Walter Gieseking
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Walter Wilhelm Gieseking was a French-born German pianist and composer. Gieseking was renowned for his subtle touch, pedaling, and dynamic control—particularly in the music of Debussy and Ravel; he ma
Gieseking on 8 October 1949
Walter Gieseking (1929)
Baronia brevicornis of the Coll. Gieseking, Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
The Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 73, known as the Emperor Concerto in English-speaking countries, is a piano concerto composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven composed the concerto in 1809
Beethoven in 1815: portrait by Joseph Willibrord Mähler
Beethoven's patron, Archduke Rudolf; portrait by Johann Baptist von Lampi
Sketches for the first movement of the Fifth Piano Concerto