Isaac Stern - Isaac Stern Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 - September 22, 2001) was a violinist. Born in Kremenetz in the Ukraine, he and his family moved to San Francisco when he was a year old. He had his first music lessons from his mother, and entered the San Francisco Conservatory at a very early age in 1928. There he studied the violin. He was proud to have been the student of Nahum Blinder. His public debut came on February 18 1936, when he played the Violin Concerto No. 3 by Camille Saint-Saëns with the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Pierre Monteux. Stern was famous for his great recordings and his championing of younger players (among his discoveries were Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Pinchas Zukerman). He recorded.
Jean Pierre Rampal - and large audiences comparable to those of virtuoso pianists and string players. During his career, he performed with many of the world's most famous orchestras and chamber ensembles. As a chamber musician he collaborated with Isaac Stern and Mstislav Rostropovich and composers such as Francis Poulenc wrote especially for him. He is also notable for having unearthed, arranged, and performed many forgotten works of the Baroque era. During his lifetime, he had many honors bestowed upon him, including the Lotos Club Medal of Merit in recognition of his lifetime achievements, the Leonie Sonning Prize, the Prix du Président de la République and the Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros for his entire (lengthy) discography. He was made a Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur, Commandeur des Arts des Lettres and Commandeur de l'Ordre.
Violin - from the bridge. Playing up close to the bridge (sul ponticello) gives a thinner, harsher sound than usual, and playing with the bow over the end of the fingerboard (sul tasto) makes for a delicate, ethereal sound. Occasionally the strings are struck with the back of the bow (col legno). This gives a much more percussive sound, and is most effective when a whole violin section is playing that way, since it is difficult to get much volume with this technique. A second, more modern percussive technique is called the "chop," in which the hair near the bottom of the bow is struck against the strings. It is used by some jazz musicians, including the Turtle Island String Quartet. Maintenance Violins are tuned by twisting the pegs present in the head.
Yakin - 1953. In 1957 he married Hannah, an artist who had recently emmigrated from the Netherlands. From that time on the couple divided their time between raising their eight children, teaching art in Jerusalem, and exhibiting extensively in Israel, Europe and the United States. In 1961 Abraham Yakin won the international Adolphe Neuman Prize in Paris. Works by the Yakins are in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, the Musee d'Art Juif, Paris, and in numerous museums in the Netherlands. Among those who possess works by Abraham or Hannah Yakin are Isaac Stern, violinist, New York; Yehudi Menuhin, violinist, London; John Lewis, U.S. Congressman, Atlanta, Georgia; etc. Yakin, Hannah Hannah was born in Holland in 1933. During World War II, when she couldn't go to school and no paper was available, she used to.
Violinist - Leila Josefowicz Nigel Kennedy Leonid Kogan Herman Krebbers Fritz Kreisler Gidon Kremer Jan Kubelík Tasmin Little Vanessa Mae Yehudi Menuhin Midori Nathan Milstein Viktoria Mullova Anne Sophie Mutter Jeannette Neveu David Oistrakh Itzhak Perlman Oscar Shumsky Nils-Erik Sparf Simon Standage Isaac Stern Josef Suk Henryk Szeryng Jacques Thibaud Maxim Vengerov Pinchas Zukerman Popular music violinist, including fiddlers Tracy Bonham Petra Haden Ashley MacIsaac.
July 21 - a safety bar in apparently the first robot-related death in the United States. 1997 - The fully restored USS Constitution (aka "Old Ironsides") celebrates her 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years. 2002 - Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the largest such filling in United States history. 2003 - The last old-style Volkswagen Beetle rolled of its production line in Pueblo, Mexico. It was car number 21,529,464 of the model, and was immediately shipped of to the company's museum in Wolfsburg, Germany. In true Mexican fashion, a mariachi band serenaded the last car in the 68-year-old history. Births 1810 - Henri Victor Regnault chemist and physicist 1858 - Lovis Corinth, painter and graphic artist (+ 1925) 1870 - Emil Orlik, painter.
