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James Huneker

Born

in Philadelphia, The United States

January 31, 1857

Died

February 09, 1921

Genre

Arts & Photography, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Huneker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied piano in Europe under Leopold Doutreleau and audited the Paris piano class of Frédéric Chopin's pupil Georges Mathias. He came to New York City in 1885 and remained there until his death. In the USA he studied with Franz Liszt's student Rafael Joseffy, who became his friend and mentor.

Huneker wrote the analysis and commentary on the complete works of Chopin for Schirmer's music publishing company. His analysis of all the piano solo works of Johannes Brahms, written shortly after that composer's complete works were published after his death, is highly regarded.

He was the music editor of the Musical Courier and for two years was music editor of the New York paper The Sun, and a freque ...more

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James Huneker’s books

Average rating: 3.95 · 551 ratings · 39 reviews · 357 distinct works

	Chopin: The Man and His Music (Volume 1) (Dover Books On Music: Composers) by James Huneker, Herbert Weinstock (Introduction) 3.33 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1900 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unicorns 3.75 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1917 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Egoists, a Book of Supermen: Stendhal, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Anatole France, Huysmans, Barres, Nietzsche, Blake, Ibsen, Stirner, and Ernest Hello 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1909 — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1979 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Painted Veils 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1920 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Franz Liszt 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ivory Apes And Peacocks: Joseph Conrad, Walt Whitman, Jules Laforgue, Dostoievsky And Tolstoy, Schoenberg, Wedekind, Moussorgsky, Cezanne, Vermeer, ... Poets, Painters, Composers And Dramatists 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Melomaniacs 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1902 — 126 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Visionaries 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1970 — 115 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Cosmopolis, a Book of Images: Intimate New York: Certain European Cities Before the War: Vienna, Prague, Little Holland, Belgian Etchings, Madrid, ... City and Newport 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars