K. 467 K. 482 K. 491 K. 503-Artur Schnabel (17 April 1882 - 15 August 1951) was an Austrian classical pianist who also composed and taught. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th centurys most respected and most important pianists his playing displayed marked vitality profundity and spirituality in the Austro-German classics particularly the works of Beethoven and Schubert.