# Felix Fox > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Felix_Fox > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Felix_Fox.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Fox > Source revision: 1296261674 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Felix Fox** (born May 25, 1876,[1] [Breslau](/source/Breslau), [Germany](/source/Germany)[2] – d. March 24, 1947, [Boston, Massachusetts](/source/Boston,_Massachusetts))[3][4] was a [German](/source/Germany)-born concert [pianist](/source/Pianist) and educator. Fox studied piano with [Carl Reinecke](/source/Carl_Reinecke) in [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig), and Hungarian-French pianist [Isidor Philipp](/source/Isidor_Philipp) in Paris, and studied music theory with [Salomon Jadassohn](/source/Salomon_Jadassohn). Fox graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig where he made his debut in 1896.[5] He made his [Paris](/source/Paris) debut in 1897, his [Boston](/source/Boston) debut in 1898, and his [London](/source/London) debut in 1907. Fox performed concerts with the [New York Symphony Orchestra](/source/New_York_Symphony_Orchestra), the [Philadelphia Orchestra](/source/Philadelphia_Orchestra), the [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](/source/Detroit_Symphony_Orchestra), the Dannreuther String Quartet, as soloist with the [Griller Quartet](/source/Griller_Quartet),[6] violinist [Albert Spalding](/source/Albert_Spalding_(violinist)),[7] the Boston Festival Orchestra, the [Boston Pops Orchestra](/source/Boston_Pops_Orchestra),[8] and the [Boston Symphony Orchestra](/source/Boston_Symphony_Orchestra).[9][10] Fox moved to [Boston, Massachusetts](/source/Boston,_Massachusetts) in 1897, and in 1898 co-founded the Fox-Buonamici School of Pianoforte Playing with pianist [Carlo Buonamici](/source/Carlo_Buonamici) in 1908 at 403 Marlborough Street in Boston's Back Bay. After Buonamici's death, in 1920,[11] the school became the Felix Fox School of Pianoforte Playing. The school was closed in 1935.[12][13] Among Fox's students were the composer [Miriam Gideon](/source/Miriam_Gideon) and pianist and educator [Harrison Potter](/source/Harrison_Potter). Potter went on to teach at the Fox-Buonamici School. Fox also taught piano at [Phillips Academy](/source/Phillips_Academy) in Andover, Massachusetts and the Framingham School for Girls, in [Framingham, Massachusetts](/source/Framingham,_Massachusetts) in the 1920s.[14][15][16] Fox composed a number of songs and works for solo piano and also made transcriptions of works by composer and pianist [Edward MacDowell](/source/Edward_MacDowell).[17] In 1917, Fox published "The Boston Music Company Digest Of Piano Pieces: For The Left Hand Alone," reprinted by [Kessinger Publishing](/source/Kessinger_Publishing), LLC, in 2010. In 1932, Fox began work on the operetta, *The King Fishers* in collaboration with noted Broadway tenor and lyricist George Mitchell. *The King Fishers* was copyrighted in 1933[18] and received its premiere by Boston's Repertory Theatre in 1934.[19] In 1935, Fox was named a Chevalier in the [Legion of Honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour) for his service to French Music.[20][21] Fox married Mary Vincent Pratt in 1910; they had two children.[22] ## References 1. *Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians*, Seventh Edition, Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Schirmer Books, New York, 1984 1. International Who's Who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: "A contemporary biographical dictionary and a record of the world's musical activity," by César Saerchinger, page 200, Current Literature Publishing Company, 1918 1. *New York Times* obituary, "Felix Fox, Concert [Pianist](/source/Pianist) had been soloist with Symphony orchestras," March 26, 1947, page 25 1. Chronology of Western Classical Music, By Charles J. Hall, page 892, Taylor & Francis, 2002, ISBN 0-415-94216-0 1. *Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians*, Seventh Edition, Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Schirmer Books, New York, 1984 1. *Boston Globe* article, "Felix Fox Will Play With Griller Quartet," December 27, 1939, page 18 1. *Boston Globe* advertisement, "Concert in Aid for the Widows of Italian Reservists," March 26, 1916, page 59 1. *Boston Globe,* "Tonight's Pops Program," May 24, 1941, page 11 1. International Who's Who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: "A contemporary biographical dictionary and a record of the world's musical activity," by César Saerchinger, page 200, Current Literature Publishing Company, 1918 1. *New York Times* obituary, "Felix Fox, Concert pianist had been soloist with Symphony orchestras," March 26, 1947, page 25 1. "Throng at Funeral of Carlo Buonamici". *The Boston Daily Globe*. October 4, 1920. p. 2. 1. From "A Handbook of American Private Schools," by Hesperides, Sargent's Handbook Series, orig. published 1916 by Hesperides. Republished by Read Books, 2007, page 218; Source: Google Books Search 1. *Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians*, Seventh Edition, Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Schimer Books, New York, 1984 1. *Catalogue of Phillips Academy*. The Andover Press. 1922. p. 54. 1. Roepper, Charles (October 19, 1918). "Expect War Conditions to Eradicate 'Exclusiveness' from Boston's Music this Season". *Musical America*. **28** (25) 1. "Felix Fox's Varied Activities". *The Musician*. **33**. November 1928. 1. *Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians*, Seventh Edition, Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Schimer Books, New York, 1984 1. *Catalogue of Copyright Entries, Part 1 Group 3, Dramatic Compositions and Motion Pictures*. Library of Congress. 1933. p. 108. 1. "Wrote text and music of "The King Fishers"". *The Boston Daily Globe*. February 25, 1934. p. 42. 1. "Fox Named Chevalier of Legion of Honor". *The Boston Daily Globe*. July 7, 1935. pp. A-3. 1. *New York Times* obituary, "Felix Fox, Concert pianist had been soloist with Symphony orchestras," March 26, 1947, page 25 1. International Who's Who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: "A contemporary biographical dictionary and a record of the world's musical activity," by César Saerchinger, page 200, Current Literature Publishing Company, 1918 ## External links - [https://archive.today/20130112033913/http://www.box.net/shared/xoamu98toh](https://archive.today/20130112033913/http://www.box.net/shared/xoamu98toh) Etude, Opus 24, No.1, by Moritz Moszkowski, played by FlixFox - Gungoli, Parkash. ["FlixFox"](https://flixfoxhds.com/). *flixfoxhds*. howdy. 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