This website, www.stokowski.org has two listings of musicians of the great
Chicago Symphony Orchestra:
- A listing of the Principal Musicians of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra with short biographical notes and
photographs. This listing is available
by clicking on the webpage
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Musicians
.
- A listing of all the Musicians of the Chicago Symphony 1891-today. This
listing is contained on this webpage, as shown below.
A Listing of the Musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1891 until Today
This is a listing of all musicians who were permanent, contracted
members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since its founding
in 1891. Their name, instrument and dates of service, as well as
titles are given, and birth and death years, where known.
Sources for this information include the Samuel and Marie-Louise Rosenthal
Archives of the Chicago Symphony, current and former orchestra musicians,
and my own orchestral files and research. I should add that any errors
or omissions in the data are my own, and not due to the Chicago Symphony, nor
to others.
Assistant Concertmaster 1954-1965, Associate Concertmaster 1965-1967,
Concertmaster 1967-1986, Concertmaster Emeritus 1986-2003 (also Pittsburgh Symphony
1947-1948, Associate Concertmaster Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1948-1949. Also the
Chicago Symphony String Quartet:
Victor Aitay first,
Edgar Muenzer second,
Milton Preves viola,
Frank Miller cello)
Studied at the Franz Liszt Royal Academy of Music, Budapest graduation 1941.
Assistant Principal Second violin 1955-1956, Principal Second violin 1956-1959,
Assistant Concertmaster 1959-1997, Assistant Concertmaster Emeritus 1997-2003
Studied at the Franz Liszt Royal Academy of Music, Budapest graduation about
1940. A holocaust survivor, he returned from Germany to Budapest, and later
emigrated to the US.
1955-2003
Albrecht, Carl (Karl)
Fourth horn with Leopold de Maré Principal horn, Max Pottag Second horn,
and William Frank Third horn during most of his tenure
1898-1930
Alexa, Robert
(Illinois 1911- )
viola (also flute quintet 1936-1938)
1947-1971
Allner, Frederick William Carl
(Germany 1854-1925)
second oboe next to Principal oboe
Felix Bour
(joined Chicago Orchestra during its initial season)
Amato studied with Víctor Mirecki (1847-1921) in Paris, who was also a
teacher of Pablo Casals. Amato came to the US in 1890, possibly to join the
Theodore Thomas orchestra. After he returned to Paris, Amato taught cello,
with Juan Ruiz Casaux (1889-1972) said to be one of his pupils.
brother of famous flutist and conductor Joachim Andersen (1847-1909)
Principal flute (also Danish Royal Orchestra 1870s, Berlin Philharmonic
about 1885)
In the Chicago Symphony second season in 1893, Theodore Thomas gave the premiere of
Vigo Anderson work Fantasy for Flute on the Dutch National Anthem
Anderson committed a dramatic suicide on January 29, 1895, when he invited 20 friends
to a celebration at which he immediately shot himself. His motivation remains
a mystery.
1891-January 1895
Anderson, David
second trombone 1929-1938, 1940-1941, 1944-1955, bass trombone 1938-1940.
1929-1955 (in military 1941-1944)
Armstrong, Daniel
(Canada about 1953- )
bass (also Winnipeg Symphony about 1979-1983, Milwaukee Symphony Assistant
Principal bass 1983-1995)
Studied at University of British Columbia, then the Juilliard School
MMus. Armstrong is interested in both baroque period music, a founding
member of Tafelmusik and of contemporary music, helping found the
group Present Music.
June 1995-present
Atkatz, Edward J.
(New York 1971- )
Principal percussion 2001-2006, Assistant Principal timpani 2001-2006 (also
New World Symphony, Florida)
Studied at Boston University BMusEd, New England Conservatory MMus., also
Temple University, Philadelphia.
flute, piccolo (also Philadelphia Opera Orchestra 1939, Philadelphia Orchestra
third flute 1944-1952 (or perhaps 1944-1949, 1950-1952), Minnesota
Orchestra Principal flute, succeeding Opava 1949-1950,
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Glendale Symphony, Paramount Studio
Orchestra, Hollywood, also University of California at Santa Barbara)
Studied at Eastman School of Music, Curtis Institute BMus 1939.
Third trumpet, Second/Assistant Principal trumpet (after the Chicago
Symphony, was Principal trumpet of the NBC staff orchestra in Chicago
until 1968)
1951-1958
Bachmann, Max
(Germany 1874-1942)
Principal bassoon (New York City musician in 1910s)
1897-1899
Bae, So Young
(Korea )
violin
Studied at the Seoul National University - Korea, and then at the Juilliard School BMus
and MMus. Further pursued her studies at the State University of New York - Stony Brook
where she is a DMus candidate. Active in summer festivals, including the
Aspen Festival - Colorado, the Music Academy of the West - California and the
Verbier Festival - Switzerland.
Principal flute (also Cleveland Orchestra 1937-1941, Pittsburgh Symphony
1941-1943, CBS radio Orchestra about 1946-1951, Chicago Symphony 1951-1953,
New York Philharmonic Principal flute 1965-1983)
Studied at the Curtis Institute, graduating class of 1937.
Sydney Baker when in New York City as a Broadway musician
Principal trumpet 1941-1942 and 1946-1948. (also New Friends of Music orchestra
- New York 1938-1939, Stokowski's All-American Youth Orchestra
1940, Civic Orchestra or Chicago 1940-1941, in 1948, Sydney Baker moved to New York City
where he played in the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, an extra in the Metropolitan Opera
orchestra, and Broadway orchestras, including
Paint Your Wagon, Kismet, and the
entire Broadway run of My Fair Lady65. At the time,
My Fair Lady achieved a new Broadway record, playing from March 15, 1956
to September 29, 1962 after 2,717 performances.
Studied first with his father Harry Beckerman (1891-1985) a clarinet and saxophone
musician who played as an extra in the New York Philharmonic 65.
Studied with Max Schlossberg under a Philharmonic scholarship. Studied at the
Juilliard School 1936-1940.
1941-1948
Balderston, Stephen C.
(California 1959- )
Assistant Principal cello. auditioned with the CSO during the 1993-1994
season prior to succeeding Leonard Chausow 113
(also St. Louis Symphony 1983-1993)
Studied at the Juilliard School BMus, MMus.
1993-2004
Ballmann, Martin
(Germany 1863-1931)
Ballman as band leader 1914
flute, piccolo (also the Dortmund Symphony - Germany, the Jules Laube Orchestra
- Germany, Hamburg Symphony Principal flute - Germany. also the
Chicago Orchestral Club with
Alexander Krauss, first violin, Bruno Kuehn, second violin,
Frederick Stock, viola,
Louis Amato, cello
Frederick Dreiboldt, double bass,
Martin Ballman, flute 64,
also the Ballman Orchestra and the Ballman Band 65 beginning
in 1908)
Ballman came to US in 1890 on tour with the Johann Strauss Orchestra of
Vienna 65, and remained.
1891-1908
Balmer, (Austin) Wayne
(Ohio 1921-2010)
bass (also San Antonio Symphony about 1945-1946,
National Symphony Orchestra - Washington, DC about 1951)
Studied at the Juilliard School in 1946 following WW2, then at the State Academy
of Music in Vienna in late 1940s under a Fulbright scholarship.
1956-1992
Bandy, Janos or John
thanks for this photo from Jeffrey Selim, friend of Janos Bandy
cello (also Cleveland Orchestra cello 1944-1949 under
Rodzinski and Szell)
keyboard (also Hungarian Philharmonic, Budapest Radio)
Studied at the Franz Liszt Music Academy, Budapest. Came to US in 1956.
1957-1958
Bardas, Stefan
(Germany 1915-2008)
keyboard
Studied at Conservatory of Saint Cecilia, Rome BMus about 1943 (which is how he
eluded the Nazi treatment of Jews at that time). Taught at University of North Texas
1955-1980.
1947-1950
Baré, Emil
(Austria 1870-seems to have died in Vienna following the Nazi Anschluss in
about 1940)
Assistant Concertmaster (also Paris Opera Orchestra late 1890s)
Emil Baré also taught violin at the Budapest Conservatory in the 1910s. He also gave
the premiere of the Bartok Violin Concerto "Two Portraits" (opus 15) in
February, 1911 in Budapest.
third oboe - joined the Chicago Orchestra during its initial season
1891-1892 (also in 1910s, became a hotel orchestra musician in Chicago)
1891-1898
Barker, Edwin B.
(Arizona 1954- )
Principal bass (also a sub for New York Philharmonic, Chicago
Symphony for one season 1976-1977 - from the New York Philharmonic to the
Chicago Symphny to the Boston Symphony all in less than 2 years.
Also a member of Collage New Music - Boston)
Studied at the New England Conservatory BMus class of 1976 with honors.
Performed the world premieres of James Yannatos Bass Concerto and
Theodore Antoniou Concertino for Contrabass and Chamber Orchestra
and John Harbison Concerto for Bass Viol and Orchestra.
violin (also taught at Metropolitan Conservatory of Music, Chicago)
1906-1945
Barrington, Wayne R.
(New York 1924-2011)
third horn with Principal horn Philip Farkas
(also San Antonio Symphony 1949-1950, 1951-1954 second horn Pittsburgh
Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic Associate Principal horn 1964-1966,
Austin Symphony 1966-1988)
Studied a New England Conservatory in 1942 and 1946, as well as with both parents who
were semi-professional horn players. Taught at University of Texas, Austin 1966-2000.
1954-1964
Barthel, Alfred Charles
(France 1871-1957)
Principal oboe (also Colonne Orchestra, Lamoureux Orchestra,
Principal oboe of l'Orchestre de L’Opéra-Comique and of
l'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire,
Barthel Woodwind Ensemble).
Studied at the Dijon Conservatoire in mid-1880s, and Paris Conservatoire
Premier Prix in oboe in 1891. Later taught at University of
Wisconsin, Madison in 1940s.
1903-1929
He returned to France at the end of the 1903-1904 season,
intending to remain, but after negotiations, returned to the
CSO as Principal oboe 62.
Bartholomew, John
(Michigan 1954- )
viola (also violin with Los Angeles Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta
1976-1980. also as a student, played with his musical parents in the
Hays Civic Symphony - Kansas)
From a musical family, with his father Dr. Leland E. Bartholomew who was a horn
player, teacher and conductor at Fort Hays State University - Kansas.
John Bartholomew pursued his studies at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp -
Michigan. He then Bartholomew studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music
with Abraham Skernick, graduating in about 1976 - probably immediatly
entered the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
1980-present
Basrak, Karen
(Illinois 1979- )
cello (also Fort Worth Symphony - Texas Associate Principal cello 2001-2005 and Principal
cello 2005-2012)
Studied at the University of Southern California BMus. Also active in chamber music,
including the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth, Texas and in the Cliburn Foundation's
Cliburn at the Modern, also in Texas. While in Fort Worth, she has taught at
Texas Christian University. She can also be heard on a number of CDs, including (see
right) a recital by Juan Diego Florez.
violin (also played in the Benson Orchestra of Chicago in 1920s, and
in the NBC radio Chicago staff orchestra in 1930s and 1940s.)
1902-1929
Basserman, Hans
(Germany 1888-1978)
violin (also Concertmaster of Berlin Philharmonic under Nikisch
1910-1911, Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1920s, left Germany in 1933
following Nazi rise to power, became Concertmaster of l'orchestra
de la Suisse Romande under Ernest Ansermet in 1933, the
Concertmaster of Palestine Symphony in 1937, a first violin of
Pittsburgh Symphony under Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony beginning
1944, Concertmaster of the Oakland Symphony 1958-1960)
Basserman studied in Berlin and won the Mendelssohn Prize at Berlin
in 1908. Basserman was a collector of violins, and played a 1712
Stradivarius later played by Pinchas Zukerman 1968-1972.
1944-1952
Baum, Carol (Shisler)
(Indiana 1929-2011)
photo: Mary Kopp, n.d.
harp (also toured with the Angelaires, a harp quintet:
Carol Baum, Marjo Breusing, Genevieve Duffy, Marian Harding, and Bonnie Ward,
frequent extra with the Boston Symphony in the 1970s and 1980s. a Hollywood
sessions musian in the 1970s, including The Turning Point and
Chinatown)
Studied Oberlin College - Ohio and the Cleveland Institute of Music 158.
then at the Curtis Institute class of 1953. Also frequently collaborated
with composer Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006), several of whose works she
premiered and recorded.
Beckel, Joseph (Josef) (1859-1908, died during the concert of April
3, 1908 62)
Principal bass 1895-1908, bass 1891-1895 (also Principal bass Boston 1885-1888)
1891-1908
Becker, Ludwig (Germany 1873- )
violin 1896-1904, Assistant Concertmaster 1904-November 1909,
Concertmaster November 1909-1910. After Leopold Kramer suddenly resigned as
Concertmaster in November, 1909, Frederick Stock appointed Ludwig Becker
as Concertmaster for the remainder of the 1909-1910 season. Becker resigned
in the next season after Hans Letz was appointed Chicago Concertmaster
(also Kroll Opera, Berlin Concertmaster about 1894-1895, 1916-1930, Becker
conducted the Tri-City Orchestra, which presented about 10 orchestral
concerts per year in the Iowa-Illinois area )
Studied at the Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt with Hugo Heermann (1844-1934)
1896-1910
Beidel, Richard
Richard Beidel in 1934 standing behind Victor Charbulak
cello
1928-1961
Beilschmidt, William (Wilhelm Christian)
(Germany 1875-may have returned to Germany)
bass trombone (also the orchestra of the Great Northern Hippodrome - Chicago
before the Chicago Symphony)
Played trombone at the J. Sterling Morton High School in Cicero, Illinois.
Taught at Roosevelt University 1956-1958.
1947-1954
Bekefi, George
cello
1957-1963
Bendix, Max
(Michigan 1866-1945)
Concertmaster (also Thomas Orchestra of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Orchestra,
Germania Orchestra of Philadelphia, Arion Society of New York, Concertmaster
Metropolitan Opera 1904-1905. also founded in 1899, the Bendix String Quartet:
Max Bendix first,
Eugene Boegner second,
Ottokar Novacek viola,
Leo Schulz cello 141)
Max Bendix during his turbulent career conducted the 1893 Chicago
World's Columbian Exposition Fair orchestra (leading to a break
with his mentor Theodore Thomas), and conducted at the Metropolitan Opera starting in
1905. Then, in 1907, Bendix went to the rival Manhattan Opera Company
as Concertmaster and assistant conductor.
1891-1896
Benfield, Warren A.
(Pennsylvania 1913-2003)
(also Minneapolis Symphony Principal bass 1935-1937,
St. Louis Symphony Principal bass probably 1937-1942,
Philadelphia Orchestra double bass 1942-1948 and
Principal double bass 1948-1949, Chicago Symphony
Principal bass 1949-1951, bass 1951-1987)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1934.
1949-1987
Benge, Elden Eugene
(Iowa 1904-1960)
Principal trumpet (also Detroit Symphony Principal trumpet
1928-1933, Chicago Symphony Principal trumpet 1933-1939 when in
1933 Edward Llewellyn suffered an embouchure problem requiring the
immediate appointment of Elden Benge. and also starting in the late
1930s, Benge played with Chicago radio station WGN staff orchestra
with year-around employment)
Eldon Benge as a trumpet player and as a trumpet manufacturer
was largely self-taught, although studying in Kansas City with William Eby.
During the 1930s, Benge began experimenting in trumpet construction.
1937-1953, he hand-manufactured trumpets in Chicago. Then in 1952, for
health reasons, Elden Benge relocated to Burbank, California where he
continued trumpet manufacture until his death in 1960.
1933-1939
Bennett, Joane
(about 1933- )
Assistant Principal flute
Studied at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati in
1955.
(Germany 1870-before 1930) Adolph Bertram seems to have died young,
prior to 1930.
second oboe, also a second violin 1895-1896
(also the first Principal oboe of the San Francisco Symphony 1911-1914,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra Principal oboe 1900-1910,
Principal oboe San Francisco 1915 Panama–Pacific International
Exposition orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Principal oboe and
sometimes English horn under Max Zach and Rudolf Ganz 1919-1922)
Adolph Bertram was one of the core musicians that Henry Hadley brought with
him to form the initial San Francisco Symphony in 1911.
1893-1896
Beyer, Carl
horn, Wagner tuba
1891-1898
Bichl, Joseph Peter, Jr.
violin
1901-1925
Bittar, Jeannette L.
(England 1968- ) born in Cambridge, England and raised in Madison, Wisconsin
Assistant Principal oboe (Florida Orchestra Principal oboe, San Diego
Symphony Principal oboe)
Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. also active in summer music
festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado, the Marlboro
Music Festival - Vermont.
1994-1995
Bjornson, (Charles) Joseph
(Sweden 1876-1944)
violin (also Olympic Theater orchestra - Chicago in 1910s)
trumpet (also Civic Orchestra of Chicago training orchestra, Florida Symphony
in the 1960s, Los Angeles Brass Society)
Studied with Vincent Cichowicz and later gained a DMus degree. Then became an
MD thoracic surgeon in 1967.
1964-1964
Bloom, J. Lawrie
Bass clarinet, clarinet (also Phoenix Symphony, Chicago Lyric Opera,
Vancouver Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Rembrandt Chamber Players)
Lowrie Bloom is a founder/co-director of Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival, and
Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition, Easton, Maryland. See his interesting
website: www.jlawriebloom.com, as well as his CD "Monologues". He
studied at Arizona State University MMus.
September, 1980
Blum, Philip
(Illinois 1932-2009)
cello (also Rochester Philharmonic while studying at the Eastman
School of Music. also the Symphony of Oak Park-River Forest in
suburban Chicago)
Coming from a musical family, with his mother and father being violinists,
and his brother Richard Blum was viola of the Pro Arte String
Quartet. Philip Blum studied at Lane Technical High School - Chicago where his
father Carl Blum taught (also studing at Lane was fellow CSO cellist
Sam Sciacchitano)
and at the Eastman School of Music.
1955-2009
54 seasons of service, while also successfully battling cancer
Principal cello (also directed the Ennio Bolognini Orchestra,
also sometimes billed Ennio Bolognini's Gypsy Concert Orchestra,
also the Russian Trio,
Herman Felber Jr.
violin, Nina Mesirow-Minchin piano,
Ennio Bolognini
cello)
Studied at the St. Cecelia Conservatory in Buenos Aires with
José García Jacot (1855-1912)
violin (also Buenos Aires Philharmonic, under Toscanini at
the New York Philharmonic 1931-1935 and the NBC Symphony
1937-1954, and the Baltimore Symphony Assistant Concertmaster
in the 1950s. In later years after returning to New York
City, Remo Bolognini occasionally played as a substitute
violin with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Studied with Hércules Galvani and at the
St. Cecelia Conservatory in Buenos Aires. Remo Bolognini went
to Europe between the Chicago Symphony and the New York Philharmonic
seeking to establish a solo career.
1927-1929
Remo Bolognini from a 1938 NBC Symphony publicity drawing 174
Boos, Fred Charles
(Illinois 1881-1967)
bass 1932-1945, tuba, Librarian until 1956 (also Cincinnati Symphony double bass
about 1914-1920)
1932-1956
Borch, Gaston Louis Christopher
(France 1871-1926)
cello (also conductor of the Christiana Orchestral Society -
Norway and the Musikforeningen - Norway 1893-1898 - his father
Christopher Borch was Norwegen. Also the Pittsburgh Symphony
Principal cello 1903-1906 under Victor Herbert, and conductor
of the Grieg Jubilee Concerts - New York 1907)
Studied in Paris with Jules Massenet (1842-1912), a close
friend of his mother Emma Hennequin Borch and then at
the Valands School of Fine Arts - Sweden 115,
including conducting and composition. Taught at the
Philadelphia College of Music in the 1910s. Returned to
Sweden where he is said to have made the first orchestral
radio broadcast in January, 1925 with the Skandia Cinema Orchestra.
1899-1900
Borodkin, Jacob
(then Russia, now Belarus 1886-1954)
Principal trumpet (also New York Philharmonic Principal trumpet
1907-1908 under conductor Wassily Safonoff, Metropolitan Opera Second
trumpet 1908-1909 under Gustav Mahler and Arturo Toscanini, Chicago
Grand Opera Second trumpet 1910-1911 and 1912-1913, Alessandro Liberati
Band and the Arthur Pryor Band, Radio City Music Hall solo trumpet
in the 1930s)
Studied first with his musician father Max Borodkin.
In January 1912 Frederick Stock replaced Borodkin with
John Hartl to finish
out the 1911-1912 season as Principal trumpet 143, due to illness.
However Tom Crown in the International Trumpet Guild Journal provides another
reason: "...[Borodkin] played a French Besson B-flat piston valve trumpet,
which would have had a much brighter, more brilliant tone than the traditional
German rotary-valve trumpets played in the orchestra since 1891..."
129. Contemporary critics objected to Barodkin's
tone as being "too penetrating" to blend with the section.
1911-January 1912
Borodkin did not complete the 1911-1912 season, replaced by
John Hartl as Principal trumpet in January 1912.
Principal oboe 1891-1893, oboe 1903-1907 (Félix Bour
was invited to join the Theodore Thomas Orchestra, based in New
York City in 1885 by Theodore Thomas 99. Bour also
played in the Paris Opera 136 prior in the 1880s prior
to joining Theodore Thomas)
Studied at the Paris Conservatoire where he won his Premier prix
in the 1870 Concour.
Principal percussion 1952-1956, percussion 1951-1952,
Librarian, Stage Manager 1966-1971. Succeeded Allan Graham
as Principal percussion just prior to Fritz Reiner assuming the
Music Directorship. (also Nation Symphony of Washington DC
1946-1949)
Impressive snare drum in Reiner/CSO recordings of Schwanda the Bagpiper
and 1812 Overture. Reiner, however did not like Brabec. In the 1812
Overture recording, Brabec brought in a shotgun to use for the cannon
fire. Reiner rejected the shotgun effect, and added "Besides, I
don't trust you!"
Studied music initially with his orchestra musician father Herman Braun Sr.
After retiring from the Chicago Symphony, taught music in the school system
of Van Buren County, Michigan 100 km east of Chicago.
bass trombone (also Great Western Light Guard Band - Chicago at least from 1867
to the Chicago fire of 1871 as did fellow CSO musician
Ernest Wagner. This band was of members of the
Light Guard malitia unit. in the tradition of the German Verein170. Concert bands such as this were operated as cooperatives)
As a Band member, Braun played at the funeral service for Abraham Lincoln
following the assassination as Lincoln's funeral train passed through
Chicago 144.
cornet (Tom Crown in his definitive article on the CSO trumpet section in
the International Trumpet Guild Journal of June, 2011 writes: "...William
Braun played 2nd cornet in the first half of the 1891-1892 season. He may have
been a substitute or an extra player..." 129)
Studied music initially with his trombonist father Herman Braun Sr.
An active musicians union official and musician contractor in North
Chicago 143.
1891-1892
Braunsdorf, Eugene
bass
1916-1918
Breines, Gilbert A.
(New York 1934- )
Principal percussion 1956-1957, percussion 1957-1958 (also National Symphony of
Washington DC, Thomas Scherman Little Orchestra - New York 161. Also
band of the Hotel Olympic Falsborgh, New York)
Breines succeeded percussionist
Harry Brabec, but lasted only one season as Principal percussion
under Fritz Reiner. Breines studied at the Juilliard School, graduating in 1956,
and hired directly into the Chicago Symphony as Prinicpal percussion. He was also
owner of Gil Breines Music Ltd, a dealer in Musical Instruments Dealers
located in Deer Park, New York.
1956-1958
Brenner, Leon
Principal Second violin 1969-1970, violin 1944-1969, 1970-1988
1944-1988
Britt, Horace
(Belgium 1881-1971)
Principal cello (also Lamoureux Orchestra Paris 1897, Colonne Orchestra Paris 1898,
Chicago Symphony Principal cello 1905-1907, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal
cello 1907-1908, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal cello in 1910s,
San Francisco Symphony Principal cello 1918-1924. In chamber music,
the Hans Letz Quartet:
Hans Letz first, Edwin Bachmann second (later of
Toscanini's NBC Symphony), Edward Kreiner, viola (also later of
Toscanini's NBC Symphony),
Horace Britt
cello. also the Elman String Quartet in the late 1920s:
Mischa Elman first,
Adolf Bak second,
Karl Rissland viola,
Horace Britt
cello. Britt was the first cellist recorded in a
sound movie in 1927)
Studied at the Paris Conservatoire 1892-1895, Premier prix
in the 1895 Concour (at age 14!). He had been preparing under the
supervision of his parents Ernst and Maria Britt since age 6. Taught at
the Curtis Institute 1925-1926 and the University of Texas, Austin
1950-1963.
1905-1907
Brody, Clark L. Jr.