Yeshiva University - professional programs are offered in numerous fields including medicine, at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and law, at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Rabbinic training and instruction in Jewish music are offered through Yeshiva's affiliate, the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Yeshiva Eitz Chayyim, a cheder-style school was founded on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1886. It had little to no secular studies curriculum. It merged with Yeshivas Rabbi Isaac Elchanon (founded in 1897 for high school and undergraduate level Talmudic studies) in 1915. Simultaneously, Bernard (Dov) Revel, Yeshiva's legendary first President, founded the first dual curriculum high school- the Talmudical Academy (now known as The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy-MSTA), blazing a path to what has become the norm in Orthodox Jewish circles. Yeshiva College was.
Grammy Awards of 1971 - director), the Gregg Smith Singers & the Columbia Chamber Ensemble for Ives: New Music of Charles Ives Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) George Szell (conductor), David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Cleveland Orchestra for Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello) Best Chamber Music Performance Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose & Isaac Stern for Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios Album of the Year, Classical Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), various artists & the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Les Troyens Comedy Best Comedy Recording Flip Wilson for The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress Composing and arranging Best Instrumental Composition Alfred Newman (composer) for "Airport Love Theme" Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a.
Grammy Awards of 1978 - Soloists (with orchestra) Itzhak Perlman & the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra) Artur Rubinstein for Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E Flat/Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 Best Chamber Music Performance The Juilliard String Quartet for Schoenberg: Quartets for Strings (Complete) Best Classical Album Thomas Frost (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Lyndon Woodside & the New York Philharmonic for Concert of the Century Comedy Best Comedy Recording Steve Martin for Let's Get Small Composing and arranging Best Instrumental Composition John Williams (composer) for "Main Title From Star Wars" Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special John Williams (composer) for Star Wars Best Instrumental Arrangement Harry Betts,.
Grammy Awards of 1962 - de los Angeles, Jussi Bjoerling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera) Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale for Bach: B Minor Mass Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra) Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra) Laurindo Almeida for Reverie for Spanish Guitar Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Zoltán KodályKodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 Best Contemporary Classical Composition Laurindo Almeida (composer and artist) for Discantus Igor Stravinsky (composer and artist) for Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra.
Grammy Awards of 1963 - Leontyne Price, Giorgio Tozzi, Jon Vickers, & the Rome Opera House Orchestra for Verdi: Aida Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera) Otto Klemperer (conductor), Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus for Bach: St. Matthew Passion Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario and Guests Best Contemporary Composition Igor Stravinsky (composer and conductor) for Stravinsky: The Flood Album of the Year - Classical Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents.
Grammy Awards of 1965 - Mirella Freni, Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Bizet: Carmen Best Choral Performance (other than opera) Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Chorale for Britten: A Ceremony of Carols Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz for Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin Best Chamber Music Performance - Vocal Noah Greenberg (conductor) & the New York Pro Musica for It Was a Lover and His Lass Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental Jascha Heifetz, Jacob Lateiner & Gregor Piatigorsky for Beethoven: Trio No. 1 in E Flat, Op.1 #1 Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer.
Grammy Awards of 1982 - (conductor), Jiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Zidek, Vaclav Zitek & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Janáček: From the House of the Dead Best Choral Performance (other than opera) Neville Marriner (conductor) & the Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Chorus for Haydn: The Creation Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) Zubin Mehta (conductor), Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman & the New York Philharmonic for Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz for The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80 Best Chamber Music Performance Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman for Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor Best Classical Album James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in.
Grammy Awards of 1992 - (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Bach: Mass in B Minor Best Instrumental Soloist With Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor), John Browning & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for Barber: Piano Concerto Best Classical Performance Instrumental Solo Without Orchestra Alicia de Larrocha for Granados: Goyescas; Allegro de Concierto; Danza Lenta Best Chamber Music Performance Emanuel Ax, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma & Isaac Stern for Brahms: Piano Quartets (Opp. 25 and 26) Best Contemporary Composition John Corigliano (composer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 Best Classical Album Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Ollmann & the London Symphony Orchestra for Bernstein: Candide Comedy Best Comedy Album.
