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ABOUT
Respected accompanist for some of the greatest musicians of his day and author of literature on lieder interpretation and the art of accompanying.His farewell concert featured three of the singers with whom he had collaborated the most: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Victoria de los Ángeles, and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.He often gave witty and wise talks about accompanying, one of the first being for a Myra Hess lunchtime concert at the National Gallery.
BEFORE FAMEHe was unusually talented as a child and possessed perfect pitch, but did not fully embrace his gifts until his mid-twenties.
PERSONAL LIFEHe was the oldest of four children. His father David Frank Moore owned a men's outfitting company.
FUN FACTSPianist Gerald Moore were born on Sunday, birthstone is Ruby, the seaon was Summer in the Chinese year of , it is 204 days until Gerald Moore next birthday.
