tough finds. all mags are nice + white. poor pics. few crease marks, slight wear. 1953 + 1955 magazines in excellent condition. 13" x 10", 34 pages. 1/ Jorge Bolet cover (June 1953), pianist + conductor. In 1942 Bolet joined the US Army and was sent to Japan. While there, he conducted the Japanese premiere of The Mikado. He provided the piano soundtrack for the 1960 film about Liszt, "Song without End." He came especially to prominence from the early 1970s onwards and there was a stupendous recital at Carnegie Hall, New York City, which set a seal on his reputation. Bolet, "stung by years of neglect" (as one critic put it), showed exactly what he could do and his phenomenal playing can be heard on CDs issued most recently by PHILIPS in their Great Pianists Series. He later became Head of Piano at the Curtis Institute, succeeding Rudolf Serkin, but retired from this to concentrate once again on his career. Bolet is particularly well remembered for his performances and recordings of large-scale Romantic music, particularly works by Franz Liszt and Frederic Chopin. He also specialised in piano transcriptions and unusual repertoire, including the fiendishly difficult works of Godowsky, many of which Bolet had studied with the composer himself. The DECCA/London recording company made important recordings of key sections of his repertoire from 1978 onwards. But there are also tapes of many live concerts which can be found in archives, principally the International Piano Archive at Maryland. These include a speciality of his, which he studied with the composer himself: J. Strauss/L.Godowsky Fledermaus paraphrase This was recorded at Butler University in 1976. There is a very valuable recording of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto which Bolet recorded for DECCA/London with Ivan Fischer and the LSO but it has disappeared from the catalogue. deceased Oct. 1990. 2/ Virgil Fox cover (Jan. 1955), organist. known especially for his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach for audiences more familiar with rock 'n' roll music, staged complete with light shows. Fox began playing the organ for church services at the age of ten, and made a concert debut in 1926 before 2500 at Withrow High School, Cincinnati. From 1926 to 1930 he studied in Chicago under the German organist-composer Wilhelm Middelschulte. Fox's other principal teachers were Hugh Price, Louis Robert, and Marcel Dupré. He was an alumnus of the Peabody Institute of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, where he became the first student to complete the course for the coveted Artist's Diploma within a year. During August and September 1938 he played in Great Britain and Germany; Fox was the first non-German organist to perform publicly in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig — a special occasion, since J.S. Bach served as cantor of the Thomaskirche until his death, in 1750, and is buried within the church. During the Second World War Fox enlisted in the Army Air Forces and took a leave of absence from Brown Memorial Church and the Peabody. He was promoted to staff sergeant, and played various recitals and services. After having played more than 600 concerts while on duty, he was discharged from the Army Air Force in 1946. He also served as organist at the Riverside Church in New York City, and began to make recordings there and elsewhere. From 1971 until 1975 he performed his famous "Heavy Organ" concerts, touring around the country with an electronic Rodgers Touring Organ that sounded credibly similar to a cathedral pipe organ. deceased Oct. 1980. check out my other items and feedback. buyer pays 6.50 surface or 7.50 airmail shipping to the U.S. ask about Canada rates 1st. cash / any U.S. money order EXCEPT GREEN POSTAL ONES / check (cleared)/ Bidpay / Paypal
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