Marcel Maas (7 May 1897 – 11 June 1950) was a
Dutch-
Belgian pianist. He died at his home in
Sint-Genesius-Rode, on 11 June 1950. His repertoire includes
Bach and
Scarlatti to the moderns; he was an appreciated interpreter of the solo piano music of
Franck Franck can refer to:
People
* Franck (name)
Other
* Franck (company), Croatian coffee and snacks company
* Franck (crater), Lunar crater named after James Franck
See also
* Franc (disambiguation)
* Franks
* Frank (disambiguation)
* Fran ...
,
Debussy and
Ravel.
Life
Early years
He was born on 7 May 1897 in
Clermont-Ferrand, France, where his father, a successful Dutch operatic bass, was then based. The family soon moved to
Belgium and Marcel eventually took Belgian nationality. His brother,
Robert Maas was a
cellist
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, D3 ...
.
Career
He studied at the
Royal Conservatory of Brussels
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with
Arthur De Greef and soon began an international career. In 1933 he became a professor at the Royal Brussels Conservatoire.
During the 1930s he joined the ''
Quator Pro Arte'', created with
violinist Alfred Dubois
Alfred may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series
* ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne
* ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák
*"Alfred (Interlu ...
and Robert Maas. ''Pro Arte'' became one of three outstanding sonata partnerships which flourished in the 1930s, along with ''Adolf Busch – Rudolf Serkin'' and ''Szymon Goldberg/Lili Kraus''.
References
External links
Collection of archival recordings by Marcel Maason ContraClassics
Belgian classical pianists
1897 births
1950 deaths
20th-century classical pianists
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