Collection: Emil von Sauer materials | Curtis Library and Archives

Abstract

This collection contains photographs of Emil von Sauer, his wife Angelica Morales von Sauer, and his student, Marie-Aimée Varro, wife of donator Claude Triel. It also contains a photocopy of a postcard from von Sauer to Varro and letters between Triel and Gary Graffman concerning the donation of the materials.

Dates

Creation: circa 1939 - 1940
Creation: 1991

Creator

Triel, Claude (Person)

Biographical / Historical

German born Emil Georg Conrad von Sauer (1862-1940) studied piano under both Nikolai Rubinstein and Franz Liszt, and is considered by many, including former Curtis director Josef Hofmann, to be one of the great piano virtuosos. In addition to his performance career (which he sustained until the year of his death), Sauer was also a piano instructor, teaching at the Meisterschule für Klavierspiel at the Vienna Academy.