Arthur Loesser
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American classical pianist, teacher and writer (1894–1969)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1910-06-29
- Active to
- 1969-07-28
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- 133
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Arthur Loesser (August 26, 1894 – January 5, 1969) was an American classical pianist and writer. Born into a musical family, Loesser received early training from his father until he began lessons with Zygmunt Stojowski at the Institute of Musical Art, now called the Juilliard School.[1][2] Loesser was the author of the books Humor in American Song[3] and Men, Women, and Pianos: A Social History. He also wrote program notes for the Cleveland Orchestra and liner notes for recordings by Vladimi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arthur
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Cleveland
- Sibling
- Frank Loesser
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Juilliard School
- Employer
- Cleveland Institute of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of birth
- 1894-08-26
- date of death
- 1969-01-04
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- student
- Anton Kuerti
- writing language
- English language
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