Word: posselt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...principle that good music deserves a good performance, he has not confined himself to Harvard-Radcliffe material. Non-Cambridge talent constitutes an important part of the organization, and nearly all the trombone players are conservatory students. He has even procured the services of a professional violinist (Ruth Posselt) to play Hindemith's Violin Concerto for the second concert...
...Ruth Posselt, the soloist in the Hindemith, is a magnificent violinist. She adapted herself admirably to the vicissitudes of an amateur orchestra, playing with understanding and beautiful tone, and communicating her enthusiasm for the concerto to the orchestra. The accompaniment was for the most part excellent...
...husband--Richard Burgin, concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra--who introduced the selection in America in 1940. Miss Posselt "immediately stole it" from her husband and has been playing it regularly ever since...
...Miss Posselt also finds her rehearsal time a bit limited, for she has seven and three-year-old children. Of the nine concert that Miss Posselt offered to play, the Pierian executives--who run the orchestra--decided upon Hindemith's Violin Concerto. Her knowledge of that piece is a benefit derived from her marriage...