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Wilhelm Kempff
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German pianist and composer (1895–1991)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1895
- Died
- 1991
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Kadenzen zu Klavierkonzerten von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Kadenzen zu Klavierkonzerten von Ludwig Beethoven
- Kadenzen zu Klavierkonzerten von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Was ich hörte, was ich sah
- Unter dem Zimbelstern
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1895
- Active to
- 1991
Discography
- Wilhelm Kempff Recital1955
- Instrumental Masters II1967
- Les Grands Classiques du piano1978
- Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 56: Wilhelm Kempff II1998
- Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 57: Wilhelm Kempff III1999
- The Complete 1950s Concerto Recordings2002
- Steinway Legends2006
- シューマン：子供の情景、謝肉祭、クライスレリアーナ2006
- Piano concerto / Kinderszenen2012
- Wilhelm Kempff, Piano2012
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 135,234
- Total plays
- 1,377,412
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Wilhelm Kempff (25 November 1895 – 23 May 1991) was a German pianist and composer. Kempff was born in Jüterbog, Germany and studied in Berlin and Potsdam. He toured widely throughout continental Europe and much of the rest of the world, but did not make his first London appearance until 1951, and did not play in New York until 1964. He gave his last public performance in Paris in 1981 and died in Positano, Italy at the age of 95. Considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 98
- Cited by
- 7
Research areas
Most cited works
- Piano Sonatas Nos 1-321965 · 1 cit
- Trios für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello1983 · 1 cit
- Violin sonatas no. 5 《Spring》 & no. 9 《Kreutzer》1953 · 1 cit
- Complete Works for Cello and Piano1966 · 1 cit
- Gott der Vater wohn uns bei1987 · 1 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,710x
- Many-body physics with ultracold gases
· 2008 · cited 7,019x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,739x
- Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials
· 2010 · cited 5,402x
- Analysis of nanoparticle delivery to tumours
· 2016 · cited 4,479x
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.wilhelm-kempff.de
- Image
- Kempf Harcourt.jpg
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- Commons category
- Wilhelm Kempff
- date of birth
- 1895-11-25
- date of death
- 1991-05-23
- name in native language
- Wilhelm Kempff
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Wilhelm Kempff, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Article
Album cover for Wilhelm Kempff's recording of Beethoven Piano Sonatas on DG 139 935 (1965), which received the Grand Prix du Disque Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff (25 November 1895 – 23 May 1991) was a German pianist, teacher and composer. Although his repertoire included Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms, Kempff was particularly well known for his interpretations of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert, recording the complete sonatas of both composers. He is considered to have been one of the chief exponents of the Germanic tradition during the 20th century.
Early life