Gulda, Friedrich

Performer

Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 – 27 January 2000) was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields. Born in Vienna as the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano from Felix Pazofsky at the Wiener Volkskonservatorium, aged 7. In 1942, he entered theVienna Music Academy, where he studied piano and musical theory under Bruno Seidlhofer and Joseph Marx. He won first prize at the Geneva International Music Competition in 1946. Initially, the jury preferred the Belgian pianist Lode Backx, but when the final vote was taken, Gulda was the winner. One of the jurors, Eileen Joyce, who favoured Backx, stormed out and claimed the other jurors were unfairly influenced by Gulda's supporters.Gulda began to play concerts worldwide. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1950. Together with Jörg Demus and Paul Badura-Skoda, Gulda formed what became known as the "Viennese troika". [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
• Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
• Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7
• Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1
• Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2
• Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
• Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 - Pathetic
• Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
• Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
• Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 - Moonlight
• Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545 - Sonata facile
• Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576
• Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1 - Easy Sonatas
• Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 - Cuckoo
• Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a - The Farewell
• Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
• Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 - Hammerklavier
• Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
• Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
• Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96
• Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1
• Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2
• Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
• Cello Sonata No.4 in C major, Op.102 No.1
• Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2
• 8 Poems from 'Last Leaves', Op. 10
• 5 Songs, Op. 15
• 6 Songs from 'Lotus Leaves', Op. 19
• 3 Songs, Op. 29
• 6 Songs, Op. 37
• Five Songs, Op. 39
• Five Songs, Op. 48
• 6 Songs, Op. 68
• 5 Little songs, Op. 69
• For the piano, L. 95
• Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, WoO 59 - For Elise
• Images - Book 1, L. 110
• Images - Book 2, L. 111
• Estampes, L. 100
• The Joyful Island, L. 106
• Artful Dodger of the Night, M. 55
• Burleske in D minor, TrV 145
• Andante Favori for Piano in F major, Woo 57
• 15 Piano Variations and Fugue in E flat major, Op. 35 - Eroica Variations
• 12 Variations for cello and piano in F major on Mozart's ‘A girl or a woman', Op. 66
• 12 Variations on 'See the Conquering Hero Comes', WoO 45
• 7 Variations on 'In men who know the feeling of love', Woo 46
• 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
• Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491