Frank Marshall (pianist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catalan pianist, componist and pedagogue
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Place of Birth: Mataró, Catalonia, Spain
About Frank Marshall (pianist)
- Frank Marshall King (November 28, 1883 – May 29, 1959), was a Spanish, Catalan pianist and pedagogue born to parents of English heritage. Marshall was born in Mataró, Catalonia, Spain.
- He attended the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu and then began studying with Enrique Granados.
- Marshall and Granados became close musical associates, and Marshall became Granados's teaching assistant at the latter's academy. When Granados died in 1916, Marshall became its director; he remained director until his death in 1959, and the institute's name was eventually changed to Académia Frank Marshall.
- Among his pupils at the school was the composer Vicente Asencio.
- He published two pedagogic works, Estudio práctico sobre los pedales del piano (Madrid, 1919) and La sonoridad del piano, which attempted to notate piano pedaling more precisely. Marshall's influence as a pianist and teacher impacted Catalan piano playing heavily; his approaches to pedaling and voicing helped refine the distinctive style of piano playing from the region.
- His most famous student was Alicia de Larrocha.
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- 3 of Federico Mompou's Cançons i Danses was dedicated to him. Marshall died in Barcelona in 1959, aged 75.
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