Artur Schnabel

Artur Schnabel (17 April 1882 – 15 August 1951) was an Austrian-American classical pianist, composer and pedagogue. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th century's most respected and important pianists, his playing displayed marked vitality, profundity and spirituality in the Austro-German classics, particularly the works of Beethoven and Schubert.

This article is about the pianist. For the German judoka, see Arthur Schnabel.

Artur Schnabel
Schnabel c. 1906
Born(1882-04-17)17 April 1882
Kunzendorf, Austria-Hungary (now Lipnik, Poland)
Died15 August 1951(1951-08-15) (aged 69)
Axenstein, Switzerland
Resting placeSchwyz, Switzerland
Occupation(s)Pianist and composer

Music critic Harold C. Schonberg described Schnabel as "the man who invented Beethoven". Between 1932 and 1935, he produced the first recording of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas. In 2018, the Library of Congress selected this recording to be placed in the National Recording Registry for its historical significance.

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