Irwin Freundlich (1908–1977) was a prominent teacher at Juilliard starting in 1935. He studied with James Friskin and

Edward Steuermann Eduard Steuermann (June 18, 1892, Sambor, Austria-Hungary – November 11, 1964, New York City) was an Austrian-born American pianist and composer. Steuermann studied piano with Vilém Kurz at the Lemberg Conservatory and Ferruccio Busoni in B ...

at the Institute of Musical Art, which merged with the Juilliard Graduate School in 1926 to become the current

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became ...

of Music. His wife, Lillian Freundlich (13 March 1912 1999) was a graduate of

Juilliard The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became the Juilliard School, named aft ...

and taught at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. The husband and wife team performed recitals together featuring pieces for one piano for 4 hands.

Bibliography and external links

Irwin and Lillian Freundlich collection
at the International Piano Archives at Maryland (accessed 12 Jul 2013) * James Friskin & Irwin Freundlich, ''Music for the Piano: A Handbook of Concert and Teaching Material from 1580 to 1952'', Courier Dover Publications, 1973. , *

Sergey Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

, ''Complete piano sonatas. Edited with annotations by Irwin Freundlich'', Leeds Music, New York, 1957. 1908 births 1977 deaths American classical pianists American male classical pianists American male pianists 20th-century male pianists Classical piano duos 20th-century American educators 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century American pianists 20th-century American male musicians Pupils of Eduard Steuermann {{US-classical-pianist-stub