Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator (died 1961)

Paul Wittgenstein

Austrian-American pianist (1887–1961)

Paul Wittgenstein was an Austrian-American concert pianist notable for commissioning new piano concerti for the left hand alone, after his right arm was amputated during World War I. He devised novel techniques, including pedal and hand-movement combinations, that allowed him to…