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Jacobsen Arthur Bergh Bergh George Gershwin Jascha Heifetz Toscha Seidel Elman Franz Kneisel Saint Saens Bruch Walter Damrosch Chausson Einstein Zeitlin New York Philharmonic 1716 1717 1732 1772 1779 1895 1908 1914 1915 1919 1921 1925 1926 1945 1946 1947 1949 1952 1972
Sascha Jacobsen was a Russian violinist and teacher born (in Helsinki, Finland) on December 10, 1895. Jacobsen’s birthdate is also given as November 29, 1895 and December 11, 1895. Little is known of his early life. It has been said that he grew up in St Petersburg. He has been often confused with another violinist (from Philadelphia) named Sascha Jacobson. A humorous song written by George Gershwin in 1921 includes his (first) name (along with those of Jascha, Toscha, and Mischa – Russian violinists Heifetz, Seidel, and Elman, respectively.) It is known that he enrolled at Juilliard in 1908 where his main teacher was Franz Kneisel. He graduated from Juilliard (Institute of Musical Art) in June of 1914 (some sources say 1915.) He was 18 years old. (A fellow-student of his was Elias Breeskin.) In February of 1915, Jacobsen played parts of Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnol at an Aeolian Hall concert. On November 27, 1915, he made his official recital debut at Aeolian Hall playing (among other things) Saint Saens’ third concerto. After the announced program was concluded, he had to play numerous encores and he received very favorable reviews the following day. He first soloed with the New York Philharmonic on March 9, 1919 (at age 23) playing Bruch’s first concerto with Walter Damrosch conducting. Jacobsen concertized as a soloist between 1915 and 1925. He began teaching at Juilliard in 1926. After being hired, he almost immediately formed the Musical Art Quartet which disbanded in 1945, after almost 20 years of concert activity. Recordings of this quartet are not hard to find. Jacobsen also did solo recordings, although mostly of short works for violin and piano. A well-known recording of his is the Chausson concerto for string quartet, violin, and piano with Jascha Heifetz as violin soloist. You can listen to that recording here. He moved to Los Angeles (California, USA) in 1946 and taught at the Los Angeles Conservatory but at other music schools as well. From September 1947 and May 1949, he was guest concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Some sources say he was concertmaster up to 1952 but I could not confirm that. It has been said that Albert Einstein was one of Jacobsen’s pupils. (Einstein also took lessons from Toscha Seidel.) Jacobsen’s most famous pupils are probably Julius Hegyi and Zvi Zeitlin. Among the violins he played are the Red Diamond Stradivarius (1732), the Cessole Stradivarius (1716), the Windsor Stradivarius (1717), a GB Guadagnini (1779), another GB Guadagnini (1772), and a Del Gesu Guarnerius constructed in 1732. Jacobsen died on March 19, 1972, at age 76.
Mikhail Saulovich Elman Beethoven Mendelssohn Kreisler Drigo Hubay 1891 1947 1967
Mischa (Mikhail Saulovich) Elman (January 20, 1891 – April 5, 1967) was a Russian-born Jewish-American violinist, famed for his passionate style, beautiful tone, and impeccable artistry and musicality. 米夏·艾尔曼(1891年-1967年),著名俄罗斯犹太小提琴家,以琴声优美动人而闻名于世。 (Wiki) Beethoven: Minuet in G (Mischa Elman, violin; Wolfgang Rose, piano) (http•••) Mendelssohn (arranged by Kreisler): Song Withoug Words (Elman, violin) (http•••) Drigo - Serenade (Elman, violin) (http•••) Hubay: Hejre Kati (Mischa Elman, violin; Leopold Mittman, piano) - recorded 1947 (http•••) Cui: Orientale (Micha Elman, violin; Wolfgang Rose, piano) (http•••)
Mikhail Saulovich Elman Schumann Pablo Sarasate Leopold Auer Wieniawski Paganini Édouard Colonne Mendelssohn Alexander Glazunov Bohuslav Martinů Rosé Hastings Hudson Jascha Heifetz Orchestre Colonne Carnegie Hall 1891 1903 1904 1905 1906 1908 1914 1917 1923 1929 1943 1950 1967
Mischa Elman plays 'Traumerei,' with Marcel van Gool at the piano, recorded in New York on 12 February 1929. From Wikipedia: Mischa (Mikhail Saulovich) Elman (January 20, 1891 – April 5, 1967) was a Russian-born Jewish-American violinist, famed for his passionate style, beautiful tone, and impeccable artistry and musicality. Moses or Moishe Elman was born in the small town of Talnoye (now known as Talne) in the Umansky Uyezd of the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine). His grandfather was a klezmer, or Jewish folk, musician who also played the violin. It became apparent when Mischa was very young that he had perfect pitch, but his father hesitated about a career as a musician, since musicians were not very high on the social scale. He finally gave in, and gave Mischa a miniature violin, on which he soon learned several tunes by himself. Soon thereafter, he was taken to Odessa, where he studied at the Imperial Academy of Music. Pablo de Sarasate gave him a recommendation, stating that he could become one of the great talents of Europe. He auditioned for Leopold Auer at the age of 11, playing the Wieniawski Concerto No. 2 and 24th Caprice by Paganini. Auer was so impressed that he had Elman admitted to the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Elman was still only a boy when Auer arranged for him to play with the famous Colonne Orchestra during their visit to Pavlovsk. Knowing Édouard Colonne's hatred of child prodigies, Auer did not tell him Elman's age when making the arrangements, and not until the famous conductor saw young Mischa waiting to go on the platform did he realize that he had engaged a child. He was furious, and flatly refused to continue with the programme. Frantic attempts were made to assure him that Elman had the recommendation of Auer himself and was well capable of doing justice to the music, but Colonne was adamant. 'I have never yet played with a child, and I refuse to start now,' he retorted. So Elman had to play with piano accompaniment while conductor and orchestra sat listening. According to Elman, 'I was eleven at the time. When Colonne saw me, violin in hand, ready to step on the stage, he drew himself up and said with emphasis: 'I play with a prodigy! Never!' Nothing could move him, and I had to play to a piano accompaniment. After he had heard me play, though, he came over to me and said: 'The best apology I can make for what I said is to ask you to do me the honor of playing with the Orchestre Colonne in Paris.' He was as good as his word. Four months later I went to Paris and played the Mendelssohn concerto for him with great success.' In 1903, Elman began to play concerts in the homes of wealthy patrons of the arts, and he made his Berlin debut in 1904, creating a great sensation. His London debut in 1905 included the British premiere of Alexander Glazunov's Violin Concerto in A minor. He played in Carnegie Hall in 1908, making a great impression on his American audience. He toured Australia in 1914. In 1917, he was elected to honorary membership in Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity. He sometimes performed in as many as 107 concerts in a 29-week season. The Elman family moved to the United States, and Mischa became a citizen in 1923. In 1943, he gave the premiere of Bohuslav Martinů's second concerto, which was written for him. Sales of his records exceeded two million. A frequent accompanist in chamber works during Elman's early American career was Emmanuel Bay, who was born on exactly the same day as Elman, January 20, 1891. But Elman also performed and recorded with Josef Bonime, Carroll Hollister, Wolfgang Rosé and others, and from 1950, his steady accompanist and recital partner was Joseph Seiger. He also briefly performed and made recordings with the Mischa Elman String Quartet. Elman died in his apartment on April 5, 1967 in Manhattan, New York City, a few hours after completing a rehearsal with Seiger.' He is buried in the Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Elman's recorded legacy spanned more than six decades. His first 78 rpm discs were made for Pathe, in Paris, in 1906; his final LP sessions were for Vanguard, in New York, in 1967. The greater part of his discography was recorded for the Victor Talking Machine Company/RCA Victor, with whom he had an exclusive relationship through 1950. Thereafter, he recorded for Decca/London and later the Vanguard label. Regrettably, Elman's discs have never been reissued on CD in a systematic manner (whereas almost every recording which his contemporary Jascha Heifetz made has been readily available on CD for years).
Mischa Elman Pyotr Il Yich Tchaikovsky Hahn John Barbirolli London Symphony Orchestra 1891 1929 1930 1967
Dedicated to my dearest best friend & greatest among artists Laetitia Hahn (http•••) Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: • Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 London Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli Recorded at Queen’s Hall, London, 19 & 20 December 1929 • Serenade melancolique, Op. 26 Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra, Alexander Hilsberg Recorded at Victor’s 24th Street Studios, New York, 25 August 1930 Mischa Elman, violin For other great productions have a look at: (http•••) & (http•••)
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