Ignaz Friedman: Romantic Master Pianist

Allan Evans's groundbreaking biography of Ignaz Friedman gives the reader
the behind and the between of the life and career of this extraordinary pianist.
Friedman's repertory emphasized the major works of Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, and
Brahms, but he was perhaps best known for his interpretation of the Chopin mazurkas,
which by all accounts he played with the same rhythmic nuance as their composer.
Evans examines Friedman's life as a cultured Jewish musician from Poland; his
studies in Leipzig and Vienna; his marriage to Manya Schidlowsky -- a Russian
countess and relative of Tolstoy; and his performing career, teaching, and
retirement in Australia.