Mieczysław Munz (October 31, 1900,

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– August 25, 1976) was a

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-American

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. Munz trained in Vienna and Berlin, with

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. He was a teacher of

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, Ann Schein, Virginia Reinecke, Adolovni Acosta, and Iravati M. Sudiarso. He left concertizing in the early 1940s after developing physical problems with his right hand. His ex-wife was Aniela (Nela) Młynarska (daughter of

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), who later married

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Recordings

Americus Records, Inc. has issued a

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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;

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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini The ''Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini'', Op. 43, (russian: Рапсодия на тему Паганини, ''Rapsodiya na temu Paganini'') is a concertante work written by Sergei Rachmaninoff for piano and orchestra, closely resembling a piano ...

''; and various short works, several being virtuoso transcriptions.

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