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Bolet was born in Havana in Cuba and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he himself taught from 1939 to 1942. His teachers included Leopold Godowsky and David Saperton. His graduation recital included Chopin's Third Sonata and Godoswky's Fledemaus paraphrase. A valuable recording exists of Bolet as a student playing Busoni's reworking of Liszt's La Campanella study. Havana (Spanish: San Cristóbal de La Habana; UN/LOCODE: Habana (CU HAV)) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2. ... The Curtis Institute of Music is a music school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Leopold Godowsky (Leopold Godowski) (February 13, 1870–November 21, 1938) was a Polish pianist, composer, and teacher. ... This article is about Frédéric Chopin, the composer. ... Dante Michaelangelo Benvenuto Ferruccio Busoni (April 1, 1866 – July 27, Italian composer, pianist, music teacher and conductor. ... Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a virtuoso pianist and composer. ... La Campanella is a piano etude written by virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt as part of a series of the six Grandes Etudes de Paganini (Grand Paganini Etudes), S. 141. ...

In 1942 Bolet joined the US Army and was sent to Japan. While there, he conducted the Japanese premiere of The Mikado. He came especially to prominence from the early 1970s onwards and there was a stupendous recital at Carnegie Hall, New York City, which set a seal on his reputation. Bolet, "stung by years of neglect" (as one critic put it), showed exactly what he could do and his phenomenal playing can be heard on CDs issued most recently by PHILIPS in their Great Pianists Series. He later became Head of Piano at the Curtis Institute, succeeding Rudolf Serkin, but retired from this to concentrate once again on his career. The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu, is a comic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in two acts. ... Rudolf Serkin (March 28, 1903 – May 8, 1991) was an Austrian-American pianist. ...

Bolet is particularly well remembered for his performances and recordings of large-scale Romantic music, particularly works by Franz Liszt and Frederic Chopin. He also specialised in piano transcriptions and unusual repertoire, including the fiendishly difficult works of Godowsky, many of which Bolet had studied with the composer himself. The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical music that runs roughly from the early 1800s to the first decade of the 20th century, as well as music written according to the norms and styles of that period. ...

The DECCA/London recording company made important recordings of key sections of his repertoire from 1978 onwards. But there are also tapes of many live concerts which can be found in archives, principally the International Piano Archive at Maryland. These include a speciality, the J. Strauss/Godowsky Fledermaus paraphrase (Butler University, 1976). It is to be hoped that the BBC will release some of their valuable tapes.