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Austrian pianist (1882-1951)

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Artur Schnabel (April 17, 1882 – August 15, 1951) was a pianist and composer, born in Lipnik in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Lipniki in Poland). He moved to Britain and then America, becoming a US citizen in 1944.

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I know two kinds of audience only – one coughing, and one not coughing.

Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid Mozart because of the great quality of the notes.

I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed. Therefore I feel (rightly or wrongly) that unless a piece of music presents a problem to me, a never-ending problem, it doesn't interest me too much.

The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes – ah, that is where the art resides.

Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.