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Franz Xaver Scharwenka (6 January 1850 – 8 December 1924) was a Polish-Germanpianist, composer and teacher. He was the brother of (Ludwig) Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917), who was also a composer and teacher of music.

Life and career

Franz Xaver Scharwenka was born in Samter, Prussia (Polish: Szamotuły; until 1793 and since 1919 part of Poland) in 1850.

Although he began learning to play the piano by ear when he was 3, Scharwenka did not start formal music studies until he was 15, when his family moved to Berlin and he enrolled at the Akademie der Tonkunst. Under Theodor Kullak, his pianistic skills developed rapidly, and he made his debut at the Singakademie in 1869.

Franz Xaver Scharwenka (6 January – 8 December ) was a Polish-German pianist, composer and teacher.

Franz Xaver Scharwenka (6 January – 8 December ) was a Polish-German pianist, composer and teacher.

He had already been one of Europe's leading pianists for a couple of decades when Xaver Scharwenka undertook his first American tour in

Theophil Franz Xaver Scharwenka (6 January – 8 December ) was a German pianist, composer and teacher of Polish descent.

Although rarely heard today, Scharwenka's most famous composition was his Polish Dance in E flat minor Op. 3 No. 1 which was published in Liszt had.

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He taught at the academy until entering military service in 1873. Upon his discharge in 1874, Scharwenka began touring as a concert pianist. Praised for the beauty of his tone, he was a renowned interpreter of the music of Frédéric Chopin.^[1]

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