Mieczysław Munz

Mieczysław Munz (October 31, 1900, Kraków – August 25, 1976) was a Polish-American pianist.

Munz trained in Vienna and Berlin, with Ferruccio Busoni.[1] He was a teacher of Emanuel Ax, Walter Hautzig, David Oei, Ann Schein, Virginia Reinecke and Adolovni Acosta.

His ex-wife was Aniela (Nela) Młynarska (daughter of Emil Młynarski), who later married Arthur Rubinstein.

Recordings

Americus Records, Inc. has issued a compact disc purporting to contain all extant recordings of Munz: The Art of Mieczyslaw Munz, AMR20021022. It includes Mozart's Piano Concerto In D Minor, K.466; Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; and various short works, several being virtuoso transcriptions.

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References

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