(Michigan 1914- )
Principal clarinet (also CBS Radio Orchestra Principal clarinet -
New York City in the 1940s, Chicago Symphony Wind Octet,
Chicago Symphony Chamber Group)
Studied at Michigan State University 1932-1934 and at
the University of Rochester, BMus in about 1936. After retiring
from the Chicago Symphony, Clark Brody was a Professor at
Northwestern University from 1972-1995.
violin (also Ars Antiqua, also briefly with the Boston Pops
Esplanade Orchestra - the touring orchestra of the Pops,
US Seventh Army Symphony in Europe, Rochester Philharmonic
while studying at the Eastman School, Orchestre de la Suisse
Romande, Northwest German Orchestra Concertmaster in early 1960s)
Studied at Roosevelt University - Chicago and at the Eastman School
of Music. Brostoff also composed music for the classic film
The Last Command
1964-2011
47 seasons of service
Brouk, Frank Joseph
(Illinois 1913-2004)
Principal horn 1962-1963, 1965-1966,
horn 1961-1962, 1963-1965, 1966-1978
(also Indianapolis Symphony Principal horn about 1939-1942,
Rochester Philharmonic 1941-1942, Cleveland
Orchestra Principal horn 1947-1950, horn 1946-1947)
Son of Bohemian immigrants, Brouk studied with fellow Bohemian Frank Kryl
in Chicago, and with Louis Dufrasne who also taught CSO horns
Philip Farkas, Helen Kotas, and Clyde Miller. Brouk was joint owner of the
Carl Geyer horn store in Chicago.
1961-1978
Brown, Harold
bass
1934-1944
Brown, Loren
(Minnesota 1952- )
cello (also Milwaukee Symphony Principal cello 1975-1985,
Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra Principal cello, Chicago Pro Musica playing new music,
US Navy String Quartet)
Studied at Michigan State University BMus, University of
Michigan MMus.
1985-present
Brubaker, Catherine A.
(Arizona 1963- )
viola (also Dallas Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Tucson Symphony,
Music of the Baroque, Galena Chamber Ensemble)
From a musical family - father Dale Brubaker former Tucson Symphony violin,
mother Carol Brubaker, viola of Tucson Symphony,
sister Marina Brubaker, violin of the Houston Symphony, Steven Brubaker,
cello of Tucson Symphony, brother David Brubaker violin of Minnesota
Orchestra.
Assistant Principal bassoon 1996-present, bassoon 1992-1996 (also
Dallas Symphony 1990-1992, Music of the Baroque, Chicago Pro Musica playing new music,
Chicago Chamber Musicians including recordings such as Tyrannosaurus Sue
PollyRhythm CD - see right)
Brown University BS in Physics, Yale School of Music, USC School of
Music.
1992-present
Bullen, Sarah
(1956- )
Principal harp (also New York Philharmonic Principal harp 1987-1997,
Utah Symphony Principal harp 1981-1987 )
horn (also Memphis Symphony, Cedar Rapids Symphony, Nor’easter Winds)
DePaul University BA, Northwestern University MMus. Carrillo's wife
Sarah is a freelance trumpet player.
spring 2000-present
Cerney, Edward
bass
1921-1934
Chang, Li-Kuo
(China )
photo Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
Assistant Principal viola (also Denver Symphony, Chicago Symphony
Chamber Players )
Acting Principal viola during the 1998-1999 season.
Recorded a fine
CD Duets;
Li Kuo Chang viola,
Bruce Grainger bassoon,
Richard Hirschl cello with
Jerry Fuller double bass (see right).
1988-present
Chapek, Frank P. (probably originally Capek, changed to pronounce correctly)
(then Austro-Hungary Czech 1852-after 1933)
horn, Wagner tuba
1891-1893, 1896-1898
Chapek, Joseph Horymir (probably originally Capek, changed to pronounce correctly)
(then Austro-Hungary Czech 1858-1932)
violin
Emigrated with his family in 1867. Studied first with his clarinetist musician father
Peter Chapek (1827-1888).
(Missouri 1895-1993) born in Saint Louis to Czech émigré parents
Victor Charbulak in 1934, with Richard Beidel behind him
violin (also orchestra leader, Hippodrome Theater, Spokane, Washington
in late 1910s, also Charbulak String Trio in 1940s)
Taught violin at Northwestern University.
1922-1967
45 years of service !
Chausow, Leonard
(Illinois 1928- )
detail of photo Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
cello 1956-1964, Assistant Principal cello 1964-1993,
Assistant Principal cello Emeritus 1993-2003 (also
the Minneapolis Symphony 1948-1951, Chadamin Trio:
Philip Sabransky piano (and son of
Jerry Sabransky violin),
Edgar Muenzer violin and
Leonard Chausow cello,
Chicago Symphony String Quartet, Chicago
Symphony Chamber Players, Evanston Chamber Ensemble - Illinois)
Leonard Chausow, David Chausow and
Oscar Chausow
were sons of Abraham Chausow
(1885-1960) a Russian-Jewish émigré and fruit vendor in Chicago
who dreamed of musical careers for his children. Leonard was Assistant
Principal cello of the CSO for three decades, David taught at Roosevelt
College - Chicago, and Oscar was Concertmaster of the Utah Symphony
for 14 years.
1956-2003
Chausow, Oscar
(Illinois 1915-1992)
in a World War 2 publicity photo
violin (also Kansas City Philharmonic, the All-American Youth Orchestra
under Stokowski, Utah Symphony Concertmaster, Hollywood studios sessions
musician following Utah. also, the Roosevelt College String Quartet:
Oscar Chausow first,
David Chausow second,
Bernard Senescu viola, Leopold Teraspulsky cello)
As a student, Chausow made his debut with the Chicago Symphony at
age 17 100. Joking about his Utah Symphony string section, 70%
of whom were Morman, Chausow said "...I led the most devout
string section in the country..."
1938-1946
Chen, Robert (Chen Murong)
(Taiwan about 1969- )
Concertmaster (also Philadelphia Orchestra for one season
1998-1999, founding member of the Johannes Quartet while in Philadelphia)
In his first season as CSO Concertmaster, Robert Chen was Co-Concertmaster
with Samuel Magad 58
Studied at the Juilliard School BMus, MMus. Robert Chen won first prize in Hannover International
Violin Competition in 1996 and recorded a famous CD of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto for
Berlin Klassics (see right). In 2006, Chen, with Barenboim/CSO gave the world premiere
of the Augusta Read Thomas Astral Canticle.
fourth trumpet 1952-1960, 1960-1974 (also Houston Symphony
1944-1945, US Fifth Army Band about 1945, Chicago Civic Orchestra
training Principal trumpet 1949-1950 while at Roosevelt University,
Chicago Symphony Brass Quintet)
Studied at Roosevelt University - Chicago, where he also taught
beginning 1959.
1952-1974
officially retired in September, 1974 to teach full time at
Roosevelt University, but continued to play until
Philip Smith joined the CSO in January, 1975
Clebanoff, Herman (spelled Clevanoff in certain public documents, son of Ukrainian parents)
(Illinois 1917-2004)
violin (also Illinois Works Progress Administration Symphony, NBC radio staff orchestra
Chicagor in about 1941-1952, New Orleans Symphony Concertmaster and assistant conductor,
founder and conductor of the Clebanoff Strings, based in California,
conductor of the Beach Cities Symphony in suburban Los Angeles 1980-1987, guest conducted the
Hollywood Bowl Pops Orchestra)
Had an important recording career in Los Angeles for Mercury Records, including albums
Moods in Music, Songs from Great Films, Songs from Great Operettas,
Twelve Great Songs of All Time, and Exciting Songs.
1937-1939
Clevenger, (Michael) Dale
(Tennessee 1940- )
Principal horn (also American Symphony Orchestra in 1960s,
Kansas City Philharmonic Principal horn, active in "EARS" a
band of musicians playing all periods of Jazz, as conductor,
Music Director of the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra - Illinois
1981-1995)
Studied at Carnegie Mellon University. Recorded a fine CD of horn concerti
for Teldec of Haydn father and son (see right). Performed the premiere of
John Williams Concerto for Horn and Orchestra November, 2003.
1966-present
Clusman, Edward (his father spelled the family name "Clusmann")
double bass, appointed directly from the Curtis Institute (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Associate Principal double bass 1986-2004, Metropolitan Opera Principal double bass
2004-present, New York Philharmonic Acting Principal double bass 2011-2012 season)
Studied first with his father David Cobb, then at the
Curtis Institute Class of 1985. also active in music festivals, including the
St. Barth’s International Music Festival in the French West Indies, Mostly
Mozart Festival Orchestra Principal bass, the the Bridgehampton Chamber Music
Festival - New York, and the Caramoor Music Festival - New York. Also for 3 years
solo double bass of the Marlboro Music Festival.
violin (also Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra 2000-2002, founding member
Grancino String Quartet, Music Director of the The Chamber Music
Festival of his home town of Lexington, Kentucky. In 2010, Cole
was appointed First Associate Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic,
with wife
Akiko Tarumoto also returning to the Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 2000.
Nathan Cole's website www.natesviolin.com/ has interesting information
on him and describes his solo CD Rapid Approach.
2002-2010
Coleman (originally Goldman), Alfred
viola
1930-1936
Coleman, Robert
viola
1952-1964
Combel, Armand
(France 1874- )
violin (also Chicago Grand Opera Orchestra 1913,
orchestra of Hotel Aspenwall - New York City
in 1910s, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in 1920s,
New York Symphony in 1920s,
Maverick Festival at Woodstock, New York during the summers
in 1920s, including string quartet of Gustav Tiniot first,
Armand Combel second, Paul Lemay viola, Horace Britt cello)
Assistant Principal clarinet 1974-1978, Principal clarinet 1978-2008 (also
Charleston Symphony, New Orleans Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Santa Fe Opera)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music, graduating about 1961.
1974-2008
Comerford, Matthew
trumpet - Permanent Substitute
1993-1994
Conti, Amelia
Principal harp
1922-1923
Cooley, Floyd O.
(Iowa 1948- )
tuba - Permanent Substitute (also San Francisco Symphony Principal tuba
1969-2002, San Francisco Tuba Quartet)
Studied one year at Kansas University and then at
Indiana University receiving a Performer’s Certificate
in 1969, and studied frequently with Arnold Jacobs. Taught at the
San Francisco Conservatory in the 1970s through 1990s. Active in
music festivals, including the Aspen Festival - Colorado and
the Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming.
1992-1993
Corell, Ludwig
(Germany 1863-1952)
cello (also played in the Symphony Orchestra of Krefeld, Germany
when conducted by Johannes Brahms in 1885 102, also
the Boston Festival Orchestra under
Emil Mollenhauer
and in about 1889 and 1890, the Philharmonic Club of
Boston)
Studied at the Munich Conservatory 122.
1891-1892, 1898-1914
Covone, Fortunato (1884-1969)
flute (also Chicago Opera)
1922, 1931 (apparently summers)
Cowden, Hugh Alan
(England 1915-1988)
horn (also Boston Symphony 1945-1947, Chicago Symphony Brass Ensemble
with
Adolph Herseth trumpet,
Renold Schilke trumpet,
Hugh Cowden horn,
Frank Crisafulli trombone,
Arnold Jacobs tuba. Cowden also played in the Symphony of the Air's
Far East tour in May and June, 1955. Cowden was a freelance horn in
New York City in the 1960s)
While a Broadway musician, played My Fair Lady 1956-1963
horn (also a theater musician in New York City in 1910s,
Philadelphia Orchestra horn 1919-1920, fourth horn of the
Cleveland Orchestra 1922-1923, 1926-1929)
1904-1907
Crisafulli, Frank
(Illinois 1916-1998)
photo Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
Assistant Principal trombone 1938-1939, Principal trombone 1939-1945 and
1946-1955, Second trombone 1955-1989 - demoted to Second trombone by Reiner,
although Reiner dismissed during this period all other CSO trombonists except
Edward Krauthammer.
Studied with his Italian father, Frank Crisafulli Sr. who was trombone
with the Chicago Civic Opera in the 1920s and 1930s.
names such as D'Antonio, Da Prato, and de Maré are listed alphabetically
as if they were "dan", "dap" and "dem"
As specified by the MLA Handbook
Dalton, Alison
(New York about 1960- )
violin (also founding member of Axis Ensemble and Westshorelands Preparatory
Music School)
After Curtis Institute, went to Vienna with Austrian Radio Orchestra and the Klaring
Quartet.
1987-present
D'Antonio, Franklyn C.
(California 1957- )
violin (also Los Angeles Philharmonic ,
Berkeley Symphony - California Concertmaster,
Eidolon Quartet: Franklyn D'Antonio first, Noah Strick second, Clare Twohy
viola, Gianna Abondolo cello, also Hollywood sessions musician)
Studied at Jascha Heifetz master classes in California. Played in the
American Youth Symphony - Los Angeles. Has taught at
California State University, Northridge.
Developed and led the Chicago Businessmen's Orchestra in the 1940s while teaching at
Northwestern University. Also created the Chicago Little Orchestra Ensemble.
1898-1923
Dash, Patricia 'Patsy'
(New York 1962- )
percussion (also Florida Philharmonic Principal percussion, Ars Viva
Symphony - Chicago Principal percussion)
Studied at Eastman School of Music BMus 1986 (also Preparatory Department
1979). In 1995 with her percussionist husband Doug Waddell of the Chicago
Lyric Opera, Patsy Dash initiated the Percussion Scholarship Program for
gifted young Chicago students.
clarinet (also a musician at the Illinois Theater orchestra)
Emigrated to the US in 1905. Taught at Northwestern University.
1922-1923
Del Missier, Aldo
(Maryland 1904-1980)
violin (also Thorola Ensemble - a Chicago vaudeville act,
San Antonio Symphony - Texas Concertmaster in the
1960s and 1970s)
Taught at the Columbia School of Music - Chicago
1930-1938
DeLamarter, Eric
(Michigan 1880-1953)
keyboard also according to some sources, DeLamarter was Assistant conductor of the
Chicago Symphony under Frederick Stock (also was also a Chicago church organist, including at
First Church of Christ, Scientist and the Fourth Presbyterian Church)
Studied at Albion College - Michigan BA 1900. Studied under Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) in Paris
1901-1902 167. Taught at the Chicago Musical College.
Also an active composer, including of an Organ Concerto and his Symphony in D which
was performed by the Chicago Symphony in 1914 167.
Principal horn 1896-1922, Third horn 1891-1896
(also Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra about 1888-1889 and
Berlin Philharmonic prior to Chicago. also Ann Arbor May Festival
for several summers)
1891-1922
Demuth, Frederick Joseph
(Ohio 1884-1946)
violin (also Statler Hotel Orchestra - Cleveland 1915-1919,
Cleveland Orchestra violin 1919-1920,
viola 1920-1921 and 1922-1923)
1909-1911
Denov, Sam (1923- )
percussion (also San Antonio Symphony 1947-1950, Pittsburgh Symphony
1950-1952. Then a free-lance percussionist in the Chicago area, including
as an extra with the Chicago Symphony)
Denov also wrote The Art of Playing the Cymbals in 1963 and his
autobiography Symphonic Paradox: The Misadventures of a Wayward Musician
1954-1985
DeRoche, Julie
clarinet - Permanent Substitute
2000-2001
Devaux, Eugène
(Belgium 1865-before 1930)
oboe (also Pittsburgh Symphony oboe
during 1900s, Boston Festival Orchestra under
Emil Mollenhauer
in 1904, Sousa Band 1900-1905,
Philadelphia Orchestra second oboe 1910-1911)
Eugène Devaux was considered to replace Alfred Doucet as
Principal oboe of the Philadelphia Orchestra in the
1913-1914 season, but Stokowski had hear bad reports
concerning his professional habits 67, so
Attilio Marchetti was selected instead.
double bass (also 1969 to 1973, Lyric Opera Orchestra - Philadelphia Principal
double bass,
Delaware Symphony Principal double bass, Milwaukee Symphony double bass 1973-1976)
DiBello began his career as a pharmacist, studying at the University of the Sciences -
Philadelphia, BSc Pharmacy 1966. Then, returning to the double bass, studied at the University
of the Arts - Philadelphia.
click on the thumbnail above to see the Spierling Quartet:
(l to r) Theodore Spierling first, Hermann Diestel cello,
Adolf Weidig viola, Otto Roehrborn second
Studied at the Akademische Hochschule für Musik - Berlin 1885-1889
115. Taught at the Chicago Musical College and the
Spiering Violin School of Chicago.
William Diestel with
Alfred Lorenz
behind him in as musicians
of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1913
violin 1895-1897, Principal viola 1905-1908
(also Philadelphia Orchestra Principal viola
1908-1915, Chicago Grand Opera 1915-about 1919,
Chicago-based Spierling Quartet:
Theodore Spierling
first,
Otto Roehrborn second,
William Diestel viola,
Hermann Diestel cello in 1893-1905)
Taught at the Spiering Violin School of Chicago.
1895-1897, 1905-1908
William Diestel died March 29, 1926 in Chicago at the relatively
young age of 56.
Principal tuba, double bass (same unusual instrumental combination of
tuba and double bass as his Principal tuba predecessors
Frederick Otte and
Emil Gatterfeld). Dietrichs
also performed the same instrument combination
with the St. Louis Symphony where he was Principal tuba 1913-1917,
double bass 1913-1916)
1917-1920
Dietz, Frederick, Jr. ("Fritz", sometimes Friedhold)
(New York 1861- )
Frederick Dietz circa 1899
second trumpet under Principal
Christian H. Rodenkirchen, also
second cornet. He was succeeded in the second trumpet chair
by
James Llewellyn (Theodore Thomas knew Frederick Dietz
Sr. and Frederick Dietz Jr., since they both played trumpet with
the New York Philharmonic Society Orchestra, Frederick Dietz Jr.
playing 1879-1891, prior to joining Thomas to begin the Chicago Orchestra)
Studied with his father, Frederick Dietz Sr. who was Principal trumpet
of the New York Philharmonic Society Orchestra 1865-1899, and also played
violin with the Philharmonic. Dietz Sr.
also played with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra based in
New York City and traveling the eastern USA in the 1870s and
1880s 143. Father and son also played under Theodore Thomas
in the Cincinnati May Festivals prior to Chicago.
1891-1902
Dimond, Harry
(Illinois 1875-1933)
violin (also later director of the Metropolitan Conservatory - Chicago, where
Orville Barker also taught and owner of a Chicago music store)
Dimond was presented by his parents as something of a musical prodigy in
Chicago in his teens 156, taking three years off his age 157
and citing training "at the conservatories of Europe".
1898-1899
Dirks, Karen Effie Moe
(California 1947- )
viola (also Principal viola San Diego Symphony 1992-1997, Acting Co-Concertmaster
of San Diego Symphony 1987-1988 60 , Concertmaster San Diego
Opera for 17 years, Concertmaster of the La Jolla Chamber Orchestra,
Principal viola New Hampshire Music Festival during summers 1985-2000)
Studied first with her mother, Kay Moe (1914-1983), who was a cellist for 22 seasons
with the San Diego Symphony with which group Karen Moe Dirks was later Principal
viola. Then at the University of Southern California with Daniel Lewis, and later
with
Josef Gingold.
flute (as a student, played in the Saginaw Youth Orchestra, and she was
Principal flute of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago -
the student training orchestra)
Studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan, and then at Indiana University
Performer's Certificate and BMus and at Northwestern University MMus.
Also active in festivals, including the Bach Week Festival - May each year in
Evanston, Illinois. Teaches at the DePaul University School of Music - Chicago.
violin January 1996-2002, Principal Second violin 2002-present (also
Northeast Pennsylvania Philharmonic - in the Poconos, Concerto Soloists Chamber
Orchestra in Philadelphia)
Baird Dodge has performed and recorded works by his composer father, Charles Dodge,
including Any Resemblance is Purely Accidental on New Albion Records. He also
gave the premiere in 2006 of Carillon Sky written for him by Augusta Read Thomas.
January 1996- present
Dodson, Glenn A.
(Pennsylvania 1931-2007)
Assistant Principal trombone, bass trumpet, Baritone
(also US Marine Band in Washington, DC,
New Orleans Symphony 1956-1965, Santa Fe Opera in the summers during
1950s and 1960s, Chicago Symphony Assistant Principal trombone 1965-1968,
then to Philadelphia Orchestra 1968-1995)
Assistant/utility horn (also San Diego Symphony third horn, San Antonio
Symphony Associate Principal/third horn, North Carolina Symphony third
horn and fourth horn, freelance musician in San Francisco)
Studied at the New England Conservatory BM 1992. Susanna Drake's husband
Matthew Gaunt is an orchestral and chamber music tuba player.
Joined the Chicago Symphony in 1891 together with his friend
Richard Poltmann.
1891-1903
Druzinsky, Edward
(Missouri 1924-2011)
photo Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
Principal harp (after serving in World War 2, was a freelance musician in
New York City while continuing study of math and physics. Pittsburgh Symphony
Principal harp 1948-1952, Detroit Symphony 1952-1957)
In his early years, studied violin, piano, and harp. Then studied harp at the
Curtis Institute Class of 1942. After Curtis, he returned to Saint Louis to
study chemical engineering at Washington University.
Theodore du Moulin playing with the Great Lakes Quartet during
World War 1
cello 1912-1918, 1919-1923, Principal cello 1918-1919 (also he was
active in the Zukowski Trio in Chicago, Alexander Zukowski, violin,
Mae Doelling, piano, and
Theodore du Moulin, cello. During World War 1, with
Hermann Felber Jr.
first violin,
Carl Fasshauer
second violin (who also played
with the Philadelphia Orchestra 1912-1918), Robert Dolejsi viola,
Theodore du Moulin cello founded the Great Lakes Quartet in which he played
during his World War 1 service)
Studied first with his father, Chicago Symphony musician
Georges Du Moulin
1912-1923
Dufour, Mathieu T.
(France 1972- )
Principal flute (also Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse Principal
flute 1992-1995, National Opera - Paris Principal flute 1995-1999,
Chicago Chamber Musicians. Also September-January 2010 temporary Principal
flute Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Studied at theLyon Conservatoire Premier prix in about 1992.
Played premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie (1961- ) Flute Concerto
with Boulez/CSO in January, 2010. Mathieu Dufour and Pascal Rogé recorded a rewarding
collection of music for flute and piano by French composers from Poulenc to Dutilleux
available on Cryston via download - fun! (see right)
1999-present
Dufresne, Gaston Louis Albert
(France 1898-1998) died 3 months after
his 100th birthday
Principal double bass (also Colonne Orchestra - Paris 1923-1925, Concerts Koussevitzky - Paris,
Boston Symphony double bass 1927-1951 and 1952-1957,
Chicago Symphony Principal double bass 1951-1952 for one season before returning
to Boston)
Studied at the Lille Conservatoire 1907-1918, Paris Conservatoire with his
Premier prix in about 1923. Also interested in ancient instruments, and active
in the Society of Instruments, where he played the bass viol.
1951-1952
Dutschke, Hermann
Principal horn (also Hofoper Munich - Germany 136,
New York Philharmonic Principal horn about 1899-1901,
Trenton Musical Club - New Jersey, a member of John Philip Sousa's Band 1914,
also assisted the Kaltenborn String Quartette in 1898 in
New York City)
1891-1895
Dye, Ralph
(New York 1886- )
flute, piccolo (also John C. Webber Band solo piccolo in 1910,
Liberati Band solo piccolo in 1913, a musician in Cleveland, Ohio
in 1910, a Chicago theater musician in the 1920s and 1930s)
flute, piccolo (also New York City Opera flute, also the Principal
flute in The Music Manand My Fair Lady. also, before
coming to the US in 1923, the Gürzenich-Orchester, Cologne - Germany and the
Staatsorchester Kassel - Germany 126)
Studied at the Cologne Conservatory and the Munich Conservatory.
He taught at Northwestern University and DePauw University.
(Illinois 1903-1977) born in Chicago of German parents
keyboard (better known as a Chicago church and theater
organist - especially the Michigan Theatre, Chicago, and
the Second Presbyterian Church, Chicago, where he was
director of music 1929 until his death in 1977)
Taught organ and composition at the American Conservatory of
Music, Chicago.
1929-1930
Elander, Charles Theodore
(Illinois 1873-1937) born in Chicago of Swedish parents
viola (also in the 1920s, after leaving the CSO, Elander was
a conductor, including of the "Philharmonic Orchestra"
of Chicago 134. also Elander was an active composer
of chamber music, performed in Chicago while Elander was
musically active. He also played in Chicago theater orchestras)
Taught violin, viola and music theory at Northwestern University
- Chicago and at the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago.
1903-1904, 1914-1919
Eldred, (Merritt) Earle
(Illinois 1896-1968)
violin (also Chicago Grand Opera Company - predecessor to the Lyric Opera -
violin in the 1930s)
Studied at the Bush Temple Conservatory, Chicago BMus 1915, where he
later taught violin.
Principal bassoon succeeding
Leonard Sharrow
(also Houston Symphony 1945-1948, Dallas Symphony 1953-1964)
Studied first clarinet before taking up the bassoon at age 14 in 1940. Then studied at
North Texas State University followed by the Eastman School of Music BMus and MMus in 1945.
An active composer, his Elegy for Orchestra was co-winner of the
Koussevitzky Foundation Award in 1961, and his Bassoon Concerto
was performed by the Chicago Symphony.
