Beryl Rubinstein

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Beryl Rubinstein (October 26, 1898 - December 29, 1952) was an American pianist, composer. and teacher.

A native of Athens, Georgia, Rubinstein studied piano in Germany with Ferruccio Busoni and others, making his debut in New York City in a joint concert with Eugène Ysaÿe in 1916. There followed several American and European tours. In 1921 he joined the music faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music, serving as the institution's director from 1932 until his death. He wrote an Outline of Piano Pedagogy (1929); among the works he composed were two piano concertos, a string quartet, and numerous pieces and studies for piano solo.

Rubinstein died in Cleveland, Ohio in 1952.

[edit] External links

• Beryl Rubinstein was listed in the International Music Score Library Project
• Beryl Rubinstein at Find A Grave

[edit] References

• David Ewen, Encyclopedia of Concert Music. New York; Hill and Wang, 1959.