Re: Russian & Soviet Composers (Misc) - Part 2
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:36 pm
My penultimate composer.........Yefrem Aleksandrovich Zimbalist. Born 1889, Rostov-on-Don: died 1985, Reno, USA. Violinist, composer and teacher. Attended the St Petersburg Conservatoire from 1901-7, where he studied violin with Auer. Graduated with the Gold Medal and the Anton Rubinstein Prize. He then concertized extensively, making his U.S debut with the Boston Symphony in 1911 with the American premiere of the Glazunov Violin Concerto. Was twice married, first to singer Alam Gluck (1914) and then to Mary Louise Bok (1943), founder of the Curtis Institute. He taught at the Curtis Institute from 1928 and was director from 1941-68. Considered one of the “greatest” violinists of the 20th century.
Zimbalist wrote a number of violin works, this posting is his only known piano work [from what I can discover], the Ten Impressions - a beautiful set which includes three pieces in the style of Chopin, Rachmaninov and Debussy, and a fourth is a fantasy on themes from Sadko by Rimsky-Korsakov. There is also a piano concerto, which both Sibley and LoC hold.
[Note: I'm aware Zimbalist died in 1985 which is very borderline what we usually allow on PP although this work was published in 1951......I have checked with the publisher that this work is no longer in print nor available, nor do they hold any archive copies].
Malcolm
Zimbalist wrote a number of violin works, this posting is his only known piano work [from what I can discover], the Ten Impressions - a beautiful set which includes three pieces in the style of Chopin, Rachmaninov and Debussy, and a fourth is a fantasy on themes from Sadko by Rimsky-Korsakov. There is also a piano concerto, which both Sibley and LoC hold.
[Note: I'm aware Zimbalist died in 1985 which is very borderline what we usually allow on PP although this work was published in 1951......I have checked with the publisher that this work is no longer in print nor available, nor do they hold any archive copies].
Malcolm