Laura Rappoldi (14 January 1853 – 2 August 1925) was an

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pianist.

Life

Born in

Mistelbach ''For the town in Germany, see Mistelbach, Bavaria.'' Mistelbach an der Zaya (; Mistelbach on the (River) Zaya; Central Bavarian: ''Mistlboch'') is a town in the northeast of Austria in Lower Austria, one of Austria's nine States of Austria, feder ...

, Laura Kahrer, daughter of a civil servant, received music lessons at an early age and piano lessons from the age of ten. Already at the age of eleven, she wrote her own compositions. Encouraged by Emperor Elisabeth, she received further training from 1866 to 1869 at the Vienna Conservatory, among others from

Josef Dachs Josef Dachs (30 September, 1825 – 6 June, 1896) was an Austrian pianist and music teacher born in Regensburg. He received his music education from Simon Sechter and Carl Czerny, worked as a concert pianist and premiered many of his own work ...

Felix Otto Dessoff Felix Otto Dessoff (14 January 1835 – 28 October 1892) was a German conductor and composer. Biography Dessoff was born to a Jewish family in Leipzig; his father was a cloth merchant. His musical talent was recognized by Franz Liszt, who then ...

and

Anton Bruckner Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germ ...

. In 1868, she won first prize in a competition for piano and composition. Another sponsor was

Anton Rubinstein Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein ( rus, Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн, r=Anton Grigor'evič Rubinštejn; ) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who became a pivotal figure in Russian culture when he founded the Sai ...

. In 1870 and 1873, Kahrer was a pupil of

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

in Weimar. In 1871 and 1872, s he studied with Adolf Henselt in St. Petersburg, and in 1874 with

Hans von Bülow Freiherr Hans Guido von Bülow (8 January 1830 – 12 February 1894) was a German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer of the Romantic era. As one of the most distinguished conductors of the 19th century, his activity was critical for es ...

in Munich. She and her family also made concert tours of Germany, Poland and Russia in the 1870s. The plan of a trip to America was not pursued any further after the death of her mother (1873) and father (1875). In 1874, Kahrer married the Viennese musician

Eduard Rappoldi Eduard Rappoldi, real name Eduard Rappold (21 February 1839 – 16 May 1903) was an Austrian violinist and composer. Life Born in Vienna, Rappoldi played piano and violin as a child, and was already performing his own compositions at the age o ...

(1831-1903) in

Stettin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin language, Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Po ...

, whom she already met 1870 during a common concert in Prague. In 1877, her husband was appointed a royal Saxon professor. In 1876, their son

Adrian Rappoldi Adrian Hans Eduard Rappoldi (13 September 1876 – 12 October 1948) was a German violinist, son of Eduard and Laura Rappoldi. Born in Berlin, he studied at the Dresden Conservatory with Leopold Auer (violin) and Felix Draeseke (composition), the ...

was born. The couple had five children. The couple made further concert tours together: 1877 and 1878 to Denmark, 1878 again to Denmark, in the land of Oldenburg and through the northern and western countries of the German Empire, in 1880 and 1881 to Austria and England, among others. In 1885 and 1886, she travelled with

Amalie Joachim Amalie Marie Joachim (née Schneeweiss; 10 May 1839 – 3 February 1899) was an Austrian-German contralto, working in opera and concert and as voice teacher. She was the wife of the violinist Joseph Joachim, and a friend of Clara Schumann and Joh ...

on a European tour through Germany, Austria, Russia, Switzerland and Hungary. Chamber music evenings were popular, where Rappoldi performed together with her husband (later also her son). The Kingdom of Saxony appointed her Royal Saxon Chamber Virtuoso in 1879. At the end of the 1880s, Rappoldi settled in Dresden at her husband's request and from 1890 she gave piano lessons at the

Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber The Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber (Carl Maria von Weber College of Music; also/formerly known as Dresden Conservatory or Dresden Royal Conservatory) is a university of music in Dresden, Germany. History The Hochschule opened ...

. She was appointed professor in 1911. From 1921, she directed

master class A master class is a Class (education), class given to students of a particular Academic discipline, discipline by an expert of that discipline—usually music, but also science, painting, drama, games, or on any other occasion where skills are b ...

es for piano playing.

Uwe Harten Uwe Harten (born 16 August 1944) is a German musicologist, who works in Austria. Life Born in , Harten grew up in Hamburg, where he was a boy soprano at the Staatsoper. He took over the roles of a child. In Hamburg he also began his studies of ...

Rappoldi, Ehepaar
In the ''

Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'Oesterreichisch'' with ''Oe'' is the spelling of the print and online output. is a five-volume music encyclopedia founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Commission for Music Research. It was officiall ...

''. Online-edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ; print edition: Vol. 4, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2005, . Rappoldi died in Dresden at the age of 72.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rappoldi, Laura Austrian classical pianists Women classical pianists Pupils of Franz Liszt 1853 births 1925 deaths People from Mistelbach

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