Arthur Schnabel, one of the world’s greatest pianists, who was compelled to leave Germany when the Nazis came to power and was later forced to leave Italy as a result of Mussolini’s expulsion order against foreign Jews, died last night in Axenstein, Switzerland, at the age of 69. He arrived there two months ago to take a long rest because of a heart ailment.
Mr. Schnabel, who was also a composer, settled in the United States in 1938 after he left Italy. He later became a naturalized American citizen. He was born in Lipnik, Carinthia, in Austria and was recognized as a piano virtuoso when he was nine years old. His first appearance in the United States was at the end of 1921. In 1915 he was given an honorary professorship by the Prussian state, and from 1925 to 1933–until Hitler came to power–he taught music at the Berlin Hochschule.
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