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Society for the Private Performance of Music (Verein für Musikalische Privataufführungen). Society founded in Vienna in Nov. 1918 by
Schoenberg, with Berg, Ratz, and Paul A. Pisk. Aim was presentation of ‘all modern mus. from that of Mahler and Strauss to the newest’ under best possible conditions. Subscribers only admitted; critics were excluded. Comps. frequently perf. twice. Much organizational work undertaken by Berg. Dissolved 1922. Among composers whose mus. was played were Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Mahler, Stravinsky, Scriabin, Debussy, Marx, Wellesz, Bartók, Ravel, and Suk. The pianist several times was Rudolf Serkin. Prague branch under presidency of
Zemlinsky 1921–4.
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Rudolf Serkin, A Life.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...that I ever attended was given by Rudolf Serkin at Hunter College in New York...researched and artfully assembled Rudolf Serkin, A Life, Serkin now joins other...glorious exception.) Interviewed in Rudolf Serkin, A Life, the pianist Richard...
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Rudolf Serkin, Legend Of Classical Piano, Dies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/10/1991; ; 700+ words
; Rudolf Serkin, 88, a pianist of supreme and compelling...May 8 at his home in Guilford, Vt. Mr. Serkin was said to have been the most eminent...Horszowski, Alexander Schneider and Mr. Serkin. Mr. Serkin sometimes sang as he played...
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Pianist Rudolf Serkin: Tireless student, inspiring teacher
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/10/1991; ; 700+ words
; The pianist Rudolf Serkin died late Wednesday night in his home...long struggle with cancer. He was 88. Serkin was a towering and inspirational interpreter...century audiences around the world admired Serkin's interpretations of the music of Mozart...
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Pianist Rudolf Serkin dies of cancer at 88 // More obituaries on Page 51
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/10/1991; 700+ words
; GUILFORD, Vt. Rudolf Serkin, one of the world's great concert...befuddled chemistry professor," Mr. Serkin performed for much of the 20th century...singular contribution to society. Rudolf Serkin was such a man," said Irving Moskovitz...
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RUDOLF SERKIN IN CONCERT
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 11/1/2007; ; 525 words
; RUDOLF SERKIN IN CONCERT * Rudolf Serkin (pn) * URANIA 4257, mono (76:00) Live: Lugano 5/1957 BACH Capriccio, BVW 992. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23, "Appassionata." BRAHMS Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel. MENDELSSOHN...
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Rudolf Serkin, the Gentle Man of Music
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/10/1991; ; 700+ words
; Rudolf Serkin, who died yesterday in Vermont, was a...performance. If one sentence can contain what Serkin has meant in music, it is a sentence from...of greater probity or purer ideals." Serkin was born (in Austria on March 28, 1903...
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RUDOLF SERKIN BEETHOVEN: NINE PIANO SONATAS Sony
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/10/1994; ; 436 words
; ...company would have liked more than for Rudolf Serkin to record all 32 Beethoven piano...most American music lovers thought Serkin was the greatest Beethoven pianist and he probably was. Although Serkin made many recordings he was leery...
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Rudolf Serkin's Unsurpassed Beethoven
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/16/1987; ; 484 words
; ...or more musical substance-than Rudolf Serkin did last night at the Kennedy Center...challenges all seem specially suited to Serkin's personality. In his 85th year...54th of performing in this country, Serkin no longer eases into this music with...
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RUDOLF SERKIN CANCELS FALL TOUR
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/19/1987; 259 words
; Pianist Rudolf Serkin is canceling his fall tour on advice of physicians...Boston recital in Symphony Hall on Sunday, Dec. 6. Serkin will be 85 next March 28. Series subscribers will...tickets. MMILLE;11/18 NKELLY;11/19,08:24 SERKIN
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CD REVIEWS: Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos - Rudolf Serkin, Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Ozawa (Telarc CD -80061) pounds 17.99.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 12/1/2005; 479 words
; ...Bohemia-born Russian-Jewish pianist Rudolf Serkin and the Boston Symphony Orchestra...the steely-fingered yet so poetic Serkin in his exploration of this cycle...would never be the same again, and Serkin succeeds in investing these great...
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Rudolf Serkin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Rudolf Serkin 1903-91, Austrian-American pianist, b. Bohemia. Serkin gave joint recitals with Adolf Busch and made his...Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini. Serkin and Busch brought the entire cycle of Beethoven piano...
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Serkin, Rudolf
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Serkin, Rudolf ( b Eger, Bohemia, 1903; d Guilford, Vt., 1991). Austrian-born pianist (Amer. cit. 1939). Début Vienna...
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Perahia, Murray
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
...Perahia was invited by the pianist Rudolf Serkin to the Marlboro Festival in Vermont...among them cellist Pablo Casals, Serkin, Alexander Schneider, and the Budapest...String Quartet. For a year he was Serkin's teaching assistant at the Curtis...
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James Levine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...old. At the age of 13 he studied piano with Rudolf Serkin at the Marlboro Music Festival. The festival...During this time, he also studied with Rudolf Serkin, Alfred Wallenstein, Max Rudolf, and Fausto Cleva. In 1962 he conducted...
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Bronfman, Yefim
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...Philadelphia, and in Vermont with Rudolph Serkin. In 1978 he entered New York’s...Institute, Philadelphia; studied privately with Rudolf Serkin, Arie Vardi, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Firkusny. Made professional debut with the...
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