bingham