1964-1996
Elson, Joseph B. born Joseph Tulsky
(Pennsylvania 1907-1986) of Russian émigré parents
Joseph Elson né Tulsky as a boy in 1913
viola (also Fort Wayne Indiana Symphony violin,
Minneapolis Symphony viola 1928-1929, Pittsburgh
Symphony viola 1946-1947 under Fritz Reiner and 1959-about 1972
135)
Elson also played Viola d'Amour in the 1930s and 1940s in early
US concert efforts to adopt baroque performance practices.
1929-1935, 1956-1959
Erickson, Frank O.
horn
1930-1944
Esser, Franz
(Germany 1869-1950)
viola 1892-1898, Principal viola 1898-1926 replacing Fritz Keller who had
lasted as Principal for only one season. Principal Second
violin 1926-1939, violin 1939-1945 (also the Chicago String Quartet
with Concertmaster
Harry Weisbach
first,
Otto Roehrborn
second,
Franz Esser viola and
Karl Brueckner cello)
Emigrated to Chicago in 1892, probably recruited by
Theodore Thomas in Europe to join
his new Chicago Orchestra.
1892-1945
retired at the end of 1944-1945 at age 76 after 53 seasons of service!
viola 1920-1926 and 1939-1947, Principal viola 1926-1939)
(also a founder and long-term member of the Berkshire
String Quartet (1916-1941) was:
Hugo Kortschak first, Serge Kotlarsky second,
Clarence Evans
viola and
Emmeran Stoeber cello) - click on thumbnail below to
see the Berkshire String Quartet in 1918:
Evans, Margaret Cree (Illinois 1917-2007) 61 wife of
Donald Evans
cello (also Indianapolis Symphony, National Symphony of Washington,
Principal cello Grant Park Symphony)
Margaret Evans first played violin and piano, but her mother and cousin played
these, and her father played viola. So at age 12, Margaret Evans took up the cello
for the family quartet 61
1951-1988
Evenson, Samuel
(New York 1880-1947)
clarinet (also played solo clarinet in Patrick Conway's Band
1908-1923 139, Minneapolis Symphony clarinet 1912-1913
132, also a Chicago theater musician,
including the Michigan Avenue Playhouse, Chicago)
1923-1946
The Great Theodore Thomas and the Chicago Orchestra (as it was then called) in 1897
Principal Second violin 1962-1963, violin 1939-1962, 1963-1986
1939-1986
Fahsbender, Rudolf Julius Robert
double bass
1927-1964
Fako, Nancy Lee Jordan
horn
1964-1968
Faldner, William
(Canada 1917-2002)
violin (also Metropolitan Opera Orchestra violin)
Studied first in Québec. Was the youthful soloist with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra
in 1937 from winning a violin competition 150. Father of the conductor Barry Faldner.
1956-1994
Fantozzi, William
(Illinois 1896-1998) celebrated his 102 birthday in San Diego, California
violin (also Central Park Theater and Tivoli Theatre - Chicago,
Minneapolis Symphony violin 1919-1920, Chicago Grand Opera and the
Ravinia Park Opera. also Heidelberg Century of Progress Orchestra
in 1933, WMAQ radio orchestra - Chicago)
Taught at the Chicago College of Music.
1922-1935
Farkas, Philip
(Illinois 1914-1992)
Principal horn (also Kansas City Philharmonic Principal horn
1933-1936 starting at age 18, Chicago Symphony 1936-1941
succeeding
Pellegrino Lecce
, Cleveland Orchestra Principal
horn 1941-1945, Boston Symphony Co-Principal horn with
Willem Valkenier
in the 1945-1946, returned to Cleveland as
Principal horn 1946-1947, Chicago Symphony Principal horn
1947-1960, Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet:
Ralph Johnson
flute,
Robert Mayer oboe,
Jerome Stowell
clarinet,
Philip Farkas horn, and
Wilbur Simpson
bassoon)
Studied with Belgian-born Chicago horn teacher
Louis Dufrasne
, who also taught two
other Chicago Symphony Principal horns:
Helen Kotas Hirsh
and
Frank Brouk. Taught two generations of horn musicians
at Indiana University 1960-1984.
violin (also Music of the Baroque - Chicago,
Orlando Symphony, Chicago Lyric Opera Assistant Principal Second
violin, Bergen Philharmonic - Norway)
Studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School.
Active in summer music festivals, including the Spoleto Festival - South Carolina and
the Aspen Music Festivals - Colorado. She has also played bluegrass and western swing
with the CSOkies, a country-western band. Recently has also played with piano-harmonica
musician, and Grammy winner Howard Levy, including on Balkan Samba CDs.
see their photo together at left.
1979-present
on sabbatical leave 1994-1995
Feinzimer, Samuel
(then Russia, now Ukraine 1912-1989)
viola (also as a student trained with the Chicago Civic Orchestra,
WGN Chicago radio staff orchestra in 1930s,
later with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra Feinzimer was Principal viola.
also played in the Chicago Civic Opera)
Came to the United States when he was 10 and subsequently changed
from the violin to viola while playing in his Chicago High School
orchestra.
violin (also Chicago String Quartet:
Herman Felber Jr.
first,
Carl Fasshauer
second,
Robert Dolejsi
viola,
John Lingeman cello,
also the Russian Trio,
Herman Felber Jr.
violin, Nina Mesirow-Minchin piano,
Ennio Bolognini
cello), also
conductor of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra 1934-1959,
long-time Chicago radio station WLS staff orchestra conductor and also conductor of the
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra)
Herman Felber's good friend Robert Dolejsi from the Chicago String Quartet
also played in the WLS radio orchestra.
cello and also trumpet, cornet (also Victor Grabel's Orchestral
Band of Chicago 143)
Emigrated to the US from Saxony, Germany in 1892. Retired from the Chicago Symphony
in 1933 due to illness 129
1900-1933
Ferner, Walter Valentine
(Maryland 1880-1952)
cello (also San Francisco Symphony Principal cello 1921-1925, left to
join the Persinger String Quartet: Louis Persinger first, Louis Ford second,
Nathan Firestone viola and Walter Ferner cello - see 1928 photo
at left)
violin, viola (also Seattle Symphony Principal viola in the 1960s,
Chicago Pro Musica chamber ensemble)
Studied as a student at the National Music Camp at Interlochen,
and later at the Eastman School of Music and in the Jascha Heifetz
master class at the University of Southern California. Also he
studied at the Sibelius Academy - Finland, as a Sibelius scholar in
1957. Awarded the Theodore Thomas Medallion for Distinguished
Service by the Chicago Symphony. He taught in his early career at
Texas Wesleyan College and in Chicago at Roosevelt University.
1967-2006
Fiala, Rudolph
(Minnesota 1884-1970)
viola (also played early in his career in the Shostac String Quartet: Henri Shostac first,
Henry Selinger second, Rudolph Fiala viola, Adolph Hoffman cello)
born to Czech parents who emigrated to Minnesota in 1881. Studied at Machek's School of
Music, Chicago.
violin (also Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra Concertmaster in about
1976-1977, Trio d'Accordo based in Cincinnati: Jorja Fleezanis violin,
Yizhak Schotten viola, Karen Andrie cello in late 1970s,
San Francisco Symphony Associate Concertmaster 1981-1989.
Minnesota Orchestra Concertmaster 1989-2009)
Studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the
Cleveland Institute of Music. Taught at the San Francisco Conservatory
1981-1989, and at the University of Minnesota School of Music, and at the
Jacobs School of Music - Indiana University. also at
the Interlochen Arts Academy (where she also studied as a student in
1966-1967) and the Interlochen Summer Camp. Active
in contemporary music, Fleezanis, with the Minnesota Orchestra conducted
by Edo de Waart, gave the 1994 premier of the Violin Concerto
written in 1993 by John Adams (1947- ).
horn, Wagner tuba - part of the original Chicago horn quartet of
C. August Mueller, Carl Beyer, Frank Chapek, and Richard Forkert.
1891-1898
Fox, Hugo
(Indiana 1897-1969)
Hugo Fox in 1924, early in his Chicago Symphony career
Principal bassoon
Studied with two Chicago Symphony bassoons: Adolf Weiss 1916-1917 and
in the early 1920s with Walter Guetter, his distinguished predecessor
as Principal bassoon of the Chicago Symphony.
In 1949, Hugo Fox founded the Fox Bassoon Company which
produced itss first commercial bassoon in 1951, and by
1983, Fox production was of "...700 instruments ranging in
price from $2,000 to more than $7,000..." 123.
1922-1949
Frank, William Phillip
(Pennsylvania 1876-1932)
horn 1901-1923 and 1927-1932, Principal horn 1923-1927
William Frank also designed and manufactured French horns beginning in 1910,
creating the William Frank Company.
He received his initial training working for instrument manufacturer
Frank Holton & Co. in Wisconsin.
1901-1932
(died during the season, age only 56)
Franke, Cornelius
violin (also Associate Concertmaster Philadelphia Orchestra 1901-1902)
Jay Friedman on tour in Vienna (standing next to a friend)
Principal trombone April, 1965-present, trombone 1962-April, 1965
(also Florida Symphony, and as conductor,
Music Director of Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest - Illinois)
Chicago Musical College, Yale BMus, studied composition at Roosevelt
University. Also, said to be a horse
trainer when not playing. See Jay's interesting website www.jayfriedman.net
including articles on music and conducting and his CD
The Singing Trombone.
1962-present
Jay Friedman playing bass trumpet 1971
Friedrich, Louis A.
(Germany 1847-1930?)
contrabassoon 1891-1910, third bassoon 1910-1911 (in 1910-1911,
Louis Friedrich was third bassoon, while Oscar Friedrich was contrabassoon.
Oscar Friedrich also played double bass when needed)
Louis Friedrich emigrated to the US from Leipzig, Germany in 1867.
1891-1911
Friedrich, Ludwig
(Germany 1843-before 1920)
second oboe, viola
Ludwig Friedrich emigrated to the US in 1883.
1891-1892
Ludwig Friedrich left the CSO in mid-season 1891-1892 and was succeeded
in the second oboe chair by
Frederick Allner.
violin (as a student, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago Concertmaster,
also Cleveland Orchestra violin 1997-2000. active in chamber
music, Funakoshi played in the Cleveland Orchestra chamber music
series and the Chicago Chamber Musicians)
Studied at the Tokyo College of Music BMus. Active in music festivals,
including the Kurashiki Music Festival - Japan. Participated in two
orchestral tours: Thüringer Philharmonic 1993 tour of Germany and the
1993 US tour of her music school, the Tokyo College of Music Symphony
Orchestra.
violin (also Foresome Quartet, Les Violons du Roy, La Pietà, l’Orchestre Symphonique
de Laval - Québec, Ars Viva Symphony - Chicago)
While studying at Rice, she also played as a sub with the Houston Orchestra
February 2003-present
Gangursky, Nathaniel
(Russia 1903-1975)
double bass (also a Chicago theater musician before the Chicago Symphony,
later became a Hollywood sessions recording musician, well
known for his Sinatra and other session recordings)
His father, Mark Gangursky was a Chicago opera singer. Gangursky
studied with New York Philharmonic double bassist Herman Reinshagen.
1936-1937
Gangursky, Ruth
Harp
1931-1932
Gardner, Samuel
violin
1915-1916
Gaskins, Benjamin A.
(Pennsylvania 1904-1957) died in spring 1957, said to have been a suicide
Principal piccolo (also Goldman Band, Leonard B. Smith Concert
Band in 1954, Cleveland Orchestra 1921-1929,
Radio City Music Hall Orchestra in 1933,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra flute and piccolo,
New York Philharmonic piccolo and Personnel Manager late 1940s-early 1950s,
NBC Symphony under Toscanini 1937-1940s)
Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
1954-apring 1957
Gatterfeld, Emil A.
(Germany 1873-1964)
Principal tuba 1914-1917, tuba 1911-1914, 1917-1919,
double bass 1911-1919 (same unusual instrumental combination of
tuba and double bass as his Principal tuba predecessor
Frederick Otte and successor
William Dietrichs). Emil
Gatterfeld was primarily know as a double bass player
and was Principal double bass with the Cincinnati Symphony 1906-1907, and played
double bass with the New York Symphony 1907-1908. After the Chicago Symphony,
Gatterfeld was double bass player with the Chicago Civic Opera 1923-1924,
and a theater musician in Chicago)
Principal trombone (also Minneapolis Symphony Principal trombone 1911-1920)
1891-1904
Geffert, Edward William
(Illinois 1880- )
trombone 1921-1929, 1939-1941, Principal trombone 1929-1939
(also Philadelphia Orchestra second trombone 1917-1921)
Brian Frederiksen in his fine book on Arnold Jacobs quotes Frank
Crisafulli: "...Geffert, who was ailing, did not want the
responsibility of being first chair and actually asked that I
play first..." 66
1921-1941
Gennusa, Ignatius "Iggy"
(Philadelphia 1920-2003)
Principal clarinet (also Radio City Music Hall - New York,
National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC, Baltimore
Symphony Principal clarinet 1951-1972)
Studied with his Italian-born father Joseph Gennusa Sr. (1889-1987),
and at the Curtis Institute Class of 1943. Taught at the Peabody
Conservatory 1951-1993. It is said that his season as
Principal clarinet in Chicago under Raphael Kubelik was
intended to be limited to one season, while the Orchestra identified
a successor
1950-1951
Germano, Rocco
(Indiana 1921- )
viola (also South Bend Chamber Music Society)
Studied at Notre Dame University - Indiana about 1943. Taught for
24 years in the South Bend, Indiana school system 1965-1989.
1949-1954
Geyer, Charles E.
(Illinois 1944- )
fourth trumpet 1966-1974 then second trumpet 1974-1978
(also Chicago Civic Orchestra - training orchestra as a student.
Chicago Lyric Opera 1964-1966, Chicago Little Symphony.
also Music of the Baroque, Chicago Chamber Musicians, Eastman Brass,
Chicago Brass Quintet. following Chicago, Houston Symphony Principal
trumpet 1978-1980)
Studied at Northwestern University - Chicago BMus
with Bud Herseth and Vincent Cichowicz, whom he succeeded
as second trumpet in the 1974-1975 season, and Northwestern University
MMus. Prolific teacher including at Northwester University. then
Eastman School of Music beginning 1980.
1966-1978
Gilbertsen, James
(Wisconsin )
photograph by Todd Rosenberg, n.d.
trombone 1968-1982, Associate Principal trombone 1982-2011
(also Florida Symphony Principal trombone)
Studied at Northwestern University and the American Conservatory
- Chicago.
Associate Principal horn 2002-present, Assistant Principal
Horn/Utility horn 1975-2002 (also Rochester Philharmonic 1972-1974, National Symphony of
Washington DC 1974-1975, also Chicago Pro Musica chamber ensemble. A fine example of Daniel
Gingrich's playing is in the Kurt Weil Threepenny Opera recording of the
Chicago Pro Musica on Reference Recordings - see right)
Studied at Roosevelt University - Chicago Musical College. His wife
Mary Barnes-Gingrich is also a freelance horn player in Chicago.
1975-present
Ginsburg, Ralph
violin
1916-1923
Glass, Reinhard F.
(Germany 1848-1910)
double bass
1891-1910
died during the 1910-1911 season on October 1, 1910 166.
Glazer, Leonore B.
(Illinois 1935-1993)
cello (also Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras student training
orchestra)
Active in summer festivals including Marlboro - Vermont in 1964 103.
Taught at the Chicago Musical College and early in her career at the
Lehnhoff School of Music and Dance.
1964-1993
died on July 27, 1993 just prior to the 1993-1994 season 113
Glazer, Robert
viola
1961-1967
Glenecke, Thomas Joseph
(Illinois 1895-1979)
percussion (also a Chicago theater musician in the early 1930s and played in the
WPA Orchestra of Chicago in the late 1930s)
Still remembered from his playing in the Rafael Kubelik/CSO recordings, including Bartok
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
Principal Second 1969-2002, violin 1953-1969 (also WGN radio orchestra,
New Orleans Symphony)
Gave the world premiere in 1980 of the Richard Manners (1941- )
Violin Concerto with Kazuhiro Koizumi.
Golan tells the story of how Solti selected him as Principal Second:
"...I went out onto the stage, feeling like death warmed over, when suddenly,
I started to talk to Solti, who was seated in the hall. 'Mr.Solti,
I like to improvise. Would you mind if I play a little jazz, gypsy and klezmer music?'
For all I knew, Solti would say 'Next'! However, he said, 'Go ahead, Mr.Golan. I...
proceeded...in all those styles. After about five minutes, Solti stopped me and said
'Mr. Golan, now that you've established the key of D Minor, would you please
play the Beethoven Violin Concerto in the key of D Major?' I did, and I got
the job..."
violin (also Knox-Galesburg Symphony, Sacramento Symphony, Gagliano Chamber
Players, New York String Orchestra)
One of two current CSO violinists from Iowa City, the other being
Fox Fehling
1989-present
Goldstein, Arthur
(1925-2009)
horn (also Radio City Music Hall)
1952-1953
González, Rubén
(Argentina 1939- )
Concertmaster (also I Virtuosi di Roma - Italy in about 1966. also Teatro Colón and
the Orquesta Nacional de Argentina in the late 1960s. then North German Radio Orchestra
Concertmaster - Hamburg about 1970. Associate Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra in
1970s and Houston Symphony Concertmaster under Sergiu Comissiona 1981-1986)
Anne Mischakoff Heiles
in her fascinating book America's Concertmasters3
writes of González's training: "...González studied with
Osvaldo Pessina in Buenos Aires, Salomon Baron in France, and
Riccardo Bregola in Italy...". After the Chicago Symphony, González
devoted himself to exploration of philosophy, as well as to aiding younger
musicians.
(Russia 1899-1948) suffered a stroke, dying at age 49
Concertmaster (also Gordon String Quartet in 1930 consisted of
Jacques Gordon first, Edwin Edeler second,
Joseph Vieland
viola and Nahoum Benditsky (later spelled Naoum
Benditzky) cello; in the late 1930s, the Gordon String Quartet
consisted of Jacques Gordon first, David Sackson second,
William Lincer
viola, Nahoum Benditsky cello with
Fritz Magg
later succeeding Hahoum Benditsky, Gordon also
conducted Chicago WPA Orchestra during 1930s)
Studied at the Imperial Conservatory in St. Petersburg 1912.
Taught at the Eastman School of Music prior to his early death.
1921-1930
Gradman, Edward
violin
1936-1976
Graef, Richard Keith
(Indiana 1942- )
Assistant Principal flute (also Minnesota Orchestra Assistant
Principal flute 1966-1968, Juliani Ensemble, Chicago Pro Musica chamber ensemble
reflecting his interest in the baroque flute and performance style)
Studied at Oberlin Conservatory BMus, Indiana University MMus.
Graef's son, also Richard Graef is Assistant Principal horn of the
Indianapolis Symphony, and Richard Jr.'s wife is a flutist.
1968-present
Graham, Allan
(Illinois 1912- )
percussion 1945-1946, Principal percussion 1946-1952
Listen to Allan Graham in the famous Kubelik/CSO 1953 recording of
Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, not matched
until the Reiner/CSO recording a few years later.
cello (also Cleveland Orchestra cello 1941-1944. also a New York
recording sessions musician between the Cleveland Orchestra and
the Chicago Symphony. also Chicago Arts Quartet:
Philip Scharf first,
Adrian Da Prato second,
Isadore Zverow viola,
David Greenbaum cello)
Taught at the Lehnhoff School of Music Chicago in the 1950s 155.
1948-1974
Grienauer, Carl
cello
1892-1893
Griffin, David
photo: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
fourth horn (also Rochester Philharmonic, Orchestre symphonique de
Montréal, Houston Symphony, also wind quintet Prairie Winds)
Northwestern University BMus 1987. With composer Cliff Colnot, arranged
for first recent performance the Milhaud 1939 film music
Cavalcade d’amour. Recorded premiere of Bruce Broughton
Sonata for Horn and Piano
1995-present
Grocock, Robert Gordon
(Connecticut 1926- )
fourth trumpet while he was still teaching at DePauw University
(also Rochester Philharmonic extra while studying at Eastman 143)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus and MMus. He also taught at
the Eastman School and at DePauw University - Indiana 1950-1987. Taught at
the at the National Music Camp at Interlochen - Michigan 1952-1959 and
1963-1970 143.
1951-1952
Gross, Julius (Gottfried Ernst Julius)
(Germany 1874- )
clarinet (also Chicago Grand Opera Company orchestra under
Joseph Rafaefli and related opera companies about 1915-1930)
Trained in Germany and also Chicago, emigrating to Chicago at age 14.
1896-1898, 1903-1908, 1914-1915
Grossman, Jerry
(Massachusetts 1950- )
cello (also New York Philharmonic cello 1984-1986, Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra Principal cello 1986-present, Orpheus Ensemble in the 1990s,
active in the Marlboro Music Festival - Vermont)
Studied at the Curtis Institute with David Soyer, Class of 1971.
Guetter, (Julius) Walter (Pennsylvania 1895-1937) nephew of
Adolf Guetter
, Boston Symphony Principal bassoon
bassoon 1915-1916, Principal bassoon 1916-1918, 1919-1922
(also Philadelphia Orchestra Principal bassoon 1922-1937) Walter Guetter played
briefly for the Philadelphia Orchestra in early 1915, upon return from Germany,
then auditioned for CSO in Summer 1915, and joined Chicago in September, 1915.
Studied with uncle Adolf Guetter at Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory -
Berlin 1910-1914.
Walter Guetter, sickly during 1930s, died of cancer May 1, 1937 aged only 42.
1915-1922
Gunn, Jennifer M.
(Pennsylvania ) married to Jonathan Gunn Cincinnati
Symphony clarinet.
piccolo (also Principal flute Fort Wayne Philharmonic 2001-2004, Louisville Orchestra
Assistant Principal flute 2004-2005, MusicNOW contemporary music series)
Duquesne University - Pittsburgh BMus.
June 2005-present
Guntermann, Ernest
flute
1942-1943
Gunther, Arthur
(Germany 1877-1938)
trombone, bass trombone
Emigrated to the US as a child with his family in 1883.
1911-1938
Arthur Gunther died at the beginning of the 1938-1939 season on
November 5, 1938.
Guastafeste, Joseph
(New York 1930- )
detail of photo Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
Principal double bass (also New Orleans Symphony about 1947-1949,
Dallas Symphony about 1949-1961, Chicago Pro Musica chamber
music group)
Studied the Juilliard School. In the 1998-1999
Chicago season, Guastafeste gave the premier of the Elias Tanenbaum
(1924-2008) Concerto commissioned by the Chicago Symphony.
Active in summer music festivals, including the Chautauqua Festival
- New York and the Casals Festival - Puerto Rico. Guastafeste and
his wife Yvette have also created a sculpture garden of statues of
double basses in a property donated by them in norther New York state
- perhaps will become a tourist attraction!
1961-2010
Guttenberger, Gerhard
(1846-after 1920)
violin
1894-1897
Chicago Symphony Bassoon Section 1977: (l to r) Willard Elliot,
John Raitt, Wilbur Simpson, Burl Lane
Fourth/Utility trumpet November, 1996-October 1997, Second trumpet
October, 1997-present (also Wichita Symphony Orchestra Principal trumpet,
US Marine Band)
Studied at Eastman School of Music. While in Wichita taught at Wichita State
University. John Hagstrom was one of the initiators of Dream Out Loud, a music
education advocacy partnership between the CSO and the Yamaha Corporation
which encourages students, teachers, and parents in playing an instrument. He recorded
several CDs including a fine selection of works with the DePaul University Wind Ensemble
on Albany Records (see right). Hagstrom also teaches at DePaul University - Chicago.
1996-present
Hall, Tom M.
(Florida about 1943- )
violin (also State Symphony of Florida Concertmaster and assistant conductor.
also United States Army Strings about 1966-1969 and while in Washington DC, Concertmaster
and assistant conductor of the Baroque Arts Chamber Orchestra, and Baroque Arts String
and Richmond Symphony violin. active in chamber music throughout his career, a founder
of the Meridian String Quartet which toured the US. in Chicago, the Contemporary
Arts Quartet - later the Chicago Arts Quartet. DePaul University Chamber Orchestra
Conductor 2001-2008)
Studied at Florida State University - Tallahassee BMus and MMus with honors 1966.
Tom Hall earned the Theodore Thomas Medallion of Distinguished Service from the Chicago
Symphony in 2006. Tom Hall was Sir George Solti's first new musician selection. 1982-1986
and 2002-2003 he was editor of Senza Sordino, the publication of the International
Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians - ICSOM.
1970-2006
Hamburg, George Washington
(Illinois 1886-1963)
Principal tuba, succeeded by Arnold Jacobs
(prior to the Chicago Symphony, Hamburg was and
orchestra musician at the La Salle Theater, Chicago)
Studied first with his Danish musician father, Peter Hansen Hamburg
(1841-1918). Brother Peter F. Hamburg (1876-1944) was also a Chicago
theater musician.
