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Abbey Simon

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Abbey Simon (b. 8 January 1922, New York) is an American classical pianist. Simon began lessons with David Saperton at the age of five. At the age of eight, Simon was accepted by Józef Hofmann as a scholarship student at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he trained with fellow classmates Jorge Bolet and Sidney Foster. Simon also took lessons from Leopold Godowsky[1] and Harold Bauer. Shortly after graduation, he debuted at the Town Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Top songs

  1. Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2 in D-Flat Major: Lento sostenuto
  2. Nocturnes, Op. Posth: No. 2 In C Minor - Lento Con Gran Espressione
  3. Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess), M. 19
  4. Nocturnes, Op. 48: No. 1 in C Minor - Lento
  5. Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
  6. Waltze No. 9 In A-flat Major, Op. 69, "Farewell Waltz"
  7. Waltze No. 6 In D-flat Major, Op. 64, "Minute Waltz"
  8. Waltzes No. 11 In G-flat Major, Op. 70
  9. Waltzes No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 70
  10. Waltzes No. 13 In D-Flat Major, Op. 70
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  1. Waltzes, Op. 34: No. 2 in A Minor
  2. Ballad For Piano No. 2 In F Major, Op. 38
  3. Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major
  4. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: III. Marche Funébre - Lento (Funeral March)
  5. Nocturnes, Op. Posth. 72: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor: Lento con gran espressione
  6. Nocturnes, Op. 48: No. 1 in C Minor: Lento
  7. Concerto No. 2 in F Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 21: II. Larghetto
  8. Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor for Piano, Op. 35: III. Marche Funébre (Funeral March): Lento
  9. Nocturnes, Op. 48: No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor: Andantino
  10. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 In e Major "Tristesse"
  11. Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 1 In D-Flat Major "Waltz By Minutes" (Waltz No.6)
  12. Impromptu In C-Sharp Major, Op. 66, "Fantaisie-Impromptu"
  13. Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
  14. Nocturnes, Op. 27, No. 2 in D-Flat Major: Lento Sostenuto
  15. Fantaisie Impromptu in C-Sharp Major, Op. 66: Allegro agitato
  16. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31
  17. Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor for Piano, Op. 35: I. Grave - Doppio movimento
  18. Nocturnes, Op. Posth.: In C-Sharp Minor - Andante Sostenuto
  19. Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor for Piano, Op. 35: II. Scherzo
  20. Concerto No. 1 in E Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 11: II. Romance: Larghetto
  21. Waltz No. 18 In E Flat Major, "sostenuto" - Waltz No. 18 In E Flat Major, "sostenuto"
  22. Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor for Piano, Op. 35: IV. Finale: Presto
  23. Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)
  24. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
  25. Waltz in E-flat Major, Op. 18, "Grand Valse Brilliante"
  26. Sonata No. 3 in B Minor for Piano, Op. 58: II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
  27. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major, "Tristesse": Lento ma non troppo
  28. Ballade No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 23
  29. Sonata No. 3 in B Minor for Piano, Op. 58: III. Largo: Cantabile
  30. Nocturnes, Op. Posth. 72: No. 1 in E Minor: Andante
  31. Sonata No. 3 in B Minor for Piano, Op. 58: IV. Finale: Presto ma non tanto
  32. Sonata No. 3 in B Minor for Piano, Op. 58: I. Allegro maestoso
  33. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 1 in C Major
  34. Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
  35. Waltzes, Op. 18: No. 1 in E-Flat Major, "Grand Valse Brilliante"
  36. Etude No.5 In G Flat Major, Op.10 "Black Keys" / "Schwarze Tasten" / "Sur Les Touches Noires"
  37. Waltzes, Op. 70: No. 13 in D-Flat Major
  38. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 12 in C Minor, "Ocean": Allegro molto con fuoco
  39. Waltzes, Op. Posth. 70: No. 2 in F Minor
  40. Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 1 in D-Flat Major, "Minute Waltz"
  41. Waltzes, Op. Posth. 70: No. 3 in D-Flat Major
  42. Waltzes, Op. 70: No. 11 in G-Flat Major
  43. Études, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major, "Tristesse"
  44. Waltzes, Op. Posth. 70: No. 1 in G-Flat Major
  45. Waltzes, Op. 34: No. 1 in A-Flat Major
  46. Nocturnes, Op. 72: No. 1 in E Minor: Andante
  47. Waltz in E Major, B.44
  48. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 2 in A Minor
  49. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor
  50. Nocturnes, Op. 72: No. 2 in C Minor: Lento con gran espressione
  51. Waltzes, Op. 34: No. 1 in A-Flat Major, "Valse Brilliante"
  52. Waltzes, Op. 70: No. 2 in F Minor
  53. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 6 in E-Flat Minor
  54. Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 6 in D-Flat Major, "Minute Waltz"
  55. Nocturnes, Op. 15: No. 1 in F Major - Andante cantabile
  56. Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 1 in B-Flat Major
  57. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 5 In G-Flat Major "Black Key"
  58. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 8 in F Major
  59. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 7 in C Major
  60. Études, Op. 25: No. 12 in C Minor, "The Ocean"
  61. Waltzes, B.I.44, in E Major (Waltz No.15)
  62. Waltzes, Op. 69, No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. 69: I. Valse de L'adieu
  63. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 9 in F Minor
  64. Nocturnes, Op. 15: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major - Larghetto
  65. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 10 in A-Flat Major
  66. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 11 in E-Flat Major
  67. Funeral March Sonata No. 2 In B Flat Minor, Op. 35 (Excerpt)
  68. Ballad For Piano No.1 In G Minor, Op. 23
  69. Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2 in D-Flat Major - Lento sostenuto
  70. 12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 2 in F Minor
  71. Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor - Larghetto
  72. 12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 11 in A Minor
  73. 12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 4 in A Minor
  74. Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 In E-Flat Major - From Music In Darkness
  75. 12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 3 in F Major
  76. Beethoven: Quintet In E Flat, Op. 16 - Rondo: Finale (Excerpt)
  77. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 In E Major, "Tristesse"
  78. Nocturne, Op. 72: In E Minor - Andante
  79. Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 3 in B Major
  80. 12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 5 in E Minor
  81. 12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 9 in G-Flat Major "Butterfly"
  82. Nocturnes, Op. 15: No. 3 in G Minor - Lento
  83. Waltzes, Op. 69: No. 10 in B Minor
  84. 12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Aeolian Harp"
  85. Nocturnes, Op. 32: No. 2 In A-Flat Major - Lento
  86. Nocturnes, Op. 32: No. 1 In B Major - Andante Sostenuto
  87. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 12 in C Minor, "Revolutionary"
  88. Nocturnes, Op. 37: No. 1 In G Minor - Lento
  89. Nocturnes, Op. 37: No. 2 In G Minor - Andante
  90. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionary"

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