James Friskin

James Friskin (3 March 1886 in Glasgow – 16 March 1967 in New York City) was a Scottish-born pianist, composer and music teacher who immigrated to the United States in 1914.

Biography

Friskin studied at the Royal College of Music under Edward Dannreuther (for composition) and under Charles Villiers Stanford (for piano). After completing his studies, from 1909 to 1914 he taught at the Royal Normal College for the Blind. In 1914, he immigrated to the United States, where he taught at the Institute of Musical Arts. He was an original faculty member of the Juilliard Graduate School, and continued teaching there until his death.

He and the English-born composer and violist Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979) married in New York City in 1944.^[1][2][3]

Compositions

These include:^[3][4]

• Ballade in C major for piano
• Cello Sonata in F major
• Concert Overture
• Elegy for viola or clarinet and piano (1912)
• Impromptu for cello and piano
• Nocturne in E flat for piano
• Phantasy for string quartet, winner of a Cobbett Prize in 1906
• Phantasy for piano trio in E minor
• Phantasy Quintet (for piano, 2 violins, viola and cello) (1912)
• Piano Concerto
• Piano Quartet in G minor
• Quintet for piano and strings, Op. 1 (1907)
• Romance for cello and piano
• Romance for violin and piano
• Scherzo for cello and piano
• Sonata for piano in A minor
• Suite in D minor
• Three Pieces for piano
• Three Sacred Motets for unaccompanied five-part chorus
• Violin Sonata in G major

Publications

• Friskin, James (7 August 2014) [1921]. The Principles of Pianoforte Practice. Literary Licensing, LLC. ISBN 978-1498169189. 
• Friskin, James; Freundlich, Irwin (17 February 2011) [1954]. Music for the Piano: A Handbook of Concert and Teaching Material from 1580 to 1952 (Revised ed.). Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0486229188. 

References

External links

• James Friskin at the Scottish Music Centre
• Free scores by James Friskin at the International Music Score Library Project