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Died, Ossip Salomonowitsch Gabrilowitsch, 58, famed Russian-born pianist, husband of Mark Twain's talented daughter Clara Clemens; since 1918 conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; after long illness; in Detroit...
Thirty-three years ago a ruddy-cheeked Russian who wore startlingly high collars and frizzly hair standing on end arrived in the U. S. to give piano recitals. U. S. audiences took instantly to Ossip Salomonowitsch Gabrilowitsch. He became a fixture on the U. S. musical scene, married Clara Clemens, Mark Twain's daughter, in 1918 became conductor of the Detroit Symphony. When Violinist Albert Spalding started to plow out his career, he reversed the route Gabrilowitsch had taken. In the U. S. Spalding found that it was a handicap to be the handsome, athletic-looking...
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