Altberg Emma, *14 January 1889 Płock, †4 July 1983 Warsaw, Polish pianist, teacher, publicist. She studied social sciences and philosophy in Switzerland. She studied piano at the Schola Cantorum in Paris in 1909–14 with B. Selva, completing them in St. Petersburg, and in 1926 and 1928 at early music interpretation courses at St-Leu-La Forêt near Paris with W. Landowska and in Paris with P. Brunold. In 1915–39, she worked as a teacher, pianist, and publicist (music reviews in “Express Poranny” in 1931–39). During World War II, she taught in Vilnius. From 1945, she was a lecturer, and in 1956–61 a professor of piano and harpsichord and piano teaching methodology at the State Higher School of Music (PWSM) in Łódź; at the same time, she was associated with other music schools. She published many collections of exercises and songs commonly used as material included in the compulsory curriculum. Awarded, among others, Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Works:
Polscy pianiści, 1947
several articles in the field of pianism
Editions:
for piano:
Wybór łatwych utworów klasycznych, Warsaw 1946
313 wprawek, with Z. Romaszkowa, Warsaw 1947, new ed. 1957 and the following
Czytanki muzyczne, 5 books, Warsaw 1949–53, new ed. 4 books, Kraków 1956–65 and the following
Zbiór łatwych utworów kompozytorów rosyjskich i radzieckich, Warsaw 1953
6 utworów polskich kompozytorów współczesnych, Kraków 1954 and the following
Wybór utworów z XVII i XVIII w., 2 books, Kraków 1956, 1957 and the following
Studium gry polifonicznej, Kraków 1964 and the following
for piano or organ:
J. Kuhnau II Sonata „Dawid i Saul”, Kraków 1966
for piano for 4 hands:
Wybór łatwych utworów, with Z. Romaszkowa, 2 books, Warsaw 1946–51, new ed. Kraków 1963 and the following
Na 4 ręce, Kraków 1960 and the following
Francuski wachlarzyk, Kraków 1967
Wybrane utwory kompozytorów francuskich, Kraków 1967
for violin and piano:
J.S. Bach Sonaty, with I. Dubiska, 2 books, Kraków 1961, 1965 and the following
