1938 BACH CTO Harpsichord FLUTE VIOLIN Frances BLAISDELL PESSL William Kroll 78

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A series of great orchestral recordings:

 Rare early recording of YELLA PESSL Harpsichord

 

J.S. Bach: Concerto in A minor BWV 1044 (first movement). Frances Blaisdell, flute; William Kroll, violin; Yella Pessl, harpsichord; unnamed string orchestra conducted by Carl Bamberger. Recording made in 1938

 

 

pre war gold label 3x 12" 78rpm records w original album M534  and booklet  

 

Recorded in New York, NY, USA.

 

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EXCELLENT pristine, possibly unplayed, album like new

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Frances Blaisdell By Nancy Toff Frances Blaisdell, a legend among American flute players, died on 11 March 2009 in Portola Valley, California at the age of 97. As a teenager, Blaisdell studied with Ernest Wagner of the New York Philharmonic and in 1928 began her studies with Georges Barrère, first at the Institute of Musical Art and then at the Juilliard Graduate School. Considered his protegée, she made frequent duo appearances with him and, after he had a stroke in 1941, he chose her to take his place in the Barrère Trio. She later studied with Marcel Moyse and William Kincaid. Although she was principal flute of the National Orchestral Association, a training orchestra conducted by Leon Barzin, she found that an orchestral career was not a possibility for a woman in that era, and instead forged a successful career as a soloist and chamber musician. She made her solo debut with the New York Philharmonic at a children’s concert in 1932, playing the Mozart D major concerto, and also appeared as soloist at Radio City Music Hall. She formed the Blaisdell Woodwind Quintet, whose other four members were all members of the New York Philharmonic (including clarinettist Alexander Williams, whom she married in 1937), as well as the Blaisdell Trio of New York and various other ensembles. She also played with the New Friends of Music, the Bach Circle, on Broadway and as accompanist to Lily Pons. Blaisdell did find orchestral positions as principal flute in the Phil Spitalny All Girls Band and the women’s orchestras conducted by Ethel Leginska and Antonio Brico, and later was principal flute of the New York City Ballet. In the 1960s Frances Blaisdell became the first woman wind player to perform with the New York Philharmonic—as an ‘extra man’. Blaisdell taught for many years at the Manhattan and Mannes schools of music and New York University. In 1973 she ‘retired’ to California, where she accepted an interim appointment as flute teacher at Stanford University. She continued teaching there until two months before her death, and in 2006 received the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for Outstanding Service to Undergraduate Education. She is, in fact, best known for passing on the French tradition as the teacher of several generations of American flute students. Chamber Music magazine wrote in 1992, ‘Every woman flute player in every major American orchestra, every little girl who pays the flute in a school band, has Frances Blaisdell to thank. She was first.’ In 1992 the National Flute Association named Frances Blaisdell an honorary member, and two years later it honoured her with its Lifetime Achievement Award.

William Kroll (30 January 1901 – 10 March 1980) was an American violinist and composer. His most famous composition is Banjo and Fiddle for violin and piano.[1]

"The Elschuco Trio", in 1929: pianist Aurelio Giorni, violinist William Kroll, cellist Willem Willeke.

William Kroll was born in New York City and died in Boston, Massachusetts. Kroll greatly contributed to music during his day, both as a soloist and as a member of various intimate chamber ensembles. From 1911 to 1914 he was a student of Henri Marteau at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik. During the time he was a pupil of Franz Kneisel and P. Goetschius at the Institute of Musical Art (1917–1922), he made his professional debut in New York. After completing his schooling, he toured parts of Europe, North, and Central America as a soloist and a member of the Elshuco Trio (1922–1929), the Coolidge Quartet (1936–1944), and the Kroll Quartet (1944–1969). In the midst of his performance schedule, he taught at various facilities, first at the Institute of Musical Art (1922–1938), then at the Mannes College (1943), the Peabody Conservatory (1947–1965), Tanglewood (as of 1949), the Cleveland Institute of Music (1964–1967), and also at Queens College beginning in 1969.

 
Yella Pessl (Harpsichord) Born: January 5, 1906 - Vienna, Austria
Died: December 9, 1991 - Northampton, Massachusetts, USA The Austrian-born American harpsichordist, pianist and organist, Yella Pesssl (real name: Gabriella Pessl Sobotka), studied at the State Academy of Music in Vienna. Before immigrating to the UUSA in 1931, she had a busy career performing in Europe. Known for her interpretations of Bach, Yella Pesssl was an active performer for more than half a century. As founder and director of the Bach Circle, a New York group specializing in lesser-known works of Bach and other Baroque composers, she helped introduce 18th-century music to a wide audience. In America, Yella Pessl toured extensively, playing solo recitals and with orchestras under conductors like Arturo Toscanini and Bruno Walter. In 1938 she accompanied the Trapp Family Singers, whom she had known in Vienna, at their Town Hall debut. She had her own radio program on WQXR, made recordings for the RCA Victor label and was on the faculty of Columbia University. Yella Pesssl died of a heart attack at her home in Northampton, Massachusetts, 85 years old Her husband, Dr. Harry Sobotka, a biochemist at Mount Sinai Hospital, died in 1970.

 

 

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