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Emanuel Feuermann

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Austrian musician (1902-1942)

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November 22, 1902, Kolomyia, Austro-Hungarian Empire – May 25, 1942, New York City) was a celebrated cellist. Both of Feuermann's parents were amateur musicians. Feuermann's father, who played the violin and cello, was his first teacher. Feuermann's older brother Sigmund was also musically talented and their father decided to move the family to Vienna in 1907. At the age of nine, Feuermann received lessons from Friedrich Buxbaum, principal cello of the Vienna Philharmonic, and then studied with

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Instance of
human
Given name
Emanuel
Gender
male
Citizenship
Austria
Place of birth
Kolomyia
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
music educator
Languages spoken
German
Religion
Judaism
Instrument
cello
Record label
RCA Red Seal
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Emanuel Feuermann Scan10003.JPG
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date of birth
1902-11-22
date of death
1942-05-25
place of burial
Kensico Cemetery
Commons category
Emanuel Feuermann
start of work period
1914-00-00
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