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Alice Frisca (March 7, 1900 — January 24, 1960) was the professional name of Alice Mayer, an American pianist.

Early life

Alice Mayer was from San Francisco, California,^[1] the daughter of Benjamin Mayer and Eva Mayer. Her stage name was a reference to that city. As a young woman she won the MacDowell Prize from the California Federation of Music Clubs.^[2] She was a student of Pierre Douillet,^[3] Clarence Eddy, and Leopold Godowsky.^[4]

Career

She made her Paris debut in 1920.^[5] Frisca was honored with a medal for a concert she gave in 1921 in Paris, a benefit for French and Belgian artists in need after World War I.^[6] "She has a conspicuously neat and fluent technique," noted critic Alfred Kalisch, writing in The Musical Times of her London debut in 1921, "and a touch of no little charm."^[7] Her New York debut a few months later drew similar critical appreciation,^[8] though the New-York Tribune scoffed that "Miss Frisca evidently mistakes force for brilliance," and said that she "more nearly resembled a noisy amateur than a professional pianist."^[9]

Personal life

Alice Frisca married businessman Ralph Kirsch in New York, and left behind her performing career.^[10] Her husband's nephew, Harold C. Schonberg, was the Pulitzer Prize-winning chief music critic at The New York Times from 1960 to 1980; he cited her as his first piano teacher and an important early influence on his understanding of music.^[11] Alice Mayer Kirsch died in 1960, aged 59 years, while in Puerto Rico with her husband.^[12]

References

1. ^Walter Anthony, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12567527/alice_mayer_1917/ "Pianist of 17 Makes Her Debut A Big Success"] San Francisco Chronicle (September 19, 1917): 8. via Newspapers.com{{open access}}
2. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12567455/alice_mayer_1920/ "Pianist is Winner of Contest for Artists"] San Francisco Chronicle (May 9, 1920): 3. via Newspapers.com{{open access}}
3. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12562400/alice_mayer_1917/ "Alice Mayer Praised at Pianistic Debut"] San Francisco Chronicle (September 23, 1917): 7. via Newspapers.com{{open access}}
4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=AXM9AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA12-IA11&ots=ko29bMiE89&dq=%22Alice%20Mayer%22%20piano&pg=PA12-IA11#v=onepage&q=%22Alice%20Mayer%22%20piano&f=false "Alice Mayer to Leave for Paris"] Pacific Coast Musical Review (June 19, 1920): 9.
5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=O2lFAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA18-PA27&dq=Alice%20Frisca&pg=RA18-PA27#v=onepage&q=Alice%20Frisca&f=false "Alice Frisca Conquers Paris"] Music News (December 24, 1920): 27.
6. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=pjg_AQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA5-PA21&ots=hR4HBeR_VN&dq=Alice%20Frisca%20Musical%20America&pg=RA5-PA21#v=onepage&q=Alice%20Frisca%20Musical%20America&f=false "Alice Frisca Honored For her Paris Concert in Aid of Artists"] Musical America (February 13, 1921): 21.
7. ^Alfred Kalisch, "London Concerts", The Musical Times (May 1, 1921): 340.
8. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=v3M9AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA52&ots=6KPYRHAXqS&dq=Alice%20Frisca&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q=Alice%20Frisca&f=false "Alice Frisca's New York Debut"] Pacific Coast Musical Review (November 19, 1921): 52.
9. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12562199/alice_frisca_at_aeolian_1921/ "Alice Frisca Makes New York Debut in Recital at Aeolian"] New-York Tribune (October 7, 1921): 8. via Newspapers.com{{open access}}
10. ^Harold C. Schonberg, Facing the Music (Simon & Schuster 1985): 15. {{ISBN|9780671605636}}
11. ^Allan Kozinn, [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/27/nyregion/harold-c-schonberg-87-dies-won-pulitzer-prize-as-music-critic-for-the-times.html "Harold C. Schonberg, 87, Dies; Won Pulitzer Prize as Music Critic for The Times"] New York Times (July 27, 2003).
12. ^[https://search-proquest-com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/115214223/337DA309D8DE45AFPQ/2 "Mrs. Ralph Kirsch"] New York Times (January 27, 1960): 33.