Sophie Menter

Training under Sigmund Lebert, Franz Liszt and Hans von Bülow is recorded. Wassily Sapellnikoff and Evelyn Faltis are recorded as having studied under Sophie Menter. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Distinctions recorded are Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society.

• Name — Sophie Menter • Birthplace — Munich • Born — 29 July 1847 • Place of death — Stockdorf • Died — 23 February 1918 • Instrument — Piano • Genre — Classical music • Occupation — Pianist

Sophie Menter was born in Munich, the daughter of cellist Josef Menter and singer Wilhelmine Menter (née Diepold). She studied piano with Siegmund Lebert and later Friedrich Niest. At 15, she played Carl Maria von Weber's Konzertstück for piano and orchestra with Franz Lachner conducting. Her first concert appearances took her to Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Switzerland, and in 1867 she became acclaimed for her interpretation of Liszt's piano music at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. In Berlin, Menter became acquainted with the famous pianist Carl Tausig; she became a pupil of Liszt in 1869 after studying with Tausig and Hans von Bülow. While studying in Berlin in 1870, American pianist Amy Fay was impressed by Menter, who she described as “becoming very celebrated and who plays superbly.” "I envied her dreadfully," write Fay in Music Study in Germany. "She plays everything by heart, and has a beautiful conception. She gave her concert entirely alone, except that someone sang a few songs, and at the end [Karl] Tausig played a duet for two pianos with her, in which he took the second piano." Between 1872 and 1886 she was married to cellist David Popper, with whom she had a daughter named Celeste. In 1881 she first appeared in England and was awarded honorary membership of the Royal Philharmonic Society two years later. In 1883 she became professor of piano at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory but left in 1886 to continue concertizing. Because of her popularity, Menter succeeded with music that no other pianist would touch. This included Liszt's First Piano Concerto, which she played in Vienna in 1869, 12 years after its disastrous premiere there. One of her recital specialties was a piece entitled Rhapsodies. This was a composite of three of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies—Nos. 2, 6 and 12—along with fragments from several others. She also composed various pieces for piano, mainly in a brilliant style, yet referred to her own compositional talent as "miserable."

Sophie Menter is recorded as pianist, music educator, university teacher, composer and piano teacher. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Sophie Menter. Her recorded language was German. She was the child of Joseph Menter. She married David Popper.