Word: pianists
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Married. Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch, 51, only one of Mark Twain's four daughters to survive him; and Jacques Samossoud, 53, Russian-born conductor; in Hollywood. Her husband for 27 years was Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the Detroit Symphony's Russian-born pianist-conductor, who died...
Frederic Francois Chopin, Polish pianist-composer (of French-Polish parents) was Germanized by the same Nazis who have banned his music in occupied Poland since 1939. Chopin, they announced, was "of course German," a descendant of an old Alsatian family named Schopping...
That Mr. Simonds not only is a remarkably able pianist but also possesses a thorough knowledge of Beethoven's Concerto was evidenced by the facility and technique of his performance. His cadenza in the First Movement presented the theme powerfully, yet simply, and throughout the second (Largo) and third (Rondo Allegro) movements his interpretation continued to be spirited and full. It was regrettable that the attack of the orchestra seemed slightly rusty in the first movement, but this fault decreased as the work progressed...
...simple statistics are arresting. Among the Fishbergs and Glantzes there are in the U.S. (and Russia has more): ten violinists, eight trumpeters, three pianists, two flutists, two clarinetists, two saxophonists, two drummers and one double bassist. Among the Borodkins and Gusikoffs there are five cellists, two violinists, four trumpeters, two drummers, one violist, one pianist, one clarinetist and one trombonist. The total amounts to some 47 orchestra players, includes twelve violinists, twelve trumpet players. Among the most prominent are Mischa Mischakoff (real name Fishberg), concertmaster of the NBC Symphony; Harry Glantz, first trumpet of the NBC Symphony; Sidney Baker...
Born in Budapest, George Szell grew up an infant prodigy, made his debut as a pianist and composer at the age of ten with the Vienna Symphony. He rose to be chief maestro of the pre-Hitler Berlin Opera. This summer he will conduct at Philadelphia's Robin Hood Dell, Chicago's Ravinia Park and the Hollywood Bowl...