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Herbert Fryer (21 May 18777 February 1957) was an English pianist, teacher and composer. ==Career== George Herbert Fryer was born in Hampstead, London in 1877, the only son of three children.〔 His father George Henry Fryer was an insurance broker.〔(Unsung composers )〕 He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, then went on for two years study (1893–95) under Oscar Beringer〔(Bach Cantatas )〕 at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM).〔 In 1894 Fryer won the Heathcote Long Prize.〔(Unsung composers )〕 This was followed by four years study (1895–98) at the Royal College of Music (RCM), under Franklin Taylor.〔〔(Music Web International )〕 In 1898 Fryer had some lessons with Ferruccio Busoni in Weimar.〔 He also had some lesson with Tobias Matthay.〔''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', 5th ed. (1954), Vol. III, p. 510: Fryer, (George) Herbert〕 He made his London debut on 17 November 1898,〔 and then commenced a career as a touring recitalist as well as an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.〔 These tours took him all over Britain and Europe, and also to many parts of Canada, the United States,〔〔(''Daily Princetonian'', 13 May 1916 )〕 Australia (including the goldfields of Western Australia)〔(''Kalgoorlie Miner'', 10 September 1920 )〕〔(''Kalgoorlie Miner'', 29 September 1920 )〕〔(''The Register'', Adelaide, 23 November 1920 )〕〔(''The Mercury'', 1 November 1920 )〕〔(''The Mercury'', 3 November 1920 )〕 South Africa, the Far East, and India.〔 He was also a competition adjudicator.〔 He was said to have travelled more than any other British pianist.〔 He gave 50 recitals in London alone, said to have been a record.〔(''The Mercury'', 28 October 1920 )〕 The King of Norway attended his recital in Christiania.〔 He played at the Proms on six occasions from 1901 to 1918, playing such works as Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and ''Concert Fantasia'', and Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2.〔(The Proms Archive )〕 No doubt his knowledge of the Brahms was informed by the fact that his teacher Oscar Beringer had given the British premiere of the work in 1882.〔(David C F Wright, ''A Lost Generation of Pianists?'' )〕〔''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', 5th ed. (1954), Vol. I, p. 644: Beringer, Oscar〕 In 1905 he took up a teaching position at the RAM, where he continued until 1914. His first tour of North America came in 1914. He stayed there for three years, teaching at the Institute of Musical Art in New York until 1917 (this later merged with the Juilliard School).〔〔 On return to Britain in 1917, he was appointed Professor of Piano at the RCM, remaining in that post for the next 30 years, until 1947.〔〔 He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Music in 1922. On retirement, he continued teaching privately above Bluthner's showrooms,〔 and died in London in 1957, aged 79. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herbert Fryer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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