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Petri escaped from Poland the day before the German invasion in September 1939, but he had to leave behind all his books, music and letters, including his correspondence with Busoni (these papers survived and were recovered).
339:, Poland, where, until the outbreak of World War II in 1939, he conducted summer and early-fall sessions and piano master classes. Beginning with 1929 he made recordings for several labels, including 293:, he concentrated on piano. He studied with Busoni, who greatly influenced him, and Petri considered himself more a disciple than a student of his. Following his example, Petri focused on the works of 490:
According to a letter from Forrest Robinson, a Petri student, Petri and his wife left Poland for England in great haste in 1939, leaving his music books and grand pianos behind.
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Although a Dutch citizen until he was 74, he never lived in the Netherlands and was not at ease with the Dutch language. On one occasion when he performed for
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During World War I, Petri moved with Busoni to Switzerland, where he assisted him in editing Bach's keyboard works. In the 1920s, Petri taught in
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The Esoteric Musical Tradition of Ferruccio Busoni and Its Reinvigoration in the Music of Larry Sitsky: The Operas Doktor Faust and The Golem
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Petri had a superb technique and a powerful sonority and was a superlative exponent of the larger works of
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and with his father's string quartet. He studied composition and theory with
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List of music students by teacher: N to Q § Egon Petri
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Petri's family was Dutch. He was born a Dutch citizen in
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lessons and eventually, with strong encouragement from
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