Ignaz Friedman

Ignaz Friedman

Ignaz Friedman (also spelled Ignace or Ignacy; full name Solomon (Salomon) Isaac Freudman(n), Yiddish: שְׁלֹמֹה יִצְחָק פֿרײדמאַן; February 13, 1882 – January 26, 1948) was a Polish pianist and composer. Critics (e.g. Harold C. Schonberg) and colleagues (e.g. Sergei Rachmaninoff) alike placed him among the supreme piano virtuosi of his day, alongside Leopold Godowsky, Moriz Rosenthal, Ferruccio Busoni, Josef Hofmann and Josef Lhévinne.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 14, 1882 (Podgórze), Died January 26, 1948 (Sydney)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1930

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, composer, harpsichord, arranger

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	80941	10-in.	4/9/1923	Mazurka in C sharp minor, op. 63, no. 3	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	80942	10-in.	4/9/1923	Elle danse, op. 10	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	80951	10-in.	4/11/1923	Hark, hark, the lark	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	81596	10-in.	3/3/1924	Viennese dance no. 1	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Columbia	81597	10-in.	3/3/1924	Mazurka	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	81598	10-in.	3/3/1924	Viennese dance no. 2	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Columbia	81599	10-in.	3/4/1924	Serenata	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	81621	10-in.	3/13/1924	Arabesques on Strauss's Blue Danube	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	81622	10-in.	3/14/1924	Arabesques on Strauss's Blue Danube	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	81658	10-in.	3/31/1924	Prelude, op. 28, no. 19	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	81659	10-in.	3/31/1924	Prelude in A	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	98072	12-in.	4/9/1923	La campanella	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	98073	12-in.	4/11/1923	Nocturne, op. 8, no. 2	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	98115	12-in.	1/19/1924	Valse in E-flat major	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	98129	12-in.	3/4/1924	Prelude	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	98137	12-in.	3/31/1924	Rondo favori	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	98138	12-in.	3/31/1924	Polonaise	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	98139	12-in.	4/1/1924	Etude, op. 25, no. 11	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W141438	10-in.	12/28/1925	Mazurka in D major	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W141449	10-in.	12/30/1925	Serenata	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W141604	10-in.	2/5/1926	Rondo alla turca	Ignaz Friedman	Harpsichord solo	instrumentalist, harpsichord
Columbia	W141605	10-in.	2/5/1926	Pastorale	Ignaz Friedman	Harpsichord solo	instrumentalist, harpsichord
Columbia	W98196	12-in.	12/28/1925	Ballade in A flat	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W98197	12-in.	12/28/1925	Ballade in A flat	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W98198	12-in.	12/30/1925	Moonlight sonata	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W98199	12-in.	12/30/1925	Moonlight sonata	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W98200	12-in.	12/30/1925	Moonlight sonata	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W98201	12-in.	12/31/1925	Moonlight sonata	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W98202	12-in.	12/31/1925	Nocturne	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W98203	12-in.	12/31/1925	Etude, op. 10, no. 12	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W98230	12-in.	2/6/1926	Valse in A minor	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W98237	12-in.	2/6/1926	Minuet	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia (U.K.)	WAX1871	12-in.	between July and October 1926	Polonaise in A flat	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia (U.K.)	WAX1872	12-in.	between July and October 1926	Polonaise in A flat	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia (U.K.)	WA6942	10-in.	either January or February 1928	Mazurka	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia (U.K.)	WA6944	10-in.	either January or February 1928	Music box of the little Nana	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia (U.K.)	WA6945	10-in.	either January or February 1928	Judgment of Paris	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano, arranger
Columbia (U.K.)	WA6946	10-in.	either January or February 1928	The butterfly	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia (U.K.)	WA10662	10-in.	between August and October 1930	Songs without words	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia (U.K.)	WA10671	10-in.	between August and October 1930	Songs without words	Ignaz Friedman	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Friedman, Ignaz," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105057.

Friedman, Ignaz. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105057.

"Friedman, Ignaz." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.