From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Fischhof
Robert Fischhof
Robert Fischhof (October 31, 1856 – March 31, 1918[1]) tav Mahler, Pablo de Sarasate, Edward Grieg, Charles
was an Austrian pianist, composer, and professor at the Gounod, Camille Saint-Saëns, Leoncavallo, Alexander Du-
Vienna Music Conservatoire. mas, Guy de Maupassant and Emile Zola and other people
involved in public life, opera and the theater. It was pub-
Biography lished by Hugo Heller in Vienna.
Fischhof died March 31, 1918, and is buried in Vienna.
Robert Fischhof was born in Vienna to Julius Fischhof,
a successful Austrian banker, and Louise Fischhof (née
Strakosch), who had been trained as a pianist by Clara
Notes and references
Schumann, the famous performer and wife of composer [1] Stieger, Franz. Opernlexikon. Teil II: Komponisten.
Robert Schumann. The Fischhof home in Vienna was a Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1977.
well-known center for celebrated musicians, composers
and singers arriving from all over the world.
Fischhof had musical uncles: his father was the
Sources
youngest brother of Joseph Fischhof, who became Profes- • Celebrated pianists of the past and present written by A.
sor of Piano at the Vienna Conservatoire in 1833; and his Ehrlich, Philadelphia: Theodor Presser, 1894
mother’s brother was Maurice Strakosch, also an excel- • Begegnungen auf meinem Lebensweg by Robert
lent pianist, who later became a vocal instructor and in- Fischhof, Vienna: Hugo Heller, 1916
ternational impresario working with the soprano Adelina
Patti.
Fischhof started his piano studies at the age of five
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under the supervision of his mother. Later, at the Conser- • Free scores by Robert Fischhof at the International
vatoire of Vienna, he was taught piano technique by An- Music Score Library Project
ton Door and composition by Anton Bruckner and Franz Persondata
Krenn. After completing his courses at the Conservatoire, Name Fischhof, Robert
he continued his piano studies with Theodor
Alternative
Leschetitzky and Franz Liszt.
names
At seventeen, Fischhof performed for the first time
in public, and from that time, he traveled almost unin- Short descrip- Austrian pianist, composer and music
terruptedly for several years, playing concerts in Europe tion teacher
under the direction of celebrated musicians such as Abt, Date of birth 31 October 1856
Dessof, Reinecke and Gade. He also performed for Emper- Place of birth Vienna
or Franz Josef in Vienna, for Emperor Friedrich III in Ber-
lin, for King Christian of Denmark, and for King Oscar of Date of death 31 March 1918
Sweden in Stockholm. All his concerts were organized by Place of death Vienna
his brother, impresario Alfred Fischhof.
In 1884 Fischhof was appointed Professor for the class
of finished pianists at the Vienna Conservatoire, a posi-
tion he held until his death.
In later years as a pianist, Fischhof performed only
his own compositions in public. His many compositions
include: a piano concerto, two violin sonatas, the Varia-
tions for Two Pianos, and at least one opera, "Ingeborg",
which was premiered in Graz in 1904. In addition to his
native German, he spoke French, English and Italian flu-
ently.
In 1916, Fischhof wrote Begegnungen auf meinem
Lebensweg ("Encounters In My Life") about Brahms, Gus-
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