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Phone: 212-860-5541 * Fax: 917-677-8247
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Price: $350.00 |
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TRIMMED AT BASE WITH SLIGHT AGE TONING, OTHERWISE FINE CONDITION |
ERNESTO CONSOLO - PIANIST |
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Autographed 5” x 8” inscribed Varischi Artico of Milan presentation photograph to piano manufacturer Gabriel Gaveau and his wife, Paris, 20 December, 1904.
Consolo, (1864-1931) English born, was a student of Liszt pupil Giovanni Sgambati in Rome and Karl Reinecke in Leipzig. The pianist was championed by Ferrucio Busoni who recommended him to Mahler as a soloist for his concerts with the New York Philharmonic. Unbeknownst to anyone, Consolo would be the last soloist to play with Gustav Mahler as conductor. They performed Giuseppe Martucci’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the New York Philharmonic on 21 February, 1911. Both, Ferrucio Busoni and Arturo Toscanini were present at Carnegie Hall to hear both of their friends make music.
Consolo taught at Chicago Musical College from 1906-1909 and later moved to Switzerland and finally to Florence, Italy. In Florence he settled down as a teacher, composer and chamber musician, one of his pupils was the composer, Luigi Dallapiccola. He also founded “The Society of the Friends of Music” there. One of Consolo’s frequent chamber music partners in his later years was the cellist, Enrico Mainardi. The pianist gave a long interview to author-pianist Harriet Brower, which is featured in her well known book, Piano Mastery. He is buried in the British cemetery in Florence.
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