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance - Gershwin) Grammy Awards of 1998 Emerson String Quartet for Beethoven: The String Quartets Grammy Awards of 1997 The Cleveland Quartet for John CoriglianoCorigliano]]: String Quartet Grammy Awards of 1996 Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma & Richard Stoltzman for Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios Grammy Awards of 1995 Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Daniele Damiano, Hansjorg Schellenberger & the Berlin Philharmonic for Beethoven/Mozart: Quintets (Chicago-Berlin)'' Grammy Awards of 1994 The Emerson String Quartet for Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2/ Barber: String Quartet Op.11 (American Originals) Grammy Awards of 1993 Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma for Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano Grammy Awards of 1992 Emanuel Ax, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma & Isaac Stern for Brahms: Piano Quartets (Opp. 25 and 26) Grammy Awards of 1991 Daniel Barenboim & Itzhak Perlman for Brahms:.
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) - Symphony Orchestra for Barber: Piano Concerto Grammy Awards of 1991 Zubin Mehta (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor/ Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor Grammy Awards of 1990 David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 1980s Grammy Awards of 1989 Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Vladimir Horowitz & the La Scala Opera Orchestra for Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 Grammy Awards of 1988 James Levine (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Vienna Philharmonic for Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 Grammy Awards of 1986 Andre Previn (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the London Symphony Orchestra for Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Walton: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra.
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album - Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Requiem Grammy Awards of 1985 John Strauss (producer), Neville Marriner (conductor), the Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Abbey & the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields for Amadeus (Original Soundtrack) Grammy Awards of 1984 James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conducytor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Grammy Awards of 1983 Samuel H. Carter (producer) & Glenn Gould for Bach: The Goldberg Variations Grammy Awards of 1982 Best Classical Album James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor Grammy Awards of 1981 Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Toni Blankenheim, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Teresa Stratas, & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris.
Eugene Istomin - in New York City. He was famous for his work in the trio, with Isaac Stern and Leonard Rose, known as the Istomin-Stern-Rose Trio, with whom he made many recordings, and particularly of music by Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert. He also played with them in orchestral music, with conductors such as Eugene Ormandy, Bruno Walter and also as a soloist. His earliest public performances were from age 6 with his mother, and at 12 he entered the Curtis Institute. He studied under Rudolf Serkin and also Mieczyslaw Horzowski. In 1943 he won the Leventritt award, and also the Philhadelphia Youth Award. He made his debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene Ormandy, playing a concerto by Chopin, and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Artur Rodzinski playing Brahms 2nd concerto in.
USS United States (1797) - she entered the Delaware River on 18 September. After almost a month in home waters, the frigate put to sea again on 17 October with orders to cruise between Cape May, New Jersey, and the New England coast. However, a fierce storm arose the following day and battered United States as it forced her south to a point some 250 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. When the tempest abated, the frigate painfully began working her way back north; but she did not anchor in the Delaware River until the evening of 30 October. More than a month and one-half ensued as the ship underwent repairs. On 18 December, she put to sea again and headed back to the West Indies where Barry was to command the American squadron. She reached.
USS Wasp (CV-18) - fleet launched four massive raids against their American counterparts, but all were thwarted almost completely. Nearly all of the Japanese warplanes were shot down while failing to sink a single American ship. They did manage to score a single bomb hit on South Dakota (BB-57), but that solitary success did not even put the battleship out of action. That day, Mitscher's planes did not find the Japanese ships, but American submarines succeeded in sending two enemy carriers (who?) to the bottom. In the evening, three of Mitscher's four carrier task groups headed west in search of Ozawa's retiring fleet, leaving only TG 58.4 and a gun line of old battleships in the immediate vicinity of the Marianas to cover ground forces on Saipan. Planes from the American carriers failed to find.