1920-1944
Hamilton, Laura
(California 1959- )
violin (also New Jersey Symphony Principal Second violin,
Metropolitan Opera first violin 1986-1999, Principal Associate
Concertmaster 1999-present)
Studied at the Moscow Conservatory and the Manhattan School
of Music. Active in summer music festivals, including the
Marlboro Festival - Vermont, Manchester Music Festival - Vermont
and the Bard Festival - New York.
Principal trumpet 1903-1907, Second trumpet 1907-1912, Librarian
1916-1943 and Fifth trumpet 1926-1933. (also Munich Hofoper trumpet
1894-1899, Vienna Hofoper and Vienna Philharmonic 1899-1900
108. Philadelphia Orchestra trumpet, perhaps invited
by Fritz Scheel for two seasons: 1901-1902 and Principal trumpet
1902-1903. In Philadelphia, played in the Spring
Bethlehem Bach Festival one hour outside Philadelphia, and the
the Cincinnati May Festival in 1903.)
Studied in Munich with Albert Meichelt Sr., father of
Albert Meichelt Jr., who also was a Philadelphia Orchestra
colleague for two seasons 1902-1904. When Paul Handke
emigrated to the U.S. in 1901, he brought with him his hand
transcriptions of the Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
composed in 1796.
1903-1912, 1916-1943
Hanna, Alexander
(Ohio 1986- )
Principal double bass (also Detroit Symphony Principal double bass 2008-2012. while at
Curtis, he was a substitute with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Philadelphia Chamber
Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Pittsburgh Symphony. He was also Principal
double bass of the Haddonfield Symphony - New Jersey)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 2008. Also active in summer festivals,
including the Tanglewood Festival - Massachusetts and the Verbier Festival -
Switzerland.
June 2012-present
After his audition in March 2012, joined the CSO and Riccardo Muti
four their April 2012 tour to Russia and Italy.
Concertmaster (also Concertmaster and associate conductor of the Louisville
Orchestra, with his wife Teresa Testa Harth sitting next to him as Assistant
Concertmaster - she was later Principal Second violin of the Lyric Opera. Pursuing
conducting, he was Music Director
of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of
the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra and of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra in
Seattle, Principal Conductor of the Natal Symphony Orchestra - South
Africa, Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and
long-time Music Director of the Shreveport Summer Music Festival in
Louisiana.
Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, graduating in 1947 with honors.
In New York City, pursued his studied with
Mishel Piastro
. Taught at (among others) the Hartt College of Music at the
University of Connecticut, and the University of Texas - Houston.
1959-1962
Hartl, John (Johann Franz Hart'l)
(Austria 1878-1956)
Principal trumpet January 1912-March 1912, trumpet 1912-1915
(also St. Louis Symphony 1915-1916, 1921-1942,
Minneapolis Symphony 1917-1919)
When
Jacob Borodkin
was replaced by Frederick Stock 129,143
in January 1912, John Hartl was appointed Principal trumpet to complete
the 1911-1912 season. Hartl then moved to Second trumpet 1912-1915 prior to
a long career with the Saint Louis Symphony.
1911-1915
Harvanek, Bohuslav G.
(1904-1974)
violin
1952-1974
Hase, Albin
(1878- )
double bass
1906-1909
Hausen, Martin
violin
1892-1893
Hebs, William (or Wilhelm)
(Germany 1881-1960)
Second trumpet (also Seattle Symphony and Second trumpet Saint Louis Symphony
1910-1915 under
Max Zach and sitting next to Principal trumpet George Glessner.
also New York Stadium concerts Principal trumpet
summer 1921 under Victor Herbert. also active as a performer and a
conductor in the Chicago German society the Rheinische Gesangverein
in the 1930s and with the Little Philharmonic Orchestra of Chicago in 1939.
Hebs was a substitute trumpet with the Metropolitan Opera 1942-1944 143)
emigrated to the US in 1903 to Saint Louis, where he
became a US citizen in 1911. William Hebs may have been of a pugnacious
character, since the press had at least three accounts of him being in
altercations with other musicians, including while the CSO was on tour.
Principal tuba, bass trombone (also Theodore Thomas orchestra of New York,
New York Philharmonic - twice, Sousa Band 1898-1903, Goldman Band,
Metropolitan Opera)
Freelance tuba in New York City 1880-1882. Also a bass trombone
virtuoso. August Helleberg's older brother John (Johannes) 1856-after 1910
was also tuba in the Sousa Band, as was his son August Helleberg, Jr 1892-1978.
(information from Jørgen Voigt Arnsted excellent website 59)
Studied first with his musician and bandmaster father Christian Helms Sr.
(1832-after 1901)
1891-1892
Helms, Otto H. brother of Christian Helms Jr.
(Illinois 1866-1903) died at age 36
flute
Studied first with his musician and bandmaster father Christian Helms Sr.
(1832-after 1901)
1893-1895
Hendrickson, Russell Elrude
(Washington 1894-1987)
cello (during World War 1, played in the band of the Great Lakes Naval Training
Center near Chicago. also played in the orchestra of the Stratford Theatre -
Chicago 1920-1923)
Assistant Principal oboe (also Chicago Lyric Opera. Joined the CSO while
a graduate student at Northwestern University. also in 1996,
named artistic co-director of the Chicago Chamber Musicians.
In 2008, founded Dempster St. Pro Musica, a chamber group)
Studied at the at the Interlochen Arts Academy, then at
Northwestern University BMus and MMus. Also active in summer music
festivals, including the Marlboro Music Festival Principal oboe 1970. Among the many CDs
featuring Henoch's playing, particularly joyful is Maiden Voyage, chamber music
of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven with
Nathan Cole,
Lawrence Neuman, and
Brant Taylor (see right)
oboe and English horn 1904-1928, English horn 1893-1904, also viola
Emigrated to the US in 1893. Although Hesselbach became a naturalized citizen in 1912, in
late 1918 he was briefly dropped from the Chicago Federation of Musicians because he
had made ":alleged disloyal utterances": 168 (this about the time
that Karl Muck, conductor of the Boston Symphony was arrested and interned).
Studied first with his cellist father Richard C. Hirschl in Washington, Missouri.
Then at the at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan. Gain admisstion to
the Juilliard School BMus 1987 and MMus 1988. Also taught for
one semester at Juilliard, and won the concerto competition,
leading to his debut performance in Avery Fischer Hall. Hirschl teaches at the
Chicago Conservatory for the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Recorded a fine
CD Duets;
Li Kuo Chang viola,
Bruce Grainger bassoon,
Richard Hirschl cello with
Jerry Fuller double bass (see right).
Studied in Prague, and emigrated to Chicago in 1891.
In the 1920s and 1930s, became a music and band instructor at
Oklahoma A & M University in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
1893-1916
Hoffman, Adolf G.
cello (also the Sinfornia Trio of Cincinnati: Ernest LaParade first,
Adolf Hoffman cello, Albert V. Young piano in 1908, and the
Schostac Quartette:
Henri Schostac first,
Joseph Silberstein second,
Caesar Linden viola and
Adolf Hoffman cello in 1907)
Adolf Hoffman also composed and arranged many works, available for groups
of various sizes, and for students.
1913-1914, 1919-1921
Hoffmann, C.
viola
1891-1892
Hofmeester, Theodore (Theodorus Marinus)
(Netherlands 1865-1955)
clarinet (also the Gothenburg Symphony - Sweden under Wilhelm Stenhammar
(1871-1927)
1909-1911
Holz, Frank
(Hungary 1890-1971)
second trumpet 1926-1931, fourth trumpet 1931-1950, also,
in the early years, doubled on violin when necessary.
(prior to the Chicago Symphony, played in Chicago theaters, including the
Wilson Avenue Theater and the Chicago Theater 129. also played
with the Lizalzi Theater Company which seems to have been a vaudeville
company)
His musical training was both in Hungary and in Chicago where he
emigrated with his family at age 14. After losing his position in Chicago,
Frank Holz relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada.
1926-1950
Honoré, Marcel François Alfred
oboe, English horn (also Tollefsen Concerts in New York in 1940s)
Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, Second accessit 1914, Second prix 1919,
Premier prix 1921 - the same year as
Jean Devergie long time Assistant
Principal oboe of the Boston Symphony won his Premier prix.
Principal horn 1922-1923, horn 1917-1918 (also horn in the Olympic Theater
orchestra - Chicago before the Chicago Symphony. also Los Angeles Philharmonic
in its founding season 1919-1920, Cleveland Orchestra Principal
horn 1921-1922 and 1930-1932, Rochester Philharmonic Principal horn
1924-1930, Pittsburgh Symphony under Reiner 1940-1941, then moving
back to California, for eighteen years in the 1950s and 1960s played
in the Walt Disney studio recording orchestra and other Hollywood studio
orchestras)
Wendell Hoss was one of the founders of the Los Angeles Horn Club and
the International Horn Society.
1917-1918, 1922-1923
Hostetler, Scott M.
(Indiana 1976- )
English horn (also Erie Philharmonic - Pennsylvania Second oboe 1997-1999,
Kalamazoo Symphony - Michigan Principal oboe 2000-2002)
violin - Lei Hou at the time of her Chicago Symphony audition was also
accepted by the Cleveland Orchestra, but entered Chicago with her
sister Qing Hou (also National Symphony of Washington 1991-1997,
also the Lincoln String Quartet:
Qing Hou first,
Lei Hou second,
Lawrence Neuman viola and
Richard Hirschl cello. also, the Manchester String Quartet, Aurora Trio)
Studied at the Peabody Conservatory - Baltimore earning BMus and MMus.
Also active in summer music festivals, including being a Fellow at the
Tanglewood Festival - Massachusetts, the El Paso Festival - Texas,
the West Maryland Festival, and the Sun Valley Festivals - Idaho.
Studied at the Central Conservatory in Beijing. Also studied at the
Peabody Conservatory - Baltimore and the New England Conservatory -
Boston. Active in summer music festivals, including the Andover Chamber
Music Society - Massachusetts and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho.
double bass (also San Antonio Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Victoria Symphony - BC.
Plays with Gunnelpumpers, Chicago Bass Ensemble, Music of the Baroque,
Ars Viva Symphony)
Studied at University of Washington about 1978-1979, briefly New England
Conservatory, California Institute of the Arts 1983.
If you want to read a really interesting (and good) blog by a
symphony musician, see www.csobassblog.blogspot.com by a
"bass in an orchestra located in a large midwestern city".
1989-present
Howell, Thomas
(1948- )
Thomas Howell in 1971 when he joined the CSO
horn, Associate Principal horn (also Music of the Baroque,
Contemporary Players of the University of Chicago)
Studied with Joseph Eger at the Aspen Festival and School.
January 1971-1991
Huffman, Gerald Clemmie S.
(Indiana 1903-1981)
Principal trumpet 1942-1946, trumpet 1939-1942, 1946-1951 (also
the John Philip Sousa Band 1925-1930. In the late 1930s,
was bandmaster of the Kable Brothers Band, a private band in Illinois
44. after leaving the Chicago Symphony, Gerald Huffman
ran a variety store in Denton, Maryland 1951-1959 143, and
then worked in a warehouse 44, showing the vulnerability of
following a musician's career. He retired to Texas)
Studied first with his music teacher father Isaac Newton Huffman (1883-1963)
and then at the Dana Institute of Music - Ohio, and with Herbert L. Clarke
in Ontario, Canada.
1939-1951
Human, Theodore
(Russia 1851-1933)
violin (also Beethoven Club chamber music in Boston, Boston Symphony
violin 1882-1891, New York Symphony violin)
Human studied composition with Boston Symphony conductor
Georg Henschel
1891-1892
Hustana, Luis Allan (born Edward Allan Hutchinson)
(Wisconsin 1898-1983)
flute (also Frankfurt Museum Orchestra - Germany, Stuttgart Symphony
- Germany in about 1925-1927)
Still named Edward Allan Hutchinson, studied first in Paris 1921-1922
and then at the Leipzig Conservatory - Germany 1922-1925.
violin (also a Chicago theater musician in 1920, and
the George Hrusa Orchestra in Chicago in 1921,
Henri Hyna Orchestra of Chicago radio WIND in 1940s)
1925-1932
Hyna, Otto
(Czech 1886-1951)
double bass (also Minneapolis Symphony 1921-1923, and
during World War 2 at age 55, Otto Hyna played in
a US Army band. He played clarinet !)
Otto Hyna was to have been a concerto soloist with the
Chicago Symphony in the 1950-1951 season, however he unfortunately
became ill and later died in January, 1951.
Principal oboe (also Izotof was Kansas City Symphony Principal oboe
1995-1996, Associate Principal oboe San Francisco Symphony 1996-2001,
Metropolitan Opera Principal oboe 2002-2006. In New York, he was also
active in the MET Chamber Ensemble)
Studied at Gnesin Academy of Music - Moscow, also Boston University
B Fine Arts 1995. Active in summer music festivals including the
Verbier Festival Orchestra - Switzerland, Pacific Music Festival -
Japan teaching at both. Izotov recorded a beautiful CD Sound in Motion for
Boston Records with a rich and innovative selection of oboe works, some not often heard
(see right). Also, have a look at his interesting website:
www.oboesolo.com
Principal tuba (during his formative years, passed from cornet
to trumpet to trombone to tuba. Also Indianapolis Symphony 1937-1939,
Pittsburgh Symphony tuba 1939-1944, the second All-American Youth
Orchestra touring in 1941, then 44 seasons with the CSO. Also
Chicago Symphony Brass Quintet)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1936. Jacobs overcame the
lung limitations of asthma to become one of the great tuba
artists. There is a fine souvenir of Arnold Jacobs on CD for Summit
Records (see right)
1944-1988
Jacobs, Harry
horn
1944-1949
Janes, Elmer August
(Illinois 1915-2001)
Assistant Principal trombone 1941-1942, bass trombone 1942-1945,
Janes moved from Assistant Principal trombone to bass trombone
while
Edward Kleinhammer
was in the US Army 1942-1945. (also long-time fourth trombone
and bass trombone of the Detroit Symphony)
Associate Concertmaster (also New York Philharmonic 2010-2011)
Studied at the Curtis Institute beginning age 9, one of the
youngest musicians to enter Curtis during its 90 year history.
Graduated from Curtis Class of 2007. Entered the Juilliard School
MMus. Her solo career began with winning two competitions:
the Feinburg Competition of the Chicago Symphony at age 12,
making her Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut.
Also, the Albert M. Greenfield Competition of the
Philadelphia Orchestra making her Philadelphia Orchestra debut.
harp 1893-1898, 1917-1931, Principal harp 1900-1903
(also Pittsburgh Symphony about 1906-1912, Columbian Exposition Orchestra
- Chicago 1893)
Also active in touring the summer circuits of the 1890s including Chautauqua
Circuit and the Redpath Lyceum Circuit in the Wunderle Trio consisting
of
Margaretha Wunderle harp with then husband
Carl Wunderle violin and
Day Williams cello.
Principal double bass (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal double bass
January, 1905-1908)
Studies at the Prague Conservatory and the Vienna Conservatory
under his fellow Bohemian double bass Frantisek Simandl (1840-1912).
1908-1949
Johnk, Henry (seems to have been the Danish name "Jøhnk", born 10 km
from the Germany-Danish border)
(Germany 1892-1968)
violin (in 1930s, Johnk was director of the German-American singing society of
Chicago; in 1940, played in the WPA Orchestra of Chicago, the government
Works Progress Administration to aid unemployed musicians)
Emigrated to the US from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in 1922.
Principal contrabassoon (also WGN Chicago radio orchestra in the
1930s, also the Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet)
1935-1944
Junker (sometimes Yunker), August
(then Prussia, now Germany 1870-1944 ) Junker lived in Japan 1899-1944,
when he died in wartime Tokyo
Principal viola (also Berlin Philharmonic Principal viola
prior to Chicago. Junker conducted in Japan including the
Teikoku Gekijō (Imperial Theater), opened in March 1911
" with a resident philharmonic orchestra directed
by August Junker" 222,23.
In 1941 he was conductor of the
Shochiku Symphony Orchestra, organized by the
Shochiku Grand Kabuki Theater in Tokyo 24)
Studied at the Cologne Conservatory of Music and at
the Hochschule für ausübende Tonkunst - Berlin. Interestingly,
August Junker left for Japan in 1899 where he taught at the Ueno
(Tokyo) Music School from 1899-1912, teaching "orchestral
performance".
Third trumpet (also West Point Band during Korean war,
Dallas Symphony 1952-1957 and Grant Park Symphony during summers,
Chicago Symphony third trumpet 1958-1966, Detroit Symphony Principal
trumpet 1966-1975, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal trumpet 1975-1995.
Studied at the Chicago Musical College about 1945-1948
1958-1966
Kahn, Paul
violin
1935-1974
Kalas, Jan
cello
1893-1911
Kalina, Vladimir
double bass
1936-1976
Kanter, Richard
(Illinois 1935- )
Second oboe (also US Navy Band 1957-1961 prior to the CSO. after the CSO became an
oboe and coach in the Asian Youth Orchestra, Hong Kong)
As a teen in the early 1950s, studied with
Robert Mayer, English horn of the Chicago Symphony.
Then studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1957.
1961-2002
Karpinos, Vadim
(then Russia, now Ukraine about 1978- )
timpani, currently Acting Principal timpani (also New Jersey Symphony,
New York City Opera, Rhode Island Philharmonic)
Studied at Lysenko - Revutsky Music Institute Ukraine. Moved to New York City in 1991. Studied at the
Manhattan School of Music gaining BMus in 2000. Teaches at at Roosevelt University.
double bass (also Colorado Symphony Assistant Principal double bass, New Orleans Symphony
double bass. He toured India with the Chicago Jazz Express )
Studied at University of Colorado about 1983-1984, Manhattan School of Music
BMus about 1988, Juilliard School MMus, Indiana University. Robert
Kassinger is married to Chicago area violinist Carmen Llop Kassinger.
1993-present
Katsch, Theodore
(Germany 1854- )
percussion, violin, viola (also also played in the 1893 Chicago
World's Columbian Exposition Fair orchestra 151.
Minneapolis Symphony viola 1906-1907)
1891-1899
Katz, Daniel
(Illinois )
photo: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
cello (also previously, a regular substitute with the Chicago Symphony and the Cleveland
Orchestra. also the Grant Park Orchestra)
Studied at Northern Illinois University BMus and then at the New England Conservatory
MMus with distinction in performance and academic honors. currently pursuing a DMus degree at
Northwestern University. active in summer music festivals, including the Tanglewood Festival
- Massachusetts, the Verbier Festival - Switzerland, and the Sarasota Festival - Florida.
2011-present
Katz, Theodore (Isidore)
(Turkey 1893- )
violin (also NBC Symphony violin under Toscanini 1937-1954, also played in the
Symphony of the Air's Far East tour in May and June, 1955)
1922-1922
Kauffman, Phillip
(1906-2000)
violin 1927-1930, viola 1964-1984 (also the WGN Chicago radio orchestra as Concertmaster and
Assistant Conductor beginning in 1933. the radio orchestra had the advantage of year-around
employment, not offered in that era by Chicago or other US symphonies. in opera, served in
the Civic Opera of Chicago Concertmaster and the Lyric Opera of Chicago Principal viola
in the 1950s and 1960s)
Prepared his conducting skills by part-time conducting 1927-1930 of the Civic Orchestra
of Chicago, the student training orchestra.
fourth trumpet, succeeding Phil Smith who became
Principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic
(also the Civic Orchestra of Chicago training orchestra,
two years with the Städtisches Orchestra, Trier, Germany.
then a Chicago free-lance musician 1975-1978)
Studied with his father George Kent, and at the University of Michigan
School of Music. Tim Kent retired from the Chicago Symphony trumpet
section and his colleagues including teacher and mentor Bud Herseth
to pursue historical studies and writing.
bassoon (also Boston Symphony, Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra in the 1910s)
1891-1892
Kirk, Lewis
bassoon (Permanent Substitute)
2003-2004
Kitti, Arthur
(Michigan 1893-1985)
flute, piccolo
Studied first with his Finnish father Henry Kitti who played cornet and
was a bandmaster. Then at Busch Conservatory in Chicago in about 1912-1913.
Arthur Kitti taught at Northwestern University while in Chicago. In 1931, Kitti
left the Chicago Symphony due to illness, and moved back to Michigan
where he taught at and built
the music department at Michigan Technological University.
Emigrated to the US in 1893 at the same time as Adolf Goebert, Richard Hilliges,
Ernst Kruschwitz, Carl Wunderle, but did not join the orchestra until 1897. He
taught at the Sara Sayles School of Music in Chicago while in the orchestra.
1897-1898, 1903-1925
Klatz, Harold D.
(Wisconsin 1914-2001)
viola (also Chicago Lyric Opera Principal viola and Grant Park
Symphony Principal viola. Dallas Symphony Principal viola,
Milwaukee NBC radio staff orchestra.
Also the Sheridan String Quartet while at Northwestern)
Studied and later taught at the University of Wisconsin in 1938-1940. Principal viola
in the University orchestra. While with the Chicago Lyric Opera, taught at
Northwestern University - Chicago.
1947-1949
Klein, Alex
(Brazil 1965- )
Principal oboe
Studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music - Ohio BMus and Artist's Diploma.
Featured on a number of fine CDs, including Fantasies and Partitas of
Bach and Telemann on Boston Records (see right). Also he won a Grammy in 2002 as
Best Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra for his Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto recording, with Barenboim/CSO. Unfortunately, at this
time experienced the effects of focal dystonia, a motor-neural difficulty
which has sidetracked other musicians, including the piano virtuoso
Leon Fleisher for a number of years. In 2004, Alex Klein took the
difficult decision to resign from the Chicago Symphony, devoting himself
to teaching and mentoring.
1995-2004
Kleijn, Katinka D.
(Netherlands 1970- )
cello (also Sebastian String Quartet)
Studied at Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam in 1986, the year she
won first prize in the Princess Christina Competition. Also studied
at USC and graduated from the New England Conservatory in 1995. Recorded
David Baker (1931- ) Cello Concerto, with Chicago Sinfonietta - Paul
Freeman on Cedille, and Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008) Trio for flute, violin
and cello with Elizabeth Bucceri and Donald Peck on Boston Records. Also music
of David Leisner (1953- ) in the CD Acrobats (see Right).
1995-present
Kleinhammer, Edward Marck
(Illinois 1919- )
bass trombone (also All-American Youth Symphony 1940 South America tour with
Stokowski) When Kleinhammer was in the US Army, Elmer Janes temporarily took
the bass trombone position 1942-1945.
Studied with CSO trombones Edward Geffert and David Anderson. With his student, Boston Symphony
bass trombone
Douglas Yeo, wrote Mastering the Trombone,
published by EMKO Publications, Hayward, Wisconsin.
violin (also a musician in the Chicago loop theaters)
Following the Chicago Symphony, an active violin teacher in Chicago up until
his early death August 4, 1930 at age 59.
1905-1926
Koons (Meir), Wendy
(Oklahoma 1971- )
photo: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
violin (also Kansas City Symphony about 1995-2003,
Pacific tour of the Saint Louis Symphony in the summer of 2003 prior
to joining the Chicago Symphony, Ars Viva Symphony - Chicago,
Pacific Music Festival International Orchestra - Japan during 1999)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus 1993 and at the
Shepherd School of Music - Rice University Houston MMus 1995.
summer 2003-present
Kopp, Edouard
violin, percussion
1918-1945
Korb, [Fram] Anton
violin
1911-1913
Kortschak, Hugo
(Austria 1884-1957)
Hugo Kortschak in 1918
violin (also founder and long-term member of the Berkshire
String Quartet (1916-1941) was:
Hugo Kortschak first, Serge Kotlarsky second,
Clarence Evans
viola and
Emmeran Stoeber cello) - click on thumbnail below to
see the Berkshire String Quartet in 1918:
Studied with Otakar Sevcík (1852-1934) who also taught Jan Kubelík
and Efrem Zimbalist. from 1922-1952, Kortschak taught conducting and strings
at the Manhattan School of Music.
Principal timpani (as a student Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
also US Fifth Army Band, also Chicago Pro Musica)
Studied both mathematics and music at Northwestern University.
1963-February 2010
Kotas (Hirsch), Helen
(Illinois 1916-2000)
horn 1940-1941, Principal horn 1941-1947 (also in Stokowski's All-American Youth Orchestra
Principal horn summer 1940. also after a difficult audition with
Fritz Reiner, Helen Kotas was hired as third horn in the horn section of the Pittsburgh
Symphony 75. After the CSO, Kotas became Principal horn of the Chicago
Lyric Opera)
One of the first, or the first section Principal of a major US orchestra, other
than harp musicians. Dismissed from her position by Artur Rodzinski,
but compelled to sit out the 1946-1947 season while paid her salary.
1940-1948
Kovacs, Joseph Louis (Jozsef)
violin, viola
1934-1974
Kovar, Alfred
double bass
1929-1975
Kozakis, Michael
percussion (Permanent Substitute)
2005-2006
Kraemer, Mark
(California 1955- )
double bass (also as a student, played with the Chicago Youth Symphony
Orchestras)
Studied at California State University - Hayward (now California State
University - East Bay, where Jack Van Geem and Lawrence Granger of
the San Francisco Symphony also studied)
violin (also Colonne Orchestra, Paris about 1889-1891, Chicago Symphony violin 1892-1893,
Pittsburgh Symphony under Victor Herbert and Emil Paur about 1900-1909.
Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra about 1909-1914, the
predecessor of the later organized Los Angeles Philharmonic, also the
Krauss Quartet in Los Angeles 152)
Studied first with his father, Max Krauss and then at the National Conservatory in
Bucharest, Romania, graduating in 1884. Also studied at the Paris Conservatoire.
Emigrated to US in 1891 to join the Chicago Symphony. Krauss left San Francisco in
1920 to teach and play music in Hawaii and then Japan. Later returned
to San Francisco in late 1920s.
Assistant Principal horn 1958-1963 (also Fresno Philharmonic, Principal horn
Detroit Symphony 1963-1972, Principal horn San Francisco Symphony 1972-1998)
Studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan, and studied for 3
years at Fresno State University 1954-1957, in 1957 Krehbiel he went to
Northwestern University for his fourth university year to study
with Philip Farkas. Also recorded Orchestral Pro for Horn,
an interesting CD suggesting approaches to playing key audition
and performance portions of famous orchestra works.
Although Krieglstein became a naturalized US citizen in 1917, in
late 1918 he was briefly dropped from the Chicago Federation of Musicians because he
had made ":alleged disloyal utterances": 168 (this about the time
that Karl Muck, conductor of the Boston Symphony was arrested and interned).
died Augst 29, 1908 age 50 just before the 1908-1908 season 165
Kruse, Paul Karl Ludwig
father of
William H. E. Kruse,
bassoon with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
(Germany 1861-1923)
Principal bassoon 1899-1908, 1909-1916; Principal contrabassoon 1916-1923
(also Principal bassoon of the orchestras of Hamburg - Germany, and in the
Netherlands in Utrecht, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam prior to Chicago)
Studied with bassoon with Martin Zuhr in Mecklenburg, Germany.
1899-1923
retired from the Chicago Symphony at the end of the 1922-1923 season
due to ill health and died in Chicago on July 5, 1923,
age 62.
Kryl, Frank, Sr.
(Czech 1872-1938)
Frank Kryl and his band 1916
horn (also played in the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition
Fair orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony horn, director of the
Frank Kryle Band, also a theater orchestra musician at the
Covent Garden Theater, Chicago in 1920s)
Studied at the Prague Conservatory 138.
1914-1917
Kuehn, (Georg) Bruno
(Germany 1868- )
violin 1893-1894, Principal Second violin 1894-1907 (also Chicago
Orchestral Club with
Alexander Krauss, first violin, Bruno Kuehn, second violin, Frederick
Stock, viola, Louis Amato, cello, Frederick Dreiboldt, double bass, Mathieu Ballman,
flute 64).
Emigrated to Chicago from Germany in 1893, probably at the invitation
of Theodore Thomas.
1893-1907
Kuiper, Jan
(Netherlands 1872- )
violin
Studied in Germany. Seems to have returned to Europe.
1899-1902
Kujala, Walfrid
(Ohio 1925- )
flute, piccolo flute 1954-summer 1957, piccolo succeeding
Ben Gaskins in
summer 1957-2001 (also in West Virginia, where he grew up the
Huntington Symphony, conducted by
Raymond Schoewe about 1941-1943,
Rochester Philharmonic 1948-1954)
Studied first with his amateur band musician parents, Arvo Kujala who
played bassoon and Elsie Ojajarvi who played trumpet. Then studied
at the Eastman School of Music about 1943, following by military band
duty during World War 2. Manila Symphony about 1945 during Army service.
Back to the Eastman School 1946-1948, MMus Lit 1950 while
in the Rochester Philharmonic. Still teaches at Northwestern University.
Kupchynsky, Melanie J. (wife of Edward Harrison Lyric Opera of Chicago timpani)
(New Jersey 1961- )
photo: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
violin (also Opera Company of Boston, Hartford Symphony, and Springfield
Symphony - Massachusetts, Pittsburgh Symphony 1988-1989)
Studied first with her musician teacher father Jerry Kupchynsky. Then
at the New England Conservatory BMus and MMus and at the
Tanglewood Music Center. Melanie Kupchynsky was a finalist in the
National Solo Competition - ASTA in 1978, the year Michaela Paetsch
won.
1989-present
Kupper, Harold E.
(Illinois 1913-1994)
violin, timpani, Librarian (also long time Lyric Opera of Chicago violin)
Studied at the University of Chicago.
Taught violin and music theory at Roosevelt University 1959-1978.
1934-1948
Kurtz, Edmund (not related to conductor Ephrem Kurtz, also from Saint Petersburg)
(Russia 1908-2004)
Principal cello (also Bremen Opera Orchestra Principal cello 1926-1927.
1927-1930 he toured with Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova.
Prague German Opera Principal cello 1931-1936. After the Chicago Symphony,
Krutz successfully pursued a solo cello career, including a well-known
Dvorak concerto recording with Toscanini)
Studied with famous cello teacher Julius Klengel (1859-1933) in Leipzig.
In later years, Kurtz made a second career preparing and publishing
new editions works of the cello repertoire, notably including the
Bach Suites.
1936-1944
Kuss, Richard Teodore
(Germany 1883-after 1943)
Bass trombone (also Chicago theater orchestras,
in late 1920s and 1930s, Chicago Civic Opera orchestra -
later the Chicago Lyric Opera)
Richard Kuss was one of the Chicago musicians caught up in the anti-German
histeria of World War 1, and was one of the few musicians suspended from
the orchestra in 1918, although several others were extensively questioned.
Kuss was restored to the Chicago Federation of Musicians in 1919 168, but not
reingaged by the orchestra, but rather went to the Chicago opera. (this about the time
that Karl Muck, conductor of the Boston Symphony was arrested and interned).
Principal cello (also NBC Symphony 1943-1946, Los Angeles Philharmonic 1946-1949,
1951-1955, 1955-1960 conductor Los Angeles Young Musicians Foundation orchestra,
conductor Metropolitan Opera National Company 1965-1966, Music Director Honolulu
Symphony 1967-1979)
It is said that Fritz Reiner appointed Robert LaMarchina as Principal
cello for the 1960-1961 season only as a stop-gap, awaiting the
availability of Frank Miller to resume the Principal cello chair
following Miller's 1960-1961 leave to become Associate Conductor
of the Minneapolis Symphony. Robert LaMarchina then went
on to a successful conducting career.
1960-1961
Lambert, Betty Atkinson
violin
1967-1996
Lambert, Robert
(1917-2003)
Principal trombone 1955-1965, appointed by Fritz Reiner to
succeed Frank Crisafulli (also Philadelphia Orchestra trombone
1946-1948, Assistant Principal trombone 1948-1952,
Associate Principal trombone 1952-1955)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1942. Robert Lambert told an
amusing story about the brass instrument maker Vincent Bach (and also
Boston Symphony trumpet 1914-1915
): Lambert said that when he spoke
to Bach about any problem with his instrument, Bach's hearing aid would
function poorly, but that when Bach's instruments were being praised,
Bach heard perfectly !)
contrabassoon, and when needed saxophone 1965-1975, Principal
contrabassoon, saxophone 1975-2008 (also Tulsa Philharmonic while studying
at the University of Tula. also an active New York freelance musician
in the early 1960s, playing with the American Symphony Orchestra under
Stokowski, the New York City Ballet and the Metropolitan Opera)
Studied at the University of Tulsa BMus Ed. and the Juilliard School Professional
diploma in bassoon. Also in New York, earned his Master of Science degree. Active in
summer music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado. He taught at
the Northwestern University preparatory department.
1965-2008
Lane, James L.
(Indiana 1941-1978) Jim Lane sadly died at age 37
from brain cancer
percussion
1967-1978
Lane, Lee Roy
(Texas about 1945- )
photo: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
viola (also Xalapa Symphony - Mexico and then Assistant Principal
viola Minnesota Orchestra in about 1970-1971. also Chicago Symphony
Chamber Music Series)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music and In Rome under a Fulbright
Scholarship.
double bass (also NBC radio Chicago staff orchestra, also as a sessions musician
in Chicago. Among jazz groups, he played with McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans
and the Ted Fio Rito orchestra)
Studied at Austin High School in Chicago. He is best remembered
as a double bass player for Chicago-based jazz groups.
1937-1948
Larsen, Tage
(Massachusetts 1970- )
Fourth / Utility trumpet succeeding Benjamin Wright, who went to
the Boston Symphony (also Saint Louis Symphony trumpet 2000-2002,
Annapolis Symphony Principal trumpet, US Marine Band trumpet and cornet)
Studied at Michigan State BMus, Eastman School of Music graduate studies.
July, 2002-present
Lathrop, Francis Child
(California 1896-1986)
violin (also the Shoatac String Quartet. He was active in Chicago music
and his wife Barbara was cellist in the
Chicago Women's Symphony in the 1920s, and in summers in the
Chautauqua Symphony)
Studied at the University of Wisconsin,
Madison with Waldemar von Geltch. Lathrop's father,
Prof. S. E. Lathrop also taught at the University of Wisconsin,
Madison. Francis Lathrop later taught at Brooklyn College, New
York.
1926-1932
Lawrence (Baker), Alice
(Illinois 1913-about 1984)
cello
Studied at Northwestern University.
Won the Chicago Young Musician's Award in 1941.
Taught at the Chicago Conservatory College.
thanks to Susan Del Monte and Mimi La Marca for this photograph
Principal horn (also Mancini Opera Compnay tour of South America summer of 1914
and 1915. Principal horn of the
Russian Symphony Orchestra of New York
1915-1917. Saint Louis Symphony Principal horn 1919-1927,
NBC radio Staff Orchestra - Chicago in late 1930s, Saint Louis Symphony
fourth horn 1942-1946, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in the late 1940s)
Studied at the Naples Conservatory with Eduardo De Angelis 1908-1912. Emigrated to
New York City in 1912. While in Chicago, Pellegrino Lecce also coached
Philip Farkas and
Frank Brouk, both later Principal horns of the Chicago Symphony
while working with the Chicago Civic Orchestra,
the training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony.
After World War 2, moved to Los Angeles, since he played in the MGM studios,
including for the 1946 film Till the Clouds Roll By about
Jerome Kern 127. It seems that
Pellegrino Lecce's last years were not prosperous: Milan Yancich
recounts that Lecce became a night watchman in a factory 72.
double bass (also Chicago Lyric Opera, Milwaukee Symphony 1976-1978)
Stephen Lester and Rachel Goldstein now play in the Piranesi Quintet, with
CSO musicians Lee Lane, viola and Gary Stucka, cello, joined by Shirley
Trissell, piano.
Stephen Lester also serves on the CSO Members Committee, representing the
musicians
1978-present
Letz, Hans (France 1887-1969) Born in Alsace-Lorraine, at that time part
of Germany restored to France in 1919)
violin 1909-1910, Concertmaster 1910-1912. Letz was a first violin
beginning in the 1909-1910 season; Fredrick Stock appointed
Hans Letz Concertmaster in 1910-1911, replacing Ludwig Becker.
(also, in May, 1912 Hans Letz became second violin with the
Kneisel Quartet
, replacing Julius Roentgen (brother of
Engelbert Roentgen) as second violin 1907-1912, who returned
to Rotterdam 33. also he formed the Hans Letz Quartet:
Hans Letz first, Edwin Bachmann second (later of
Toscanini's NBC Symphony), Edward Kreiner, viola (also later of
Toscanini's NBC Symphony),
Horace Britt
cello)
Studied at the Berlin Royal Academy of Music with Joseph Joachim
(1831-1907). Letz taught at the Institute of Musical Art - Juilliard
from 1918 into the mid-1950s.
Principal horn (also Minneapolis Symphony Principal horn,
Portland Opera)
Studied with Aubrey Brain and Philip Farkas.
1960-1962
Leviton, Samuel
violin
1918-1952
Levitt, William (born Wegder Lewit)
(Russia 1903-1974)
violin
Emigrated to the US with his family in 1913.
1935-1936
Liefke, A.
violin
1891-1892
Liegl, Ernest
(Austria 1900-1993)
flute 1957-1958, Principal flute 1928-1944, 1953-1957
(also John Philip Sousa Band in early 1920s, also the Minneapolis Symphony
1920-1928, also Chicago radio station WGN orchestra 1944-1953)
Emigrated to the US with his family in 1906. Studied in New York City with some of the great
teachers of his era: Leonardo De Lorenzo, Georges Barrère and Marcel Moyse 64.
In one of his periodic cycle of firings, Fritz Reiner dismissed Ernest Liegl
the end of the 1956-1957 season. He was succeeded by
Donald Peck.
Principal clarinet (also Saint Paul Symphony Orchestra Principal clarinet
130, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal clarinet 1913-1917 but not
rehired by Stokowski, New York Symphony Principal clarinet 1918-1923,
Chicago Symphony Principal clarinet 1923-1949 until retired by
Rafael Kubelik. Also played in the Chicago Woodwind Quintet in the 1930s)
Studied first with his father Eduard Lindemann in Germany, before relocating
to the US in 1911.
viola (also Boston Symphony Assistant Principal viola 1995-1997,
Los Angeles Philharmonic viola 1999-present)
Hui Liu studied at Boston University earning his Artist Diploma and at the Curtis Institute
BMus Class of 1995. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Marlboro Festival - Vermont,
Tanglewood Festival - Massachusetts, Ravinia Festival - Illinois, and the Edinburgh Festival
- Scotland. Teaches at the California State University - Los Angeles
Principal trumpet 1912-1933, trumpet and Personnel Manager 1933-1936.
In 1933, Llewellyn apparently suffered an embouchure problem which required
the sudden appointment of
Elden Benge as Principal trumpet.
(also played in the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition
Fair orchestra with his father
James Llewellyn. They also
played together at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York 1901.
US Marine Band solo cornet in Washington 1905-1906. Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra Principal trumpet 1908-1910 under Emil Paur
(1855-1932). Minneapolis Symphony Principal trumpet 1911-1912 season under
Emil Oberhoffer 132)
Studied first with his father
James Llewellyn, second trumpet of the Chicago
Symphony and also studied piano, violin, and harmony at
Chicago Music College beginning in 1890.
1912-1936
(died in Texas in an auto accident on September 26, 1937
during the 1936-1937 season, age only 57)
second trumpet, succeeding
Frederick Dietz
(emigrated in 1869 to Saint Louis, where he played in DeBar's Grand Opera House.
also Chicago Marine Band in 1890s, 1885 moved to Chicago as Principal cornet of
the Chicago Opera House, a vaudeville theater 129. also 1893 Chicago
World's Columbian Exposition Fair orchestra with son
Edward Llewellyn. They also
played together at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York 1901)
Began playing cornet with his father in Wales, by age 10 playing in the
Volunteer Regiment Band 129.
1902-1907
Lockert, John
violin
1892-1893
Loewe, William (Germany 1834-1908)
Principal timpani
Loewe was a drummer in the Civil War, after which he performed in
Theodore Thomas's New York orchestra, and then in Chicago 62.
violin (also Boston Symphony 1982-1986, Marlboro Music Festival
1971)
Studied at Eastman School, Juilliard and the Curtis Institute.
1976-1977
Lowenstein, Louis Eric
cello
1991-1992
Ludwig, William Frederick Sr.
(Germany 1879- )
William F. Ludwig Sr. in 1922
percussion - bass drummer (also Wood Brothers Circus in 1895,
Criterion Theater
Orchestra - Chicago, Chicago Marine Band, Henry W. Savage English
Grand Opera tympani 1904-1909, Philharmonic Orchestra of Chicago
summer 1909, Pittsburgh Symphony tympani about 1909-1911,
Chicago Grand Opera percussion 1911-1916)
Brothers William F. Ludwig Sr. and Theobald Ludwig founded the
Ludwig & Ludwig Drum Company in 1909 104.
With the death of Theobald Ludwig in 1918, William F. Ludwig
Sr. left the CSO to concentrated on the drum business. William
Ludwig Sr. studied with John Catlin of Chicago and with
Joseph Zettelmann.
violin 1958-1966, Assistant Concertmaster 1966-1972,
Concertmaster 1972-2007 (also, as a student the Chicago
Youth Symphony Orchestra, the training orchestra, U.S. Army Band in
Washington DC 1955-1958, later Music Director of the
Northbrook Symphony in suburban Chicago)
Studied at DePaul University - Chicago
1958-2007
Malcherek, Karl
violin
1899-1902
Malkin, Joseph
(then Russia, now Ukraine 1879-1969)
Principal cello (also Boston Symphony Principal cello 1914-1919,
In 1924-1925, Malkin toured accompanying Metropolitan Opera soprano
Geraldine Farrar. 1925-1927, also Principal cello with the
New York Symphony 1925-1927, New York Philharmonic cello 1943-1949)
Studied at the Paris Conservatoire and received his Premier prix in
cello in 1898. In Boston, founded the Malkin Conservatory 1933-1943.
1919-1922
Mangold, (Leopold) Rudolph
(Illinois 1889-1965)
violin (later Chicago Grand Opera Orchestra violin in 1910s, later music director
of a Chicago theater orchestra in 1920s, in 1940s, musician in the NBC radio staff
orchestra in Chicago)
Studied first with his German-born piano and music teacher father Adolph Mangold.
violin (also first violin Boston Symphony 1886-1889, Philharmonic String Quartet,
based in Cleveland 1889-1891, Concertmaster Tivoli Opera House - San Francisco
1900-1902, Concertmaster Philadelphia Orchestra 1902-1903)
Studied violin at the Akademischen Hochschule für Musik in Berlin
in late 1870s.
1892-1893
Martin, Carroll
trombone
1920-1921
Martin, Christopher (Georgia 1975- )
Principal trumpet (also Atlanta Symphony Principal trumpet early 2001-2005,
Philadelphia Orchestra Associate Principal trumpet 1997-2001, Philadelphia
Brass Ensemble)
Eastman School of Music BMus 1997. Martin can be heard in the 2003 Grammy
Award recording by the Atlanta Symphony of the Vaughan Williams
A Sea Symphony conducted by Robert Spano.
Second trumpet 1921-1933, Fourth trumpet 1933-1946
(also played in the US Band "Pershing's Own". also
played in the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in the summer of 1923)
Left the CSO when World War 2 service musicians returned
to the Chicago Symphony. After leaving the CSO, Masacek worked at
the Chicago NBC radio station. Then, later he became a
music teacher in Berwyn, Illinois,
a Chicago suburb. Interestingly, Frank Kaderabek studied
with Masacek 129
1921-1946
Masters, Ralph
(South Carolina 1910-1983)
bassoon (also Boston Symphony bassoon 1947-1949)
Taught at the orchestra school of the Columbia Music Festival - South Carolina in
1939 159. Masters was also a producer of bassoon reeds for the schools in
the Chicago area in the 1940s. After Chicago and Boston, Masters became a sessions
musician in Hollywood studios while also selling California real estate.
Louis Mayer died during the 1909-1910 season on December 1, 1909 165.
Mayer, Robert M.
(Wisconsin 1911-1994)
oboe, English horn, Principal English horn 1938-1943,
1945-1956 (also John Philip Sousa Band second oboe on the Band's last
tour 1930, Duluth Symphony Orchestra, played with Minneapolis theater
orchestras and Chicago radio staff orchestra, also Chicago Symphony
Woodwind Quintet:
Ralph Johnson
flute,
Robert Mayer oboe,
Jerome Stowell
clarinet,
Philip Farkas horn, and
Wilbur Simpson
bassoon)
Studied 1921-1925 with Alexandre Duvoir of the Minneapolis Symphony
and Louis Doucet former Minneapolis Symphony oboe. Taught at
Northwestern University and Roosevelt College.
1931-1956
McGill, David
(Oklahoma 1963- )
Principal bassoon (also Tulsa Philharmonic 1980-1981, Toronto Symphony 1985-1988,
Cleveland Orchestra 1988-1997)
Curtis Institute class of 1985. As well as teaching, author of Sound in
Motion: A Performer’s Guide to Greater Musical Expression published
by Indiana University Press. You can read of this book at the link
click to see David McGill's book Sound in Motion. also several CDs,
including Musique Française with Alfred Genovese and Peter Serkin
from Boston Records (see right)
Principal percussion 1930-1932; Principal timpani 1932-1963
1930-1963
Meyer, Carl H.
(Germany 1866-after 1931)
Bass clarinet 1891-1921 and 1923-1931, Principal clarinet
1921-1922 following the sudden death of
Joseph Schreurs,
then either Eb clarinet or bass clarinet 1922-1923
(also the Bilse'sche Kapelle), known as
the "Bilse Orchestra" which indirectly led to the formation
of the Berlin Philharmonic when Bilse's musicians broke away from
his ensemble in 1882. Carl Meyer also played in the orchestra
of the Royal Opera House, Berlin (Königliches Oper122)
Carl Meyer emigrated to the U.S. in 1890, probably at the invitation
of Theodore Thomas.
violin (also Kansas City Philharmonic violin in 1930s.
also the Sebald String Quartet. also in Kansas City,
the Robert Quick String Quartet:
Robert Quick first,
Joseph Michalek second,
Harold Newton viola,
Harry Sturm cello - click on the image at left)
Studied at the Bush Concervatory, Chicago with
John Weicher, CSO Principal
Second violin.
1942-1972
Michel, Dennis (1953- )
photo: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
second bassoon (also Principal bassoon San Diego Symphony 1981-1996
63, founding member Arioso Wind Quintet, Principal bassoon
of the Ars Viva Symphony - Chicago. Also active in the Chicago Chamber
Musicians, also commissioning and presenting new music. Michel is
director of the Chicago Chamber Musicians' Professional Development
Program, an outreach and youth musician education program)
Yale University MMus 1977, and studied at the Hochschule für Musik, Vienna
as a Fulbright scholar in 1996.
cello (also Minneapolis Symphony Principal cello 1935-1937, NBC Symphony
Principal cello 1938-1953, conductor conduct the Florida Symphony 1954-1959,
Chicago Symphony Principal cello 1959-1960 and 1961-1985, Chicago
Symphony String Quartet for 35 years:
Victor Aitay first,
Edgar Muenzer second,
Milton Preves viola,
Frank Miller cello.
Also conductor of the Evanston Symphony -
Illinois. Frank Miller's affections for the works of Gilbert and
Sullivan was expressed through his direction of the Savoy-Aires
in suburban Chicago.)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1933 - played in cello section of
the Philadelphia Orchestra even before graduation. Miller was cousin of
Leonard Rose (1918-1984).
1959-1960 and 1961-1985
Milton, Blair
(Illinois 1949- )
photo: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
violin (also a founder of Evanston Chamber Ensemble, also a founder
of the Northwestern University Winter Chamber Music Festival begun in
1996)
Studied at Indiana University, MMus.
Teaches at Northwestern University where he is Associate Professor.
1975-present
Mingels, E.
cello
1892-1893
Misare, Charles (1911-1980)
horn
1943-1944
Mischakoff, Mischa born Mischa Isaakevich Fischberg of the
musical Fishberg-Glantz family.
(Russia 1895-1981)
Mischakoff as Concertmaster Warsaw Philharmonic 1921
Concertmaster (also Blüthner Orchestra, Berlin 1912, St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Concertmaster 1913-1914, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra 1920, Warsaw Philharmonic
Concertmaster 1921, New York Stadium concerts Orchestra 1922, New York Symphony
Concertmaster 1924-1927, Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster 1927-1929, Chicago
Symphony Concertmaster 1930-1937, NBC Symphony 1937-1952, Chautauqua Symphony
Concertmaster 1926-1964, Detroit Symphony Concertmaster 1952-1968 - wow)
Studied at the Imperial Conservatory, St. Petersburg
1930-1937
Mittelstaedt, Frank A.
(Germany 1862-1942)
violin 1891-1898, viola 1898-1919, percussion 1903-1911 - primarily viola
under Franz Esser and percussion section under Max Wintrich.
Oskar Modess, with wife Anna, sons Walter and Edgar in 1922
Principal bassoon
Modess came to the US to the Chicago Orchestra in 1893, recruited by Theodore Thomas,
where he was Principal bassoon 1893-1895. He was the first Principal
bassoon of the Philadelphia Orchestra, recruited by Fritz Scheel.
After he left the Philadelphia Orchestra, Modess played in New York concerts.
Modess joined the John Philip Sousa Band 1910-1911 and went on their
1911 around-the-world tour to England, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
In the 1920s and 1930s, he played oboe in New York theatre and hotel orchestras.
1893-1895
Moerenhout, Charles
(Netherlands 1875-1910)
violin (also Boston Festival Orchestra under Emil Mollenhauer in
1897 166)
1902-1910
died during the 1909-1910 season on March 20, 1910 165
Moline, Donald Gilbert
(Texas 1939- )
thanks to Donal Moline for this photo
cello (also Chicago Pro Musica chamber ensemble beginning in 2006, with
whom he won a Grammy)
Studied at the Hartt School, University of Hartford - Connecticut
and Indiana University.
Awarded the Theodore Thomas Medallion for Distinguished Service by
the Chicago Symphony. Recoded CDs of Napoleonic era
composers Jean-Louis Duport (1749-1819) in Napoleon’s Cellist and
Duport and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789-1856) Melange, both for
Centaur CDs, as well as Cathedral Cello with organist
Ricardo Ramirez and the Chamber Singers. A non-musical distinction:
six-time winner on the television game show "Family Feud".
1967-2006
39 seasons of service
Moll, David A.
(New York 1908-1998)
violin (also Chicago Civic Orchestra training orchestra Concertmaster
1933-1934. Played with the NBC radio and television staff orchestra
in Chicago 1945-1966, a position offering 52 week employment not then
offered by the Chicago Symphony. Also DePaul String Quartet)
After initial studies at the Curtis Institute, graduated from the
University of Chicago and Northwestern University MMus.
1935-1945, 1966-1987
Monitz, Morris
(Illinois 1910-1980)
Morris Monitz as a student in Chicago
violin
Studied first with his Polish-Jewish father Joseph (or Yosel)
Monitz.
1945-1979
Moore, De Vere Edward
oboe (also Buffalo Philharmonic Principal oboe, Oklahoma City Symphony
Principal oboe, Oberlin Woodwind Quartet:
Robert Willoughby flute.
De Vere Moore oboe, George E. Wain 1903-1999
clarinet at Oberlin faculty 1929- ,
Martin Morris horn, Kenneth Moore bassoon)
Assistant and Associate Professor at the Conservatory of Music -
Oberlin College - Ohio about 1957-1964.
Principal trumpet succeeding the legendary Adolph "Bud" Herseth
(also San Francisco Symphony Associate Principal
trumpet 1998-2001, Sacramento Symphony Principal trumpet, Dallas Brass.
In San Francisco, Craig was an active concert and sessions musician,
including with Doc Severinsen, and in Chicago with groups such as the
Highland Park Strings)
Studied first with his father, Cecil Morris who was a band director.
He then studied at the University of Texas - Austin and the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music MMus 1991. Also active in music festivals, including
the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music - California, where in 2009
Craig gave the US Premier of Desolation Wilderness for trumpet
and orchestra by Joby Talbot (1971- ) with conductor Marin Alsop.
2001-2003
Moskowitz, Isadore
violin
1912-1913
Mourek, Joseph E.
(Illinois 1910-2003)
Joseph Mourek in 1923
Third and Fourth horn (as a student, played with the Chicago Civic
Orchestra training orchestra 1927-1929, prior to entering the CSO
in 1929 as Assistant Third horn (or perhaps a trial non-permanent
musician) for one season and then Third horn 124.
Studied in Chicago with Czech-born horn musician Vaclav Basta.
Mourek also wrote his interesting memoires in his PublishAmerica
book Evolution of a Symphony Musician (2001).
1929-1975
Mueller (Müller), Carl August (Germany 1862- )
horn / Wagner tuba (also New York Philharmonic 1883-1884)
Mueller joined the University of
Michigan music faculty in 1954 after retiring from the orchestra.
He also wrote Five Symphonic Etudes for Orchestra,
which was played by the Chicago Symphony in February, and May 1942
27. Mueller also wrote several works for concert band,
of which his Concert Overture in G, which were counterpoint
variations on a theme by Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), seems to have been
the most frequently performed.
Edgar Muenzer founded in 1994 and conducts the Park Ridge Civic Orchestra.
From a musical family, father Hans Muenzer (1899-1961) was Concertmaster
Chicago Theater Orchestra and WGN Radio Symphonietta and Professor at the
University of Iowa. Brother Albert R. Muenzer (1924-2010) was
Associate Concertmaster Houston Symphony, and Concertmaster of the Houston
Opera.
1956-2003
Mues, Diane Elizabeth
(Illinois 1961- )
viola (also Assistant Principal viola Chicago Lyric Opera 1984-1987)
As a student, played viola in the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Chicago. Then studied at
DePaul University - Chicago. She was also a Tanglewood Fellow at the Tanglewood music festival
- Massachusetts.
1987-present
Mulcahy, Michael
(Australia )
trombone (also Tasmanian Symphony Principal trombone 1976-1977, Melbourne
Symphony Principal trombone 1977-1981, Cologne Radio Symphony Principal
trombone. also Chicago Chamber Musicians, Music of the Baroque.
Also has pursued conducting, including Assistant conductor of the
Canberra Symphony Orchestra.)
Studied at State Conservatorium of New South Wales. Among the CDs featuring Mulcahy's
playing is Full Circle with Eric Klay and the Australian Trombone Quartet
featuring contemporary compostions, including by the musicians (see right).
oboe and English horn 1938-1946, English horn 1913-1938)
1913-1946
Nashan, Rudolph Reinhardt "Rudy"
(then Germany, now Poland 1923-1993)
second trumpet 1950-1960, fourth trumpet 1960-January 1963
(also Springfield Symphony - Massachusetts while studying at the
New England Conservatory. Syracuse Symphony Principal trumpet in
late 1966-1972)
Studied at the New England Conservatory. Active in the Musicians
Union, which may have made him subject to some of the friction
within the orchestra and the administration prior to his departure
from Chicago. He taught at Syracuse University 1967-1972.
viola (also Miami String Quartet, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra 1998-1999,
the Ravel Piano Trio:
Qing Hou violin,
Lawrence Neuman viola,
Kenneth Olsen cello,
John Novacek piano)
Studied with Heidi Castleman of the Juilliard School.
Active in summer music festivals including the Marlboro Festival -
Vermont and the LaJolla SummerFest - California. also
see Neuman's CD Maiden Voyage: Chamber Music For Oboe And Strings on
AAM Recordings
viola (also Kansas City Philharmonic viola in 1930s.
also the Sebald String Quartet. also in Kansas City,
the Robert Quick String Quartet:
Robert Quick first,
Joseph Michalek second,
Harold Newton viola,
Harry Sturm cello - click on the image at left)
Studied with Richard Czerwonky of the Minneapolis Symphony. then studied in
Berlin in 1930.
1947-1953
Nickell, Max
violin, percussion
1899-1900
Nicolini, Joseph
(Germany 1856- )
trombone, bass trombone
In the initial 1891-1892 season of the new Chicago Orchestra, and
continuing for 13 seasons through 1903-1904, the Chicago
trombone section was:
Otto Gebhardt Principal trombone, William Zeller second,
Joseph Nicolini third, with Christian Helms bass trombone. The great August
Helleberg, Principal tuba would also play bass trombone as needed.
flute 1925-1926, 1943-1944, Principal flute 1944-1946
1925-1926, 1943-1946
Noda, Aiko
(Japan about 1985- )
violin (also Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich, Filarmonica della Scala, Milan)
A founder in 2007 and First violin of the Zeist String Quartet, in which her
sister Yuko Noda is cellist.
Among other teachers, studied in Germany and then in Illinois with Shmuel
Ashkenasi, husband of Mihaela Ionescu.
September, 2008-present
Noh, Joyce Hiew
(Korea 1952- )
violin (also Baltimore Symphony 1977-1979)
From a musical family, she studied first with her mother, a violinist with the
Seoul Philharmonic. Noh then studied at the New School of Music - Philadelphia, and at
the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. She was then admitted to the Juilliard School.
1979-present
Novak, Louis
violin
1896-1917
Novy, Joseph
cello
1923-1940
Nuernberger (Nürnberger), Henry Frank brother of Lothar Nürnberger
(1869- )
violin 1891-1901, violin, viola 1905-1913
1891-1901, 1905-1913
Nuernberger (Nürnberger), Lothar L. brother of Henry Nürnberger
violin (also Chicago Musical College String Quartet, also Germania
String Quartet - New York City)
Student of Russian violinist Simon E. Jacobsohn (1839-1902) who also taught
Max Bendix and
Nahan Franko. Joseph Ohlheiser
died in Auburn, New York, age only 51, although his son,
Joseph T. Ohlheiser, Jr. lived to be 96.
1896-1898
Oldberg, Richard S. Jr.
(1938- )
Associate Principal horn, third horn (also Boulder Philharmonic after he retired
to Boulder, Colorado)
Studied at Harvard University, Northwestern University BMus.
1963-1993
Olefsky, Paul (Illinois 1926- )
Listed as Principal cello (In 1956, Paul Olefsky is listed as being Principal
cello in the Chicago Symphony roster 1, but he seems not to have
served with the Chicago Symphony for the entire 1956-1957 season, if he did
in fact take the Principal chair. By February, 1957, Paul Olefsky is
again listed in Detroit Symphony. Detroit Symphony Principal cello 1952-1957.
After Detroit his career was devoted to teaching - University of Texas, Austin)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1947.
1956 (listed in CSO roster as 1956, not 1956-1957)
Olk, Hugo (Germany 1868-after 1930)
Listed in CSO records as "Concertmaster", but was not - perhaps Olk
was briefly Associate Concertmaster to Leopold Kramer, just as he had been
Associate to Concertmaster John Marquardt in Philadelphia 1902-1903
(also Helsinki Orchestra in 1880s, Kroll Opera Berlin, Concertmaster Kiev Symphony
- Ukraine, Philadelphia Orchestra Associate Concertmaster 1902-1903 and
Concertmaster 1903-1904, Concertmaster Cincinnati Symphony 1904-1906,
Concertmaster St. Louis Symphony 1907-1917, then viola into 1920s)
Studied violin at the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik.
Associate Principal cello (also founding member of the East Coast
Chamber Orchestra, also the Ravel Piano Trio:
Qing Hou violin,
Lawrence Neuman viola,
Kenneth Olsen cello,
John Novacek piano)
Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus.
2005-present
Opland, Bradley
(North Dakota 1957- )
double bass (also Minnesota Orchestra as a sub in 1975-1976, and returned as a
permanent member 1978-1984, and played with the Berlin
Philharmonic as a sub for two weeks, a stimulating experience )
Studied music at the Curtis Institute Class of 1978.
1984-present
Orbach, Daniel
(Washington, D.C. 1950- )
viola
(a long and varied career including: Assistant Principal viola Toledo Symphony about 1972,
viola Toronto Symphony 1974-1976, 1976-1977 Assistant Principal viola Rochester Philharmonic.
Assistant Principal viola Metropolitan Opera 1977-1981. 1981-1984, returned to Toronto Symphony as
Principal viola, Principal viola New York City Opera 1984-1988.
1988-present
Otte, (Ernest) Frederick
(Germany 1855-1914)
Principal tuba 1895-1914, double bass 1895-1998 and 1901-1914 (same unusual instrumental combination of
tuba and double bass as his Principal tuba successors
William Dietrichs and
Emil Gatterfeld)
1895-1914
died on October 9, 1914 following the 1913-1914 season 166
A friend said that the Great Theodore Thomas should be on the $20 dollar bill
Emigrated to the US as a child with his family in 1922.
1956-1976
Palermo, George
violin
1943-1944
Paley, Benjamin
(Illinois 1894- )
Benjamin Paley in 1908
violin (also US Navy Fifteenth Regiment Band at the Great Lakes Naval Station
during World War 1 174)
Studied with the Norwegian violinist Frederick Frederiksen. According to
Musicial America175, Benjamin Paley was one of the musicians
hired into the orchestra during the quest to increase the number of native-born
players during during World War 1at the hight of anti-German feelings in
1917 and 1918.
Principal English horn (also the Milwaukee Sinfonietta, Milwaukee
Young People's Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, and the staff
radio orchestra of WTMJ Milwaukee. She was also a regular extra or
sub with the Chicago Symphony, the Lyric Opera and other Chicago
area groups in the 1950s through 1970s)
Studied at the Milwaukee State Teachers' College and later taught in the
Milwaukee public school system.
Principal timpani, Assistant Principal timpani (also Rochester
Philharmonic 1954-1959, US Military Academy Band 1950-1953)
Peters studied with a who's-who of percussion: Roy Knapp, Otto Kristufek,
Clair Omar Musser, Morris Goldenberg, Saul Goodman, and William Street.
1959-2001
Phillips, Paul, Jr.
(Ohio 1946- )
without moustache
violin (also Indianapolis Symphony, Indianapolis String Quartet,
Detroit Symphony about 1971-1980, Music of the Baroque - Chicago)
Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
1980-present
Pieper, Carl
horn
1897-1901
Pierce, William
horn
1913-1914
Pikler, Charles Robert
(California 1951- )
photo: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
Principal viola 1986-present, violin 1978-1986 (also Minnesota
Orchestra 1971-1973, Cleveland Orchestra 1973-1976, Rotterdam
Philharmonic 1976-1978, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, Ars Viva Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony String Quartet. also in Illinois, active in the
Northbrook Symphony, and the River Cities Philharmonic - 100 km SW
of Chicago. founder and Music Director of I-Solisti, a chamber orchestra
which is part of the Midwest Young Artists Festival)
In 1990, Charlie Pinkler gave the premiere of Frank Beezhold (1915-1989)
Viola Concerto, composed for him, with the Civic Orchestra
of Chicago. He also recorded a fine CD with Gary Stucka and the composer
Easley Blackwood (1933- ) of his Piano Trio (see right)
tuba (also Israel Philharmonic 1975-1978, Utah Symphony 1978-1983, St. Louis
Symphony 1983-1989, Los Angeles Philharmonic 1992-1993)
While in California, Pokorny played in Hollywood for films such as Jurassic Park and
The Fugitive. In June 2000, Pokorny played the premiere of John D. Stevens
Journey - Concerto for Contrabass Tuba and Orchestra with the CSO, which
the orchestra commissioned in 1997.
1989-1992, 1993-present
on sabbatical 2010-2011 during which Gene will play and teach in Utah
Polak, Jonas
(Netherlands 1883-before 1930)
cello (also Pittsburgh Symphony, also played in London orchestras)
His wife, Charlotte Polak was also a violinist. Jonas Polak seems
to have died young, before age 45.
1911-1925
Polesny, Franz (František)
(Czech 1896- )
Principal Second violin 1939-1956, violin 1923-1939
1923-1956
Poltmann, Hermann C. (probably brother of Richard Poltmann)
(then Prussia, now Poland 1860-1915)
cello
Emigrated to the US in 1892 to join the Chicago Symphony, following
Richard Poltmann who was probably his brother. Was a musician in
New York City until 1915, when he died in Bremen, Germany age only 55.
Poltmann, Richard (probably brother of Hermann Poltmann)
(then Prussia, now Poland 1863- )
Principal Second violin (also Venth-Kronold String Quartet:
Carl Venth first, Richard Poltmann second, Philip Herford viola,
Hans Kronold cello, also Boston Symphony Orchestral Club in 1890
- but not the Boston Symphony, New York City theater musician in
the 1910s)
Emigrated to the US in 1891 and joined the Chicago Symphony in
the 1891-1892 season 1891 with his friend
Frederick Dreibrodt, both probably recruited
by Theodore Thomas in Germany during the summer of 1891.
1891-1893
Pottag, Max Paul
(Germany 1876-1970)
second horn 1907-1944, fourth horn 1944-1946
(also the band of the German Navy in 1890s,
Hamburg Symphony Principal horn, Philadelphia Orchestra horn 1901-1902,
Pittsburgh Symphony 1902-1905, Cincinnati Symphony 1905-1907, also the
Little Symphony Orchestra - Chicago, the training orchestra which preceded
the Chicago Civic Orchestra)
Studied with Friedrich Gumpert (1841-1906) at the Leipzig Royal Conservatory
as did
Anton Horner and
Max Hess, graduating in 1899.
Max Pottag was a prolific writer and
arranger of music for the horn.
1907-1946
Powers, Dudley H.
Minnesota (1911-2004)
photo: Chicago Symphony, circa 1953
Cello 1933-1944, Principal cello 1944-1953 (also Conductor of the Racine Symphony
Orchestra - Wisconsin)
Studied at Juilliard from 1925-1929, after which he studied with Emanuel Feuermann (1902-1942)
in Switzerland. He taught cello at Northwestern University 1955-1979,
where he became Chairman of the Strings Department in the 1960s.
1933-1953
Preller, Frank
(Germany 1866-before 1930)
horn, Wagner tuba (New York City musician about 1899-1925)
Emigrated from Leipzig, Germany to the US in 1889.
1892-1893
Preves, Milton
(Ohio 1909-2000)
Principal viola 1939-1986, viola 1934-1939
(also the Little Symphony Orchestra - Chicago, the training orchestra which
preceded the Chicago Civic Orchestra. active in chamber music, including the
Mischakoff Quartet starting in 1933:
Mischa Mischakoff first,
Samuel Thaviu second,
Milton Preves viola,
Daniel Saidenberg cello, and later with the
Chicago Symphony String Quartet:
Victor Aitay first,
Edgar Muenzer second,
Milton Preves viola,
Frank Miller cello. branched into conducting, including the
Oak Park-River Forest Symphony 1955-1963 from which he resigned in 1963 after a
controversy about his invitation to soloist Carol Anderson - later Carol Anderson Neff
(1939- ), a black violinist 118. also Music Director of the North Side
Symphony - Chicago for 26 years, and was conductor of the Wheaton Symphony - Illinois,
and the Gary Symphony - Indiana.)
Studied at the University of Chicago about 1931-1934.
1934-1986
total service in the Chicago Symphony to 52 seasons (!)
Putnik, Edwin Vincent
(Illinois 1924-1982)
flute, piccolo (also Principal flute of the Phoenix Symphony.
also, in Arizona founder of the Gammage Wind Quintet: Edwin Putnik flute,
Frank Stalzer oboe, Jack Ratterree clarinet, Jack Rausch bassoon, Eugene Chausow horn)
Studied at Northwestern University BA Music 1948, Eastman School of Music MMus.
Later taught at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Also author of the well-known
text The Art of Flute Playing
Principal flute (also Principal flute of the Berlin Philharmonic
under Arthur Nikisch 1893-1896)
Came to the Chicago Symphony from Berlin in 1896, probably at the
request of Theodore Thomas, who traveled through Europe each summer
recruiting musicians. Alfred Quensel returned to Germany in about
1930, where he died in 1947.
violin (also a Chicago radio staff orchestra musician in 1930, Seattle Symphony
Concertmaster 1930, Kansas City Philharmonic Concertmaster in 1940s. also in
Kansas City, founded the Robert Quick String Quartet:
Robert Quick first,
Joseph Michalek second,
Harold Newton viola,
Harry Sturm cello - click on the image at left)
Studied at the Bouillet School of Violin in Chicago.
1932-1943
Quinn, William
violin
1897-1898
Quitsow, Anton
(Germany 1866-1935)
Eb clarinet (Quitsow was later a theater musician and played in the
1920s in the orchestra of radio station WGU - later WMAQ)
Anton Quitsow who emigrated from Germany in December, 1890 was
one of the initial musicians brought by Theodore
Thomas to join the newly organized Chicago Orchestra, with
Joseph Schreurs
as Principal clarinet in the 1891-1892 season and Anton Quitsow as Eb
clarinet and Carl Meyer as bass clarinet.
Rabe taught at the Mendelssohn Conservatory - Chicago
1895-1945
49 seasons with the orchestra, the longest serving musician
of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to date.
Racine, Carl
violin
1935-1944
Rada, Robert R.
(New York 1930- )
Assistant Principal trombone - one of the series of
Chicago Symphony trombonists dismissed by
Reiner during the 1950s (also Principal trombone of the CSO at the
Ravinia Festival summer 1955. United States Military Academy Band
trombone, West Point 1950-1954, Principal trombone of the Kennett Symphony
and the Hilton Head Orchestra - South Carolina)
Studied with Neal DiBiase, then Principal trombone of the Toscanini's
NBC Symphony. After the Chicago Symphony, Robert Rada began to sell
corporate jets in North Carolina, while playing in locals symphonic groups.
1954-1957
Raimi, Max
(Michigan 1956- )
viola
Studied at the at the Interlochen Arts Academy, and at the
University of Michigan, degree in viola performance and
later at The Juilliard School. Also, and active composer and
arranger. February, 1998, Barenboim and the CSO performed
Max Raimi Elegy for twelve violas, harp, celeste, and percussion.
Also, his arrangements of the Star-Spangled Banner
have been played at sporting and other public events. Max Raimi's brother
Fred Raimi with the Ciompi Quartet at Duke have performed and recording Max
Raimi works.
1984-present
Raitt, John Wellesley
(Illinois 1923-2010).
bassoon (as a High School student, played in the Chicago NYA Orchestra,
Arkansas State Symphony Principal bassoon, and in summers in Chicago
Principal bassoon of the Grant Park Symphony)
Principal flute (also Boston Symphony 1938-1939, Orchestre national
de la radiodiffusion, Paris during World War 2, Principal flute
Minnesota Symphony 1945-1946, Chicago Symphony Principal flute
1946-1951. After Chicago René Rateau seems to have returned to
l'Orchestre national de la radiodiffusion as Principal flute)
Studied at the Paris Conservatoire Premier prix in the 1928 Coucour.
At the end of the 1950-1951 season, the new Chicago Music Director
Rafael Kubelik replaced three CSO Principals, in what was locally
called the 'Saturday night massacre': Ignatius Gennusa, Principal
clarinet, Sherman Walt, Principal bassoon, and René Rateau, Principal
flute. René Rateau returned to Paris, Iggy Gennusa went on to the
Baltimore Symphony, and Sherman Walt went on to his legendary career
with the Boston Symphony.
cello, mostly in the third cello chair, called today in some orchestras the
Second Assistant Principal cello (also played in the Civic Orchestra of
Chicago, the training orchestra for the
Chicago Symphony. He was a theater musician with the Harper Amusement Company,
Chicago in 1918 and during summers as a teen played in the Chautauqua Circuit.
Gary Stucka later wrote: "...Teddy [Ratzer was] the first
Principal Cellist of [Frederick] Stock's newly formed Civic Orchestra, Ted was
invited directly into the CSO by Stock...")
Taught cello at the Kimball Piano Company, Chicago Illinois in the 1920s,
and at the American Conservatory in Chicago in the 1920s and 1930s.
Assistant Principal trumpet, succeeding William Scarlett
(also Lexington Philharmonic third trumpet,
Dayton Philharmonic, Memphis Symphony, Florida Orchestra Principal trumpet
1990-1994.
Asbury College (Kentucky) BA, and University of Cincinnati Conservatory of
Music MMus and completed 2 years of the doctoral program. Mark Ridenour also
developed TweeQers, a clip that enhances the sound of trumpets (see
www.tweeqerzone.biz ).
1994-present
Riedelsberger, Carl
viola
1891-1893
Rill, Michael (1921-1999)
Michael Rill second, left, with Vera Rehberg cello, Carl Rink first, Guido St. Rizzo viola)
Karl Rissland, Boston Symphony violinist left and Rudolf Rissland, NY Symphony and
Chicago Symphony violinist right, uncle and father of Karl Ernest Rissland SFSO trumpet
viola (also Peoria Symphony Orchestra viola in 1950s)
Studied at the University of Chicago.
1947-1980
Roda, Joseph
viola
1936-1956
Rodenkirchen, Christian
(Germany 1858-1915)
Rodenkirchen died on February 6, 1915,
just days before his 57th birthday.
Principal cornet 1891-1898, Principal trumpet 1898-1902; note: in this
era, the Principal of the section was Principal cornet, and the
third chair of the section was Principal trumpet (also the Cologne Municipal
Orchestra in 1880s, in which Frederick Stock also played, the Aamold Concert
Company, a mid-west touring orchestra in 1890, Chicago Symphony Principal cornet
1891-1902, New York Symphony Principal trumpet 1903-1904, Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra Principal trumpet 1904-1905, New York Philharmonic Principal trumpet
1905-1907, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal trumpet 1907-1909,
returned to the New York Philharmonic Principal trumpet 1909-1911 under
Gustav Mahler, returned to the Philadelphia Orchestra as second trumpet
1911-his early death on February 6, 1915)
1891-1902
Roehrborn, Otto Bernhard
(Germany 1874-1951)
Otto Roehrborn playing with the Spierling Quartet in 1900
oboe (also Cleveland Orchestra English horn and oboe 1919-1920)
Ruckle was also a long-term oboe teacher at the High School level
and created a successful business making reeds to sell to students
72.
1920-1940
Ruinen, Johann
(Netherlands 1877-1914)
violin
Studied violin in Utrecht, Netherlands
1910-1914
died just following the 1913-1914 season on June 12, 1914 166
Rychlik, Charles Vaclav
(Ohio 1875-1962)
violin (also Prague Opera orchestra, performed with the Bohemian
String Quartet in Europe, Cleveland Orchestra violin 1918-1919,
member Cleveland Philharmonic String Quartet,
Sol Marcosson first, Charles Rychlik second,
James Johnston viola,
Charles Heydler cello 1908-1928.)
Studied at the Prague Conservatory 1891-1895. Violin teacher
in Cleveland in 1920s. A composer whose works were performed by
the Cleveland Orchestra and Detroit Symphony. It is said that 40
of his students became Cleveland Orchestra musicians.
violin (also an active Chicago sessions musician in the
1960s and 1970s, appearing in many LPs of the era)
Father of the concert pianist Philip Sabransky who performed as
soloist with the Chicago Symphony both as a youth winner and in
the 1990s. Philip Sabransky formed the Chadamin Trio with Chicago
Symphony musicians
Edgar Muenzer violin and Assistant Principal cello
Leonard Chausow.
1949-1997
Sachleben, Henry
(Germany 1838- )
cello and Personnel Manager (he was also the Personnel
Manager of the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition
Fair orchestra 117.
Henry Sachleben emigrated to the US in 1891 from Hamburg, perhaps at
the invitation of Theodore Thomas who traveled Europe hiring for
his new Chicago Orchestra.
1891-1898
Saidenberg, Daniel
(Canada 1906-1997)
Principal cello (also Philadelphia Orchestra cello 1925-1929,
Mischakoff Quartet in Chicago starting in 1933:
Mischa Mischakoff first,
Samuel Thaviu second,
Milton Preves viola,
Daniel Saidenberg cello.
also developed a conducting career: conductor of the Alka Seltzer
Radio Hour on NBC radio in 1940, and in 1946 founded and was
conductor of the the Connecticut Symphony Orchestra)
Studied at the Paris Conservatoire winning his Prix in about the
1921 Concour. Then he studied at the Institute of Musical Art
(later Juilliard) 1925-1930 while still playing in the Philadelphia
Orchestra.
1930-1936
Sametini, Léon
(1886-1944, died age 58)
Sametini in 1920s
violin (his early career was of a prodigy soloist, touring
continental Europe and England. Came to the US, and particularly
in New York and Chicago in 1912 120.
Studied first in Rotterdam with his virtuous uncle Michel von Groot,
then at Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne, Germany and the
Prague Conservatoire 119.
Head of the violin department at the Chicago Musical College
in the 1920s-1940s.
1942-1943
This prodigy who was mentioned with Mischa Elman early in his
career died just after the Chicago 1942-1943 season at age 58
David Sanders at his interesting Montagnana Books sells books, photos,
and other historical items devoted to stringed instruments at
www.montagnanabooks.com
1974-present
Sansone, Lorenzo
(Italy 1881-1975)
horn (also Chiafferelli Italian Band, director of the
Ventura City Band - California in the 1910s. also the Los
Angeles Symphony - not the Philharmonic, the Denver Symphony
1909-1910, the Saint Paul Symphony 1910-1911, Saint Louis Symphony
1912-1915, Chicago Symphony summer 1914 summer, Cincinnati Symphony
1915-1918, Detroit Symphony 1918-1919, New York Symphony 1920-1922,
NBC radio orchestra 1929, Metropolitan Opera 1931-1933 - what an itinerant
career !)
After playing flugelhorn in a town band, taught himself the French horn.
The Horn Call wrote: "...Lorenzo Sansone is known
to many horn players for his publications and his innovative
designs of equipment, especially the five-valve B-flat horn."
He taught at the Juilliard School 1921-1946.
violin (also Columbus String Quartet, Columbus Symphony Associate
Concertmaster, Rochester Philharmonic while studying at the Eastman
School)
As a student, studied at the New England Conservatory
Preparatory Division, then at the Meadowmount School summer
program - New York, and the Eastman School of Music.
1979-present
Sauer, Mary
(Wisconsin about 1937- )
keyboard (piano, celesta, organ, and harpsichord and only
permanent keyboard member in the Chicago Symphony history according
to the CSO website).
Studied at Chicago Musical College BMusical Performance,
MMusical Performance. Long term soloist with the Peninsula
Music Festival - Wisconsin.
1959-present
Saunders, Joseph H.
cello (also played and taught at Ball State University in Indiana
after leaving the CSO)
Studied at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, Indianapolis
in 1950.
Saunders arranged to have a solo appearance with the CSO to play
a cello concerto by former Music Director Frederick Stock, and
"...CSO violinist, Fred Spector, recalls that CSO cellist
Joseph Saunders, ... after several weeks of trying to 'decipher'
the Stock Concerto, Saunders deemed it too difficult and
opted to play the Victor Herbert Cello Concerto no. 2
instead".
1954-1965
Sauter, Carl
(Germany 1867-1944)
double bass and seems also to have played cello
(later double bass Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Emigrated to the US from Bayreuth, Germany in 1891. Also taught at the
Sherwood Music School - Chicago.
1909-1923
Sayers, Lionel
(England 1904-1986)
percussion, Librarian
Emigrated to the US from London in 1920.
1932-1982
Scarlett, William H.
(Illinois 1933- )
fourth trumpet 1964-1966, Assistant Principal trumpet 1966-1994
succeeding
Frank Kaderabek, then second trumpet 1994-1997
(also Chicago Lyric Opera Principal trumpet in
1950s)
Studied at Northwestern University. As well as studying with
Renold Schilke, during the
1950s, Scarlett worked with Schilke
on the design and manufacture of trumpets.
Second oboe (Kansas City Symphony Principal oboe 1996-2009)
Studied at Cleveland Institute of Music BMus 1995, Shepherd School
of Music - Rice University. Lora Schaefer has been active in summer
music festivals, including the Tanglewood Music Festival and, since 2000,
the Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming. Married to photographer Will Brandt.
Assistant Principal flute (also New York City Opera 1955-1965,
New York Oratorio Society and New York freelance, RCA Recording Orchestra,
Boston Symphony piccolo 1965-1990)
Studied at the New England Conservatory artists diploma. Lois
Schaefer premiered the Daniel Pinkham (1923- ) Concerto Piccolo
in May, 1990 at her farewell concert with the Boston Pops. She
played a wooden Powell piccolo as being softer.
1951-1954
Schaller, Leonard
E-Flat clarinet 1928-1931, Principal bass clarinet 1931-1945,
also Saxophone 1931-1945. (also New York Philharmonic bass
clarinet 1945-1966 )
Emigrated to the US as a child in 1908. Studied at the Prague Conservatory with
Otakar Ševčík (1852-1934) before returning to the US in 1924-1926.
1945-1974
Schein, Sigmund
(then Austria-Hungary, now Slovakia 1875-1954)
viola (Sigmund Schein came to Chicago as part of the Benjamin Amsterdam orchestra
to play at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
also a musician in the LaSalle Theater orchestra prior to the
Chicago Symphony)
1919-1927
Scherzberg, Frederick "Fritz"
(Germany 1837-1903)
trumpet (Scherzberg succeeded
William Braun as Second trumpet/Second cornet
in the leter part of the 1891-1892 season 129)
second trumpet 1936-1939, Principal trumpet 1939-1941,
second trumpet 1942-1943 after US military service, Third/Assistant
Principal trumpet 1943-1950, fourth trumpet 1950-1951)
Studied at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique - Brussels, and while in
Belgium, studied trumpet manufacture at the factory created by brass
instrument manufacturer Victor-Charles Mahillon. In Chicago, Renold Schilke
continued to develop instrument design with his neighbor and fellow CSO
trumpet
Eldon Benge
. After the CSO, Schilke organized manufacture
and distribution of orchestral trumpets, forming Schilke Music Products, Inc.
1936-1951
Schiltz, Grover E.
(Illinois 1931-2012)
oboe and English horn 1959-1964, Principal English horn 1964-2005
(also Chicago Lyric Opera, Grant Park Symphony, Saint Louis Sinfonietta,
Kansas City Philharmonic Principal oboe. also played in the Boston Pops touring
orchestra 1956-1959 169)
Studied at the University of Michigan BMus. During most of his career with
the CSO, the legendary oboe section was: Ray Still, Richard Kanter,
Michael Henoch, and Grover Schiltz
Assistant Principal trombone 1944-1945, Principal trombone 1945-1946, then
vacant for 2 seasons to be succeeded by Joseph Bejcek
Studied at Lane Technical High School in Chicago.
1944-1946
Schmitz-Philippi, Friedrich
violin
1891-1893
Schnee, Murray David
(New York 1924-2005)
violin (also Pittsburgh Symphony violin 1945-1950, the New York City Ballet
for more than 45 years)
Studied at the New York the High School of Music and Art, graduating in
1942. Active in summer music festivals, including the
Chautauqua Symphony for 35 summers, serving also as personnel
manager.
1950-1954
Schnitzler, Isidore
(Netherlands 1859-1935)
violin (also Mendelssohn Quintet Club 57, Boston Symphony,
Russian Symphony of New York)
1891-1892
Schoen, William
(Czechoslovakia 1919-after 1997)
Assistant Principal viola (also viola in Stokowski's All American Youth Orchestra
tour of Brazil and Argentina summer 1940. played in the staff broadcasting
orchestras of NBC, ABC and CBS 149. also Guilet String
Quartet: Daniel Guilet (1899-1990) first, Henry Siegl
(1911-1997) second, William Schoen viola and David Soyer (1923-2010) cello.
also the Claremont Quartet: Marc Gottlieb first, Vladimir Weisman second,
William Schoen viola and Irving Klein cello 148.
Schoen was also Philadelphia Orchestra Principal viola 1963-1964)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music, and at the Julliard School.
Emigrated to the US from Allborg, Denmark. Died in 1895 at age only 26.
1891-1893
Schoeniger, Louis E.
violin (also a San Francisco musician 1905-1910)
1892-1903, 1913-1915
Schoessling, Paul Max
(Germany 1868-1922)
cello (also a Chicago theater musician in the 1910s)
Emigrated to the US as a youth in 1875.
1894-1898
Schon, John (Johann)
bassoon
1891-1902, 1909-1911
Schostac, Henri
violin
1918-1919
Schreurs, Joseph
(Belgium 1863-1921)
Principal clarinet (also joined Theodore Thomas' New York-based
orchestra in 1885 99 and was one of the Principals that
Thomas brought to the newly organized Chicago Orchestra)
Studied at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique - Brussels.
Schreurs was Principal clarinet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
under all its names: the Chicago Orchestra, the Theodore Thomas Orchestra,
and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 30 years until his relatively early
death, aged 58. He died in Chicago on July, 1921, sadly leaving his
43 year old wife, Emilia and four children.
Richard Schroeter emigrated to the US in 1906 to join the Chicago Symphony.
1906-1931
Schubert, Otto
(Germany 1888-1912)
detail of photo Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1908
Principal trumpet (also Symphony Orchestra of Basel - Switzerland
Principal trumpet 1899 - 1901)
Emigrated to the US in 1907, perhaps at the invitation of Frederick
Stock, who visited Europe most summers looking for talent.
Otto Schubert died young, just after his last season with
the Chicago Symphony in the summer of 1912 not yet 30 years old.
The reason of his death seems not given in contemporary accounts.
1907-1911
Schuecker, Edmund (Austria 1860-1911) older brother to famed harpist
Heinrich Schuecker (1867-1913) of the Boston Symphony,
who also died young. also uncle of Philadelphia Orchestra harpist
Joseph Schuecker
Edmund Schuecker in 1890
Principal harp (also Park Orchestra - Amsterdam solo harp 1877-1882,
Parlow Orchestra - Hamburg 1882-1883, Staatskapelle Orchestra Dresden 1883-1884
147, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra harp 1884-1891
under Carl Reinecke (1860-1911) as was his brother Heinrich Schuecker
146, Vienna Hof Oper in late 1880s,
Chicago Orchestra Principal harp 1891-1900, New York Symphony about 1902-1903,
Pittsburgh Symphony 1903-1904, Philadelphia Orchestra 1904-1909)
Studied at the Vienna Conservatory 1871-1877 147. Recruited directly
to Chicago from Vienna by Theodore Thomas for the first season of the
Chicago Orchestra 136.
1891-1900
Schütz, Adolph
Second horn
1891-1893
Schulte, Carl
(Wisconsin 1890- )
violin (also played the Chautauqua Circuit with his father's band,
the Professor Schulte's Band and with the Schulte Orchestra in the 1900s.
Carl Schulte lead the orchestra in the 1910s)
Studied first with his music teacher and band director father
Henry Schulte (1858-1924).
Studied first with his father Gustav Schulze. His brothers John and Ernst
Schulze. Walter Schulze emigrated to the US from Halle, Germany in 1888.
1899-1903
Schuster, Earl Vincent
(Illinois 1919-2004)
oboe (also US Marine Band, Washington, DC during World War 2. also
Indianapolis Symphony Principal oboe, Radio City Music Hall oboe, and
after Chicago, went to the San Diego Symphony - Principal oboe. In San Diego,
founded the Schuster Baroque Ensemble)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus in about 1941, Columbia University
MMus. Taught at Indiana University while playing in the Indianapolis Symphony.
1956-1959
Schwartz-Lee, Florence
(Ohio 1961- )
violin (also Bronx Arts Ensemble, Marlboro Music Festival)
In 1978 as a student, Florence Schwartz won the Cleveland Philharmonic
Young Artists’ Competition. also Studied at the at the Interlochen
Arts Academy - Michigan. Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus,
the Mannes College of Music - New York MMus.
1989-present
Schweikert, Norman C.
(California 1937- )
photo: Chicago Symphony photographer Jim Steere
Assistant Principal horn (also Rochester Philharmonic Fourth horn,
Second horn, and Third horn 1955-1966, with military gap 1962-1964
serving in the US Military Academy Band - West Point. also in Rochester
with the Eastman Wind Ensemble 1957-1961)
Studied violin first with amateur musician parents, switching to
horn as a teen. Studied horn in Los Angeles and at the
Aspen Music School. Playing in Rochester, studied at the
Eastman School of Music BMus and Performer's Certificate 1961.
Taught at Northwestern University for 25 years. Active in summer
festivals, including the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan, and
Interlochen Arts Quintet, also the Moravian Music Festival -
North Carolina, and the Peninsula Music Festival - Wisconsin. Musical
scholar and author of works including The Horns of Valhalla
about
Xavier Reiter and
Josef Reiter (
Windsong Press see right)
June 1971-1997
Sciacchitano, Joseph S. "Sam"
(Illinois 1913-2009)
cello (also as a student, two seasons with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago,
the CSO training orchestra in mid-1930s, then the
Indianapolis Symphony 1937-1943 142.
Chicago Symphony 1943-1944 before his World War 2 service,
WGN Chicago radio staff orchestra, the NBC radio Chicago staff
orchestra and the Milwaukee Symphony 142)
Studied at Lane Technical High School 142 - Chicago (as did
Philip Blum). Sciacchitano taught at DePaul University,
Northwestern University and at the American Conservatory of Music.
1943-1944, 1961-1983
Seidel, Richard
(Germany 1868-1941)
violin, viola
Emigrated to the US from Leipzig, Germany in 1887.
violin (also a theater musician in Chicago in the 1900s)
Emigrated to the US from the Rhineland-Palatinate area of Germany in 1888.
1891-1892
Selinger, Henry
(Illinois 1895-1973 )
violin (also a musician, conductor, and later General Manager of
WGN radio, Chicago, including WGN broadcasts
of the Drake Hotel Concert Ensemble and the Seliger Quartet:
Henry Selinger first, Armand Buisseret second,
John Westhall viola, and Leon Lichtenfeld cello, and later conducted
the Tribune Philharmonic, a radio orchestra in the late 1920s)
1917-1926
Selwitz, Jacob Jascha (born Yankel Zelditch Patlashenko)
(then Russia, now Ukraine 1898- )
violin (emigrated from the Ukraine at age 8)
billed himself professionally as "Jascha Selwitz", an adaptation
of the family name of Zelditch or Zelditz, or his full name of
Yankel Zelditch Patlashenko.
1926-1932
Senescu, Bernard Marcusin
(Illinois 1904-1968)
violin (also, the Roosevelt College String Quartet:
Oscar Chausow first,
David Chausow second,
Bernard Senescu viola, Leopold Teraspulsky cello.
moved to California in about 1946, becoming a Hollywood studio musician with
credits including Around the World in 80 Days)
Principal cello (also New York String Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera,
Cincinnati Symphony Principal cello 1983-1986)
In 1986, all in one year, John Sharp won the audition as Principal cello of
the Chicago Symphony, concluded his three year service as Principal cello of
the Cincinnati Symphony, won Third Prize the International Tchaikovsky
Competition in Moscow in June, and began his tenure at the Chicago Symphony
in July. Among his excellent performances is his CD with the Vermeer Quartet of
Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence on Cedille Records (see right)
1986-present
Sharrow, Leonard
(New York 1915-2004)
Principal bassoon (also National Symphony of Washington DC bassoon
1935-1937. then NBC Symphony under Arturo Toscanini 1937-1941 when he was
drafted into the US Army. Detroit Symphony 1946-1947 season and in 1947,
Sharrow was invited to return to the NBC Symphony as Principal bassoon until
1951 when he joined the Chicago Symphony)
Studied first with his father, Saul Sharrow, violinist with the New York Symphony
and the New York Philharmonic. Then went to the Juilliard School, where he
graduated in 1935.
1951-1964
Sher, Harold
viola
1929-1944
Shia (or Xia), Sando
(China 1963- )
violin (also Central Ballet Company of China, Denver Symphony - Assistant
Principal Second violin, Phoenix Symphony - Assistant Concertmaster,
Piacenza Quartet)
violin (also Cleveland Orchestra violin 1940-1948, also a Chicago recording
sessions musician in the 1960s and 1970s. also played in the string quartet with
Fritz Siegal first,
Theodore Silavin second,
Milton Preves viola,
Harry Sturm cello
in the Chicago debut of Bloch's Concerto Grosso no 2 for String Quartet and
Orchestra in 1957)
1948-1988
Silberstein, Joseph
violin
1898-1934
Simpson, Wilbur Herman
(Indiana 1917-1997)
Principal
contrabassoon 1946-1951, second bassoon 1951-1991
(also US Navy band in World War 2, Chicago Symphony
Woodwind Quintet:
Ralph Johnson
flute,
Robert Mayer oboe,
Jerome Stowell
clarinet,
Philip Farkas horn, and
Wilbur Simpson
bassoon. Also a Chicago freelance musician playing
in theater orchestras and the radio station WGN orchestra. during his
CSO career, also was bassoon of the Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet)
Studied at Northwestern University B Mus Ed and MMus - Chicago where he also taught.
Early in his career, Simpson taught music in the Forest Park, Illinois public
school system. also taught at DePaul University and at the
Chicago Conservatory College.
1946-1991
Singer, Carl
cello
1919-1920
Singer, Walfried Ernst
(Illinois 1879-1917)
harp, violin - succeeded Edmund Schuecker in the harp position after Schuecker became
ill 164. (also conducted Sunday afternoon concerts at the
Art Institute of Chicago in the 1910s)
Studied first with his German-born music teacher father Joseph Singer and later
with harpist Clara Murray in Chicago.
oboe (also Tulsa Symphony Orchestra 1940-1941, US Navy Band during
World War 2, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quintet)
Studied first in his home town of Cicero, Illinois where he played in the
Morton High School Concert Band. Hia studies at Roosevelt University -
Chicago were in mathematics, BA in 1948. Taught at the Indiana University
School of Music 1961-1988.
1941-1961
Slebos (Rees), Jenska
(Illinois 1916-1994)
Assistant Principal cello
Studied first in her local Evanston Township High School - Illinois in the school
orchestra. Janos Starker, Principal cello in his memoires wrote that Jenska Slebos
was discouraged by Fritz Reiner from continuing with the orchestra: "...My
section was made up of excellent...players, especially my stand partner, a woman
named Jenska Slebos...Regrettably, Slebos quit after a year...Reiner's attitude
toward women was still that of Vienna and Berlin..." 145.
1944-1956
Smelser, James F.
(Illinois 1960- )
Second horn (also San Francisco Symphony, active as a Chicago freelance
musician, playing 15 years of ballet, radio and TV commercials and 10 years of
Broadway shows. Also was a regular CSO extra.
Studied at Northwestern University BMus, MMus, and BA German. Also studied at
Hochschule der Kúnste, Berlin.
spring 2000-present
Played as a regular extra since 1986
Smith, Gregory (1958- )
clarinet (also Sacramento Symphony Principal clarinet 1980-1981, San Francisco
Symphony Associate Principal clarinet 1981-1983)
Studied at Northwestern University. A founding member of the Chamber Soloists of
Chicago. Also founder and developer of Gregory Smith Clarinet Mouthpieces, a
hand-made manufacturer, found at www.gregory-smith.com
summer 1983-present
Smith, Philip Adrian
(United Kingdom 1952- )
fourth trumpet, succeeding
Vincent Cichowicz. Smith was appointed by Solti
in January 1975 while Phil Smith was still at Juilliard (Smith departed in
October, 1978 when he became Co-Principal trumpet with John Ware of the
New York Philharmonic)
Studied with his father, New York Salvation Army Band conductor and then
at the Juilliard School MMus in 1975. See his gospel recordings,
including World's Greatest Hymns at
www.principaltrumpet.com/home.html
violin (also ABC Symphony broadcasting staff orchestra
Concertmaster 1946-1954 - unlike the CSO, a 52 week job.
also founded the Fine Arts Quarter which initially was:
Leonard Sorkin first (1946–1982),
Joseph Stepansky second
(1946–1954),
Sheppard Lehnhoff viola (1946–1952) and
George Sopkin cello(1946–1979). )
Studied with
Mischa Mischakoff
when Mischakoff was Concertmaster
of the Chicago Symphony. Also active in the Aspen Music Festival -
Colorado.
1936-1945
Speckin, William Carl Frederick
(Willy) (1878-1927)
double bass
1910-1927 (died April 1927 during season)
Spector, Fred
violin
1956-2003
Spiering, Theodore Bernays
(Missouri 1871-1925) died in Munich of
intestinal cancer, age only 53.
violin (also Concertmaster New York Philharmonic under
Gustav Mahler 1909-1911. During Mahler's illness in 1911, Spiering
conducted the New York Philharmonic for the final 11 concerts
of 1910-1911. Conductor of the Portland Symphony in the year before
his death)
Studied with his father, Ernst Spiering of the St. Louis Symphony, and
at the College of Music of Cincinnati, and later at the
Akademischen Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. Organized the Spiering
Violin School in Chicago in about 1895, while still with the Chicago Orchestra
and later was Director and violin instructor at the Chicago Musical
College 1902-1905.
1892-1896
click on the thumbnail above to see the Spierling Quartet:
(l to r) Theodore Spierling first, Hermann Diestel cello,
Adolf Weidig viola, Otto Roehrborn second
oboe, English horn (Principal oboe 1893-1904; Principal English horn 1904-13)
1893-1913
Starke, Gustave
violin
1891-1893
Starker, János
(Hungary 1924- )
Principal cello (also Budapest Opera, Budapest Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony,
Metropolitan Opera)
When Antol Dorati moved from Dallas to become Music Director of the Minneapolis
Symphony, he offered, and János Starker accepted the Principal cello position
of the Minneapolis Symphony. However, Fritz Reiner convinced Starker
to come to the Metropolitan Opera, instead, where he bacame Principal cello.
Reiner then brought Starker to Chicago.)
1953-1958
Staryk, Steven
Concertmaster
1963-1967
Steffens, Paul
Principal trumpet (also a member of the Helsinki Orchestral Society - Finland
trumpet section 1900-1902 129)
Principal cello (also Principal cello Berlin Philharmonic about
1886-1891 53. Theodore Thomas heard Steindel in Berlin
and convinced him to come to Chicago in September, 1891 for
the initial season of the Chicago Orchestra.
Studied with his father Albin Steindel who was Director of Music
in his Steindel's home town of Zwickau, Germany near Leipzig. His
nephew
H. Max Steindel
was Principal cello of the St. Louis Symphony
for 40 seasons 1912-1942.
second oboe 1909-1920 (also Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Oboe 1901-1902 and
second oboe 1902-1909)
Philadelphia Orchestra records show Stiegelmayer serving
in Philadelphia until the end of the 1909-1910 season, but Chicago
Symphony records show Stiegelmayer's service beginning in the
1909-1910 season.
1909-1920
Still, Ray R. Jr.
(Indiana 1920- )
oboe 1953-1954, Principal oboe 1954-1993 (also the Los Angeles
WPA orchestra 1938, Kansas City Philharmonic second oboe 1939-1941,
Buffalo Philharmonic Principal oboe 1947-1949, Baltimore Symphony
Principal oboe 1949-1953)
Studied with his oboe hero, Robert Bloom, who taught Still for
free since Bloom was not then teaching at Juilliard, and Still
had no money, and later at Juilliard. An important event was in
1967 when Jean Martinon, who did not get along with Still, tried
to fire Still. Still fought back and after eight months of
arbitration, he was restored with seniority 42.
Studied at the Cologne Conservatoire (later the Hochschule für Musik Köln)
gaining diploma in 1890. Frederick Stock was invited to join the Chicago
Orchestra by Theodore Thomas (
see his biography here).
1895-1905
Stocking, Laurence C.
(Michigan 1924- )
oboe
1948-1953
Stoeber, Emmeran
(Germany 1882-1945)
Bailhe-Stoeber Trio: Emmeran Stoeber, right, with Gaston and George Bailhe
(click on thumbnail to see picture):
cello (also New York Symphony cello in the 1920s, a founding member of the
the Berkshire
String Quartet (1916-1941) was:
Hugo Kortschak first, Serge Kotlarsky second,
Clarence Evans
viola and
Emmeran Stoeber cello, also the Bailhe-Stoeber Trio,
shown at left)
Studied in Germany with Hugo Becker (1864-1941).
Stoeber and his wife Rosina came to Chicago in later 1913, perhaps
to join the Chicago Symphony. In the 1930s,
Emmeran Stoeber taught at the Yale University School of
Music, along with his violin colleague from the Berkshire String
Quartet, Hugo Kortschak.
1914-1915
Stoeckert (or Stöckert), Otto Carl Friedrich
(Germany 1863-1913)
Principal flute - Otto Stoeckert is listed in the Chicago Symphony rosters as
"Principal flute 1907-1907" which suggests only a partial season. A
Chicago Symphony roster for the 1906-1907 season also lists Stoeckert as Principal
flute. However, at this time Otto Stoeckert was Principal flute of the Metropolitan
Opera Orchestra 1906-1913. If he was named Principal in Chicago, this seems to
have been only briefly.
Also Principal flute Metropolitan Opera, Principal flute in the Seidl Orchestra -
New York 1897.
Louis Stout, left with CSO horn colleagues Wayne Barrington, center
and Philip Farkas
horn
1955-1960
Stowell, Jerome Walter
(Ohio 1913-1973)
second clarinet, E-Flat clarinet (after graduating from the University
of Chicago, played in the Chicago Civic Orchestra training orchestra,
and the next season joined the Chicago Symphony, also Chicago Symphony
Woodwind Quintet:
Ralph Johnson
flute,
Robert Mayer oboe,
Jerome Stowell
clarinet,
Philip Farkas horn, and
Wilbur Simpson
bassoon)
Studied with Belgian musician Joseph Heynen, and rather than study in
Belgium, pursed a business degree first at Michigan State College
and then at the University of Chicago. Also
manufactured clarinet mouthpieces under Stowell, Wells &
Schneider. Taught at de Paul University and then at Northwestern
University - Chicago graduating in 1935.
cello (also Winnipeg Symphony Principal cello 1977-1981, Cleveland Orchestra 1981-1986,
Ars Viva Symphony - Chicago Principal cello, Pressenda Trio,
also while in Cleveland, the Halcyon Ensemble:
Martha Aarons flute,
Gino Raffaelli violin,
Gary Stucka cello,
Laura Okuniewski harp, Janina Kuzma harpsichord,
Richard Winer percussion)
Studied at Roosevelt University - College of Performing Arts BMus and MMus. Recorded the
Easley Blackwood (1933- )Piano Trio with Charles Pikler, violin and the composer
at the piano - Cedille Records - rewarding music (see right).
cello (also Portland Symphoy - Oregon under Willem van Hoogstraten (1884-1964)
in the late 1920s. then Kansas City Philharmonic in early 1930s. while in Kansas City,
the Robert Quick String Quartet:
Robert Quick first,
Joseph Michalek second,
Harold Newton viola,
Harry Sturm cello - click on the image at left)
Returned to Germany where he was an orchestral harp at least through 1934.
1899-1900
Sutphen, Albert
(Ohio 1897-1970)
trumpet (also played in vaudeville theaters in Kentucky just prior to World War 1, and
also active in the Chautauqua-Lyceum circuit of cultural entertainment
in the 1920s. also Cleveland Orchestra second trumpet 1926-1927)
Studied in Chicago with Albert Wendon, then with Max Schlossberg
in New York in 1923 129. After his orchestral career, Sutphen was
a music teacher in the schools of Hamilton, Ohio.
1925-1926
Swallow, John
(New York 1924-2012)
Associate Principal trombone - one of the series of CSO trombones dismissed by
Reiner (played Broadway musicals while at Juilliard in late 1940s, Utah Symphony 1949-1951,
New York freelance musician during 1950s, long time member of the New York Brass Quintet)
Studied at the Juilliard School. Taught at the Hartt School of Music - Connecticut
and the New England Conservatory - Boston and at Yale University School of Music
in about 1960-about 2000.
violin (played in a surprising number of US orchestras: Chicago Symphony
first violin 1903-1905, Philadelphia Orchestra violin 1905-1906,
New York Symphony 1906-1907. After New York, Eduard Tak concertized in
Europe. Emil Paur heard Eduard Tak in Berlin 111 and engaged Tak as
Pittsburgh Symphony Concertmaster 1908-1909. Then the New York Symphony
again 1910-1911, San Francisco Symphony Concertmaster 1911-1912,
Boston Symphony violin 1912-1919, New York Philharmonic violin 1921-1931)
Studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory and the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für
Musik. Became a US national in 1921, but seems to have returned to Europe
in the late 1930s and died in Germany on December 28, 1943.
1903-1905
Tang, Rong-Yan
(China )
violin (also Fort Wayne Philharmonic Associate Concertmaster, Fry Street Quartet)
Studied first with her musician parents, both members of the Tsing Tao Orchestra
in Shandong, China. Then studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In the
US, she studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Hear Rong-Yan Tang in the CD of Thomas G. McFaul Mass in C Minor, an
inspired work available at www.tommcfaul.com (see right)
violin (also Los Angeles Philharmonic 2000-2004, and again beginnin 2001 to present. She joins
husband
Nathan Cole, who was appointed First Associate Concertmaster of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2010)
Studied at the Preparatory Division of the Juilliard School. Then to Harvard, earning a BA 1998 in
English and American Literature cum laude. Returning to Juilliard, Tarumoto earned her
MMus in 2000. Also active in summer festivals, including the Aspen Festival - Colorado, the Taos
Festival - New Mixico and the Spoleto festivals in Italy.
2004-2011
Taylor, Brant
(New York )
cello (also New World Symphony 1997, Saint Louis Symphony 1997-1998,
Everest Quartet:
Stephen Rose first,
Jeanne Preucil Rose second,
Joan DerHovsepian viola - now with the Houston Symphony,
Brant Taylor cello 1992-1997)
Eastman School of Music BMus.
1998-present
Taylor, David
(Ohio 1949- )
Assistant Concertmaster (also Cleveland Orchestra violin 1974-1979,
Saint Louis Symphony violin,
Milwaukee Symphony, Pressenda Piano Trio, Ars Viva Symphony - Chicago)
Studied first with his musician father and then at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
He went on to the Juilliard School BMus and MMus. David Taylor's CDs are for
Naim (Mendelssohn Octet) and also Koch, New World, and DMP labels. He teaches
at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University.
1979-present
Temerson, Léon
violin
1943-1944
Thaviu, Samuel
(Illinois 1909-2000)
violin (also Concertmaster of the Chicago Little Symphony
1932 69, Chicago Symphony first violins 1934-1937,
Kansas City Symphony Concertmaster and associate conductor
1937-1942 2, Baltimore Symphony Concertmaster and
associate conductor 1942-1943, Concertmaster of the Pittsburgh
Symphony twice, 1943-1946 under Fritz Reiner and for
seventeen seasons, 1949-1966 under William Steinberg.
Studied with Harry Diamond, Leon Sametini, Jacques Gordon in
Chicago 69 and later with Mischa Mischakoff.
Appointed Chairman of the strings department at Northwestern
University 1966-1977.
1934-1937
Thompson, Max
cello
1929-1932
Thorstenberg, (John) Laurence
(Utah 1925- )
oboe and English horn 1954-1956, English horn 1956-1964 (also
US Army Field Band, Utah Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Dallas Symphony,
Chicago Symphony 1954-1964, Boston Symphony English horn 1964-1993)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1951 - one of the last students
of Marcel Tabuteau. After the Boston Symphony, retired to California.
1954-1964
Marcel Tabuteau (right) with oboe students (l to r) Louis Rosenblatt
(Philadelphia), Laurence Thorstenberg (Chicago and Boston), Laila Storch
(Tabuteau biographer), John Mack (Cleveland)
Timmons, Edwin S.
(Tennessee 1860- )
flute 1893-1894, Principal flute January 1895-May 1895 following the
dramatic suicide of Principal flute Vigo Anderson. also saxophone.
(also Cincinnati Symphony Principal flute, also was a concert
flutist in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois prior to the
Chicago Orchestra. Also played in the 1893 Chicago
World's Columbian Exposition Fair orchestra)
Studied first with his music teacher mother Georgia Timmons. His sister
Elizabeth Lee Timmons was a concert harpist.
1893-1895
Tramonti, Enrico
(Italy 1876- )
Principal harp
Studied harp with Félix Godefroid (1818-1897) at the Paris Conservatoire
62
horn (also San Francisco Symphony Associate Principal horn 1923-1925,
San Francisco Third horn 1921-1922, 1927-1930, 1931-1934
and 1935-1946, San Francisco Fourth horn 1946-1950,
San Francisco Symphony Principal horn 1930-1931.
also horn with the Walter Roesner T&D Band)
Studied first with his father, Joseph Tryner who was a French horn
player. Tyner then studied at the Chicago Musical College with
Leopold de Maré, French horn and
Gaston Dufresne
solfège.
The trumpet section of the Chicago Orchestra 1891-1898 was divided into
the first two chairs being cornet players and the second desk being
two trumpets. Albert Ulrich Sr. is listed as "Principal trumpet"
during 1892-1898, which is in effect the third chair position of the
Chicago trumpet section. Ulrich was also Personnel Manager, and under
Stock an assistant conductor until his retirement at the end of the
1924-1925 season.
Ulrich studied both violin and trumpet in Berlin before emigrating to
Chicago in 1880, where he played as a substitute in the Theodore Thomas
Orchestra visiting Chicago in February, 1881. Ulrich then joined the
Theodore Thomas Orchestra, based in New York City and traveling the
USA 1883-1891 before joining the newly formed Chicago Orchestra.
1891-1925
Ulrich, J. Homer
(Illinois 1905-1988)
Principal contrabassoon 1929-1935, bassoon, contrabassoon, cello
Studied first with his German-born music teacher father Charles Ulrich.
Ferdinand Volk also lived with the Ulrich family
for 20 years.
1929-1935
Unger, Walter
(Germany )
cello (also Royal Opera House, Dresden Germany cello)
flute, piccolo (also Women's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago,
Chicago Lyric Opera, Chicago Ballet)
Studied at the Juilliard School, graduating in 1930 153.
1943-1946
Vaillant, Jules
oboe, English horn
Musician in Boston, Massachusetts in 1914.
1908-1909
Valck, Ferdinand
(Belgium 1843- )
flute
1891-1892
Van der Voort, Anthony
violin
1908-1914
Van Norman, Clarendon Ess Jr.
(Illinois about 1932- )
Clarendon Van Norman, right with Harry Pratt, Illinois State
Historian studying Lincoln documents.
Principal horn (also Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Co-Principal horn
prior to the Chicago Symphony,
also a founder of the Clarion Wind Quintet:
Philip Dunigan flute, Stephen Adelstein oboe,
Robert Listokin clarinet, Mark Popkin bassoon and Clarendon Van Norman
horn 107
Studied Columbia University, earning his D.Ed. in 1965 after the
Chicago Symphony. In New York City, Clarendon Van Norman taught at the
Manhattan School of Music. He has been also a collector of materials
about Abraham Lincoln, which in 2010 he donated to the Library of
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1963-1965
Van Vactor, David
(Indiana 1906-1994)
Vn Vactor composing in the 1950s
flute, piccolo (as well as a leading composer of his generation, Van Vactor pursued conducting,
including the Chicago Civic Orchestra, the training orchestra 1933–1934, and Kansas City Philharmonic
Assistant conductor and Principal flute 1943-1947. also Knoxville Symphony conductor 1947-1972)
Studied at Northwestern University BMus 1928 and MMus in 1935. He also studied in Europe at the
Wiener Akademie - Austria 1929 and L'Ecole Normale - Paris 1931. Composed widely, including 7 symphonies
and 9 concerti, performed by the leading US orchestras. Often performed is his Overture to a
Comedy no 2 of 1941, while he was still playing in the Chicago Symphony.
bass trombone (also Baltimore Symphony 1971-1980, San Francisco Symphony
1980-1981, Philadelphia Orchestra 1981-1986, Brevard Music Center at Brevard
College 1967-1981)
Studied at Brevard College - North Carolina and Georgia State University.
In April, 1991, Charlie gave the premiere of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939- )
Concerto for Bass Trombone commissioned by the CSO. Also in September
2006, gave the premiere of Chick’a’Bone Checkout by composer and
trombone virtuoso Christian Lindberg (1958- ). see Charlie's interesting website
www.charlievernon.com
1986-present
Verschoor, William J., Jr.
(Illinois 1912-1988)
Assistant Principal horn
Vershoor was Assistant Principal horn under
Helen Kotas during part of
his tenure, when the horn lineup was Helen Kotas, William Verschoor,
Clyde Wedgwood, Harry Jacobs Joseph Mourek.
1937-1948
Vesely, Bohumir
(Illinois 1881-1964)
percussion 1918-1932, Principal percussion 1932-1946 well-known for his
xylophone playing.
(also a theater musician in the 1910s, and a musician at the La Salle Hotel,
Chicago prior to the Chicago Symphony)
1918-1946
Vieland, Joseph (born Josef Welland)
(then Russia, now Ukraine 1895-1972)
painting by Anna E. Meltzer (1896-1975)
viola (also the Gordon String Quartet in 1930:
Jacques Gordon first, Edwin Edeler of the
Cincinnati Symphony second,
Joseph Vieland
viola and Nahoum Benditsky (later spelled Naoum
Benditzky) cello;
New York Philharmonic viola 1931-1960)
Studied at the Prague Conservatory 1880-1882 with Anton Bennewitz (1833-1926)
who also taught Karl Halir and Josef Suk, and Josef Foerster (1859-1951), later
famous for his composing. Vilim made his debut in Prague in 1882.152
Joseph Vilim taught at the Chicago Musical College
and later created the Vilim Violin School in Chicago in about 1899-1916.
Relocated to Los Angeles in about 1918, then to San Diego, where he
died in about 1936.
1893-1895
Virizlay, Mihaly
(Hungary 1931-2008)
Principal cello. It is said that Fritz Reiner used Mihaly Virizlay
as a filler in 1958-1959 season awaiting the availability of
Frank Miller as Principal cello in 1959-1960
(also Pittsburgh Symphony Associate Principal
cello 1960-1962, Baltimore Symphony Principal cello 1962- 2004,
also toured with his pianist wife Agi Rado in a cello-piano duo)
Studied at the Franz Liszt Academy - Budapest Artist's Diploma
in 1955. Mihaly Virizlay was also a composer and he
premiered his Cello Concerto with David Zinman and the
Baltimore Symphony 1987.
Principal harp (also San Francisco Symphony harp 1912-1913, Cincinnati Symphony harp 1919-1920)
Studied first with his Italian-born band musician father Joseph Vito (1856-1936).
1927-1957
Voellmar, Christian
(Germany 1868- )
viola
Emigrated from Württemberg, Germany to the US in 1884.
1895-1898
Volk, Ferdinand
(Illinois 1857-1953)
viola
1891-1917
Vosburgh, George L.
(New York 1957- )
trumpet (also while at the Eastman School the Rochester Philharmonic and
the Eastman Wind Ensemble. also
Chicago Pro Musica, also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal
trumpet 1993-present. a founder of the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass in 1994)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music. In Pittsburgh, teaches at
Duquesne University and Carnegie Mellon University.
1979-1993
Vrhel, James J.
(1920-1987)
double bass 1944-1952, 1961-1983, Principal double bass 1952-1961)
percussion, violin (also played in the Chicago-based Great Western Light Guard Band
at least from 1867 to the Chicago fire of 1871 as did fellow CSO musician
Herman Braun Sr. This band was of members of the
Light Guard militia unit. in the tradition of the German Verein170. Concert bands such as this were operated as cooperatives)
Emigrated to the US as a youth with his family in 1854.
As a Band member, Wagner played at the funeral service for Abraham Lincoln
following the assassination as Lincoln's funeral train passed through
Chicago 144. Ernest Wagner was a pall-bearer at the
Theodore Thomas funeral 1905 62.
flute (also John Philip Sousa band 1915-1917.
also New York Philharmonic piccolo for
more than 40 seasons 64, including in the
1930s and 1940s when the flute section of the New York Philharmonic was
John Amans, Meredith Willson, John Fabrizio, and Ernest F. Wagner.)
Studied first with his father, Ernest Frank Wagner Sr. and then at the
Chicago Musical College 173.
1894-1898
Wagner, Franz E. (or Frank)
(then Saxony, now Germany 1849- )
cello (also after the Chicago Symphony, founded the van Oordt-Wagner Concert
Company
with Jan van Oordt, violin 171, which toured the midwest in about 1900.
Wagner also played in the later version of the Listemann String Quartette:
Bernard Listemann first, Harold Knapp second, Hugo Frey viola,
Franz Wagner cello in about 1898-1900 172)
Studied with his musician father Franz E. Wagner, Sr (1822-1900)
1892-1895
Wagner, Jennie A.
(1949- )
violin (also Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players, Montagnana Trio and
Montagnana Consort, also has played in baroque chamber music, and as a
Chicago recording sessions musician. also the Strawberry Banke String Trio:
Jennie Wagner violin, Ronald Carbone viola, Frank Dodge cello 154)
Studied at the Yale Graduate School of Music. Also active in music festivals,
including the Strawbery Banke Chamber Music Festival - New Hampshire. Daughter of
musician and jazz expert Bill Frederick Wagner (1916-2008). She also recorded a
fine CD of music by Robert Lombardo (1932- ): Music for Mandolin (see right)
horn (also Chicago Theater orchestra, also Portland Symphony horn - Oregon)
1927-1929
Walker, (Karl) Reed
(Utah 1923-2010)
double bass, tuba (also Utah Symphony double bass while still a senior in
high school. National Symphony of Washington DC double bass. After the
Chicago Symphony, joined the Spokane Symphony - Washington
1970-1976. also conducted the Youth Symphony of Spokane)
Studied at Salt Lake City West High School and the University of Utah
BS. In the 1960s, Walker taught music at the Granite School District of
Salt Lake City, Utah. His last years were in developing land
in rural Idaho.
1958-1959
Wallenstein, Alfred
(Illinois 1898-1983)
Alfred Wallenstein in 1920 on his way to Leipzig to study with
Julius Klengel
Principal cello (also San Francisco Symphony 1916-1917,
summer of 1918, Wallenstein toured South America with
the Pavlowa Ballet Company, Los Angeles Philharmonic
1919-1920 leaving for Leipzig, Chicago Symphony Principal 1922-1929,
New York Philharmonic Principal cello under Arturo Toscanini
1929-1933, conductor of his Sinfonietta on radio station WOR in
New York City beginning 1933 and later his his Symphony of Strings,
Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director 1943-1956.
Studied under Julius Klengel (1859-1933) at the Leipzig
Conservatory. The photo at left is his passport
photo from that voyage.
1922-1929
Walt, Sherman Abbott
(Minnesota 1923-1989)
detail of photo Boston Symphony Archives
bassoon 1946-1949, Principal bassoon 1949-1951
When Sherman Walt was a teen-ager, Minneapolis Symphony conductor
Dmitri Mitropoulos told Walt's parents "This boy has to play the
bassoon." Walt was admitted to the Curtis Institute, and Mitropoulos
sent Walt a monthly allowance. Walt graduated from Curtis in the Class of 1946
after service in World War 2, including a Bronze Star for valor. Taught
at Boston University and the New England Conservatory.
1946-1951
Sadly, Sherman Walt died just months after
retiring from the Boston Symphony, hit by an automobile in suburban
Boston on October 26,1989.
viola (also Saint Louis Symphony acting Associate Principal viola 2009-2012,
also Phoenix Symphony Principal viola. as a student played in the Chicago Civic
Orchestra - the CSO trainign orchestra)
Studied at Roosevelt University - BMus.
Active in summer festivals, including the Schleswig-Holstein Festival - Germany,
and the Perlman Music Program in her native Shanghai, China.
July 2012-pressent
Weber, George
(Illinois 1918-1977)
clarinet and Principal bass clarinet. succeeded by Bruce Yeh. (also as a student
the Civic Orchestra of Chicago training orchestra. also the US Naval Station
Great Lakes Band during World War 2)
Studied with Robert Lindemann. Played a Wurlitzer bass clarinet during most of his
career.
1946-1977
George Weber died during the 1976-1977 season on February 17, 1977.
Wedgwood, Clyde Ernest
(Nebraska 1913-1969)
Second horn (also as a student
the Civic Orchestra of Chicago training orchestra)
Taught at the Cosmopolitan School of Music and the Sherwood School of Music -
Chicago. Clyde Wedgwood was murdered in Chicago on December 24, 1969 when
his apartment was burgled by a young couple on drugs 162.
1943-1969
Weicher, John
(Illinois 1904-1969)
detail of photo Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d.
Chicago Symphony Assistant Concertmaster 1929-July 1937,
Concertmaster July 1937-1959 and 1962-1963, Principal Second
violin 1959-1962 and 1963-1969. also Chicago Symphony
Personnel Manager 1961-1968 (also the Chicago Civic Orchestra, youth
training orchestra in 1919, its first season of activity.
Cleveland Orchestra violin 1921-1923, Seattle Symphony Concertmaster
1923-1925 133)
Studied first with his Bohemian-born orchestral violinist father
John Weicher Sr. Then traveled to Prague with his father to study
at the Conservatory 1912-1916. With World War 1 expanding in Europe,
returned to Chicago to study with Herbert Butler (1883- ), a
student of Joachim.
1929-1969
Following the 1968-1969 season, which was destined to
be his last, John Weicher died in Chicago on July 25, 1969,
at age 65.
Weidig, Adolf H. A.
(Germany 1867-1931)
Adolf Weidig playing viola with the Spierling Quartet
horn (while teaching at Lebanon Valley College - Pennsylvania
active in a woodwind quintet)
Studied at Union City High School, Indiana and then at the
Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, Indianapolis, Indiana 1943.
Moved to Reading, Pennsylvania and taught at Lebanon Valley College
where Nolan Miller, future Principal horn of the Philadelphia
Orchestra was her student.
1951-1954
Weiner, Max
violin
1945-1946
Weisbach, Harry
(then Russia, now Ukraine 1886-1946)
detail of photo Chicago Symphony Orchestra archives
Concertmaster 1912-1921, violin 1909-1910 and 1942-1946.
After three seasons of constant change in the Concertmaster
position of the Chicago Symphony with Leopold Kramer, succeeded by
Ludwig Becker succeeded by Hans Letz, in the 1912-1913 season, Frederick
Stock appointed Harry Weisbach as Concertmaster, where he remained for
nine seasons.
Emigrating to New York City in 1891, he studied first with
Arnold Volpe (1869-1940) and at age 13, joined the Volpe Orchestra
of New York. In the summer of 1906, Harry Weisbach went to Brussels
to study with Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931), and to Berlin to study with
Karl Halir (1859-1909) at the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik,
graduating in 1908 45.
After 21 seasons, returned to the CSO first violins in 1942-1943 when
many CSO musicians departed for military service.
1909-1910, 1912-1921, 1942-1946
Did not complete the 1945-1946 Chicago season; died February 23, 1946
after a prolonged illness
Weiss, Adolph (sometime incorrectly Adolf)
(Maryland 1891-1971)
Principal bassoon (also at age 16 Russian Symphony Orchestra of New York
Principal bassoon under Modest Altschuler, New York Philharmonic bassoon in 1909,
New York Symphony bassoon in the 1910s. Also the Chicago Symphony bassoon under
Frederick Stock 1913-1916. then with the creation of the Rochester Philharmonic
in 1921 Principal bassoon under Eugene Goossens and Albert Coates.
he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Principal bassoon from the
early 1950s until he retired in 1963)
Studied with his German-born father George Edward Weiss, was also
a professional bassoonist. In 1925-1927, pursing his desire to compose, he
studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg at the
Akademie der Kunste in Berlin.
1913-1916
Weiss, Sidney
(Illinois 1928- )
Concertmaster (also Cleveland Orchestra first violin 1956-1966,
Chicago Symphony Concertmaster 1967-1975,
Sidney Weiss and his pianist wife Jeanne Weiss toured as a
piano duo in 1970s and 1980s, l'Orchestre National de 1'Opera
de Monte Carlo Concertmaster about 1977-1979,
Los Angeles Philharmonic Co-Concertmaster 1979-1994)
Studied at the Chicago Musical College and later at
DePaul University - Chicago. Sidney Weiss was something
of a violin craftsman, and it is said that he played
a violin of his own construction.
Wemheuer, Oscar (also called himself "Ernst A. Wemheuer")
(Germany 1871- )
double bass (also performed in the Works Progress Administration WPA orchestra
in Chicago in the late 1930s)
Emigrated to the US in 1911.
1912-1932
Wendel, Ernst
(Germany 1876- )
Concertmaster - The breach between Theodore Thomas and
Concertmaster Max Bendix
reached the point where Theodore Thomas recruited Ernst Wendel from Germany.
Ernst Wendel came to Chicago in October, 1896, age only 21 to join the Orchestra.
Ernst Wendel returