The insider stalks big game

Article Abstract:

David Dubal's biography of Horowitz, 'Evenings with Horowitz', is a memento of his friendship with Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz in the nineteen-eighties. Dubal was their weekly guest, so gives an insider's account of Horowitz. He heard him play from memory works he had not played for 55 years and fresh interpretations of Scarlatti and Clementi. Horowitz was a selfish egoist and Dubal had to flatter him. In 1983 Horowitz was seeing an analyst but made a triumphant come-back with a return concert in Russia in 1986 and made many more recordings. His wife Wanda's strength and friends' support helped him regain his health and career.

Horowitz, Vladimir

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Andre Gertler

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Andre Gertler was a violinist who was born in Hungary and who was influenced by the work of Bartok. Gertler obtained the Budapest Violin Diploma in 1925 and gave a number of recitals with Bartok. He set up the Gertler Quartet in Brussels, Belgium, in 1931, joining the Brussels Conservatory in 1940. He joined the Cologne Academy of Music in 1954 as professor. Gertler specialised in 2Oth century music and played with a passionate commitment, which was a major strength of his.

Entertainers & entertainment groups, Musical Groups and Artists, Musical Artists, Gertler, Andre

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Carl Dolmetsch

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Musician Carl Dolmetsch was most well known for popularizing the recorder. He designed the first plastic recorder, and was responsible for introducing the instrument to schoolchildren in many different countries. However, he was also a talented player of other instruments, and particularly liked English music written for viol consort. He undertook extensive research into the interpretation of early music and the construction of early musical instruments.

Dolmetsch, Carl Frederick

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