Rosalyn Tureck (December 14, 1914 - July 17, 2003) was an American pianist and harpsichordist who was particularly associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Instrumentalists who play the harpsichord are known as harpsichordists. ... The 1748 Haussmann portrait of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685–28 July 1750) was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew together almost all of the strands of the baroque style and brought it to its ultimate... ...

Tureck did not only play Bach, but had a wide-ranging repertoire which included works by composers including Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, and Frédéric Chopin, as well as more modern composers such as David Diamond, Luigi Dallapiccola, and William Schuman. Diamond's Piano Sonata No. 1 was inspired by Tureck's playing. Ludwig van Beethoven by Carl Jäger (Date unknown). ... Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer of Romantic music, who predominantly lived in Vienna, Austria. ... Frédéric-François Chopin as portrayed by Eugène Delacroix in 1838. ... David Leo Diamond David Leo Diamond (July 9, 1915 – June 13, 2005) was an American composer of classical music. ... Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions. ... William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910 - February 15, 1992) was an American composer. ...

Tureck studied at the Juilliard School of music, where one of her teachers was Leon Theremin. She made her debut at Carnegie Hall playing the theremin, an electronic instrument. The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory in New York City, informally identified as simply Juilliard, and most famous for its musically trained alumni. ... A young Leon Theremin playing his invention Leon Theremin (born Lev Sergeivitch Termen) (August 15, 1896–November 3, 1993) was the Russian inventor of the Theremin, an electronic musical instrument. ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Manhattan, New York City. ... Léon Theremin playing an early theremin The theremin or thereminvox (originally pronounced but often anglicized as [1]) is one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments. ...

For a while she followed Wanda Landowska in playing Bach's keyboard music on a harpsichord, but later returned to playing the piano. She was an honorary fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford. Wanda Landowska (July 5, 1879 – August 16, 1959), harpsichordist whose performances, teaching, recordings and writings played a large role in reviving the popularity of that instrument in the early 20th century. ... Harpsichord in Flemish style; for more info, click the image. ... A grand piano A piano is a keyboard instrument, widely used in western music for solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment, and also as a convenient aid to composing and rehearsal. ... St Hildas College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...

She died in New York in 2003 at age 88. State nickname: The Empire State Official languages English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Clinton (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 13. ...

External link

• Tureck Bach Research Foundation