The Lonely Island - Yolo (feat. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar)

JOSEPHY (Joseffy), Ioseffi, Jozheffi Rafael (3 VII 1853, Hongfalu - 25 VI 1915, New York) - Amer. pianist. By nationality Hungarian. He studied music with F. Brauer in Budapest, from 1866 - with E. F. Wenzel at the Leipzig Conservatory, improved with I. Mosheles. In 1868-70 he took lessons from K. Tausig in Berlin, in 1870 and 1871 from F. Liszt in Weimar. He made his debut in 1872 in Berlin, and performed in European cities and the USA. From 1879 he lived in New York, where he taught in the Nat. conservatory (1888-1906). D.'s game was distinguished by virtuoso brilliance and a wealth of colors. As a pianist formed in the era of the dominance of salon-virtuoso direction. The repertoire was dominated by salon plays. In the 1880s D.'s art became deeper, he gained fame as a propagandist of the work of I. Brahms (the first performer in the USA of his concert B-dur). D. - author of many. salon pieces for fp .; He also wrote The School of Advanced Piano Playing (School of advanced piano playing, NY, 1902).