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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: People from umperk District, Populated places in umperk District, Alfred Brendel, Emilie Schindler, Mohelnice, Usov, Velke Losiny, Hanu ovice, Kralicky Sn nik, Bludov, Zab eh, Edmund Reitter, Hugo Simon, Rapotin, tity, Stare M sto, Lo tice, Josef Mik, Sobotin, Olomoucke syre ky, Libina, Petrov nad Desnou, Ol any, Lou na nad Desnou, Pavlov, Dolni Studenky, Mirov, Novy Malin, Bohuslavice, Horni Studenky, Police, Moravi any, Brni ko, Branna, Mala Morava, Ruda nad Moravou, Rajec, Lukavice, Bohutin, Zvole, Li nice, Post elmov, Jest ebi, Jind ichov, Kamenna, Verni ovice, Post elm vek, Zborov, Maletin, Rovensko, Jakubovice, Le tina, Bratru ov, Lesnice, Drozdov, Kol ov, Kop ivna, Krchleby, Hrab ice, Svebohov, T e tina, Vy eho i, Hrabova, Hrabi in, Dlouhomilov, Sudkov, Bohdikov, Hyn ina, Palonin, Pisa ov, Kosov, Jedli, Bu in, Rejchartice, Dubicko, Stavenice, Oskava, Klopina, Nemile, Rohle, Viky ovice, Ho tejn, leglov, Janou ov, Vikantice, Chrome . Excerpt: Alfred Brendel KBE (born 5 January 1931) is an Austrian pianist, born in Czechoslovakia and a resident of the United Kingdom. He is also a poet and author. Brendel was born in Wiesenberg, Czechoslovakia, now Lou na nad Desnou, Czech Republic, to a non-musical family. They moved to Zagreb when Brendel was six, and later to Graz, where they lived during World War II, towards the end of which the 14-year old Brendel was sent to Yugoslavia to dig trenches. However, he developed frostbite and was taken to the hospital. Brendel began piano lessons when he was six with Sofija De eli, and at 14 he studied piano with Ludovica von Kaan and composition in the Graz Conservatory for the next two years, but otherwise had little formal music education. After the war, Brendel composed music, as well as continuing to play the piano and to paint. However, he never had more formal pia...
