Gerald Moore

Gerald Moore, CBE ( born July 30, 1899 in Watford, † March 13, 1987 in Penn, Buckinghamshire ) was an English pianist and vocal accompanist of many famous singers of the 20th century.

Life

Moore received his education in Toronto. He accompanied some important instrumentalists such as Pablo Casals, but was best known for his work with singers. Among other things, he was a piano partner of Janet Baker, Kathleen Ferrier, Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau, Hans Hotter, Alexander Kipnis, Victoria de los Angeles, Christa Ludwig and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. It is considered to be merit to have raised the status of the companion from the purely subordinate role to that of an equivalent artistic partner. He impressed the singer above all, by its ability to transpose songs seemingly effortlessly, as required by the original key up or down ( to match the day's form and voice of some singers )

In addition, Moore has lectured and wrote about music, as in his memoirs Am I too loud? (Am I Too Loud? ). This literary activity he continued even after his farewell concert in 1967, where he los Angeles and Schwarzkopf for the last time publicly accompanied Fischer -Dieskau, de. 1970-72 he ventured, already seriously ill, with Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau, the immense undertaking of a complete recording of Schubert songs.

1954 Gerald Moore was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Writings

• Frank confessions of a companion. Heimeran, Munich 1961.
• Am I too loud? Memoirs of a companion. Wunderlich, Tübingen 1963. ISBN 3-7618-1212-4
• Schubert's song cycles. Thoughts on their performance. Wunderlich, Tübingen 1975. ISBN 3-8052-0248-2
• Farewell concert. More memories. Wunderlich, Tübingen 1978. ISBN 3-8052-0303-9
• Dichterliebe. The songs and song cycles of Robert Schumann. Wunderlich, Tübingen 1981. ISBN 3-8052-0335-7