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Among notable virituosos of the keyboard are Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart, Paderewski, Schumann, Schweitzer, and Van Cliburn. Many composers are accomplished pianists due the suitability of the instrument for composition.

William James “Count” Basie was an American jazz pianist, composer, and jazz bandleader. Count Basie once told Fred's eldest son he had a very wise father...

b. 8-11-1904; New Jersey
d. 4-26-1984; Florida

• Count Basie's Finest Hour, CD
• Frank Szasz portrait of Count Basie

Eubie Blake was a popular musci composer and pianist of jazz and ragtime.
b. 2-7-1883, Baltimore, MD
d. 2-13-1983

• more Stars of the Harlem Renaissance posters
• Eubie Blake music and books

Johannes Brahms was a German Romantic composer and pianist.
b. 5-7-1833; Hamburg, Germany
d. 4-3-1897; Vienna

• more Brahms posters

Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni was an Italian pianist, composer, conductor and music teacher.
b. 4-1-1866; Italy
d. 7-27-1924; Berlin

• Legendary Busoni Recordings

Frederic Chopin,
b. 3-1-1810, Poland;
d. 10-17-1849

• more Chopin posters

Muzio Clementi was an Italian composer, pianist, piano manufacturer, and publisher/editor for Ludwig van Beethoven.
b. 1-24-1752; Rome
d. 3-10-1832; England

Evert Cornelis was a Dutch conductor and pianist.
b. 12-5-1884; Amsterdam
d. 11-23-1931

Vladimir Horowitz was a virtuoso concert pianist and music teacher whose initial piano instruction was from his mother. He was married to conductor Arturo Toscanini's daughter Wanda, and became a US citizen in 1944.
b. 10-1-1903; Ukraine
d. 11-5-1989

• Vladimir Horowitz, The Last Romantic by Wanda Toscanini Horowitz

Mieczyslaw Horszowski first piano teacher was his mother, he was then the pupil of a student of Beethoven. Horszowski first performed in 1901 and his last performance was in 1993.
b. 6-23-1892; Poland
d. 5-22-1993; New York

• Horszowski Plays Schumann, Mozart and Chopin

Billy Joel is a songwriter, singer and pianist
b. 5-9-1949; Bronx, New York

• Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol. 1-2

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a renowned Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer of the 19th century Romantic period.

• more Franz Liszt posters & bookmark

Josef Willem Mengelberg, Dutch Conductor, Pianist, and Composer, Photographic Print
b. 3-28-1871; Netherlands
d. 3-22-1951

• Willem Mengelberg: Public Performances 1938-1944, Concertgebouw Orchestra

Thelonious Monk was a jazz pianist and composer known for his improvisational style.
b. 10-10-1917; Rocky Mount, NC
d. 2-17-1982

• Jazz posters
• Thelonious Monk - Greatest Hits CD

Moritz Moszkowski,
German Pianist & Composer, Photographic Print
b. 8-23-1854; Breslau
d. 3-4-1824

• Moszkowski: Piano Music 1

Vladimir von Pachmann, was a Russian-German pianist best known for his performances of Chopin and unusual stage presentations. He was one of the first pianist to be recorded.
b. 7-27-1848; Odessa
d. 1-6-1933; Rome

• The Essential Pachmann: 1907-1927, Early and Unissued Recordings

Pianist & Composer Ignace Jan Paderewski / TIME Cover: January 23, 1928
b. 11-18-1860; Kurilovka, Poland
d. 6-29-1941

• World Leaders posters

Clara Schumann (1819-1896), nee Wieck, was a leading Romantic era pianist and wife of composer and pianist Robert Schumann.

• more Clara & Robert Schumann posters

Albert Schweitzer Playing Bach, Photographic Print

Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer and conductor, is considered to be one of the greatest keyboard virtuosi. He and his brother founded the first Russian music school in St. Petersburg.

b. 11-28-1829; Russia
d. 11-20-1894

Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Russian pianist and composer.
b. 9-25-1906; St Petersburg
d. 8-9-1975

• Shostakovich Plays Shostakovich

Pianist Van Cliburn / TIME Cover: May 19, 1958
b. 7-12-1934; Shreveport, LA