1866-1924 Father of Electronic music
By some considered to be a piano virtuoso, composer, teacher, arranger, and philosopher.
Thought to have introduced the music of Debussy, Gabriel Faure, Sibelius, and Bartok to Berlin. favorite composer was Mozart. He wrote, "Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music" in 1907 and constructed new scales because he refused to accept the limitations of major and minor modes.