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Two other students who went on to important pianistic careers were the American Abram Chasins, and the Australian Bruce Hungerford. He also taught Muriel Kerr, a winner of the Naumberg Competition who made her Carnegie Hall debut 5 December 1928 in Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 with the Philharmonic SO of New York conducted by Willem Mengelberg.
An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced symphonic poem (or tone poem) [1] for orchestra by American composer George Gershwin first performed in 1928. It was inspired by the time that Gershwin had spent in Paris and evokes the sights and energy of the French capital during the Années folles.
May 19 – Henry F. Gilbert, American composer and collector of folk music (born 1868) May 28 – Emma Howson, operatic soprano (born 1844) June 21 – Marie Novello, pianist (born 1898) July 7 – Jón Laxdal, composer (born 1865) August 12 – Leoš Janáček, composer (born 1854) [56] September 12 – Howard Talbot, conductor and composer ...
An American in Paris by George Gershwin – December 13, 1928, New York Philharmonic, Walter Damrosch conducting; Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op. 7, by Samuel Barber – March 24, 1935, New York Philharmonic, Werner Janssen conducting; Density 21.5 by Edgard Varèse – February 16, 1936, Georges Barrère, flute
Walter Johannes Damrosch (January 30, 1862 – December 22, 1950) was a Prussian-born American conductor and composer. [1] He was the director of the New York Symphony Orchestra and conducted the world premiere performances of various works, including Aaron Copland's Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, George Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F and An American in Paris, and Jean Sibelius' Tapiola.
Carnegie Hall was desegregated from its opening, in contrast to other music venues like the National Theatre, which remained segregated well into the 20th century. [218] Sissieretta Jones became the first African-American to sing at Carnegie Hall on June 15, 1892, less than a year after the hall opened. [219] [220]
W. C. Handy stages a landmark all-African-American concert at Carnegie Hall, one of the first concerts of its kind. [213] Bascom Lamar Lunsford, a lawyer in Asheville, North Carolina organizes a folk festival, the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, that will mark the beginning of many similar celebrations and concerts throughout the country ...
While in New York, Tiomkin gave a recital at Carnegie Hall that featured contemporary music by Maurice Ravel, Alexander Scriabin, Francis Poulenc, and Alexandre Tansman. He and his new wife went on tour to Paris in 1928, where he played the European premiere of American George Gershwin's Concerto in F at the Paris Opera, with Gershwin in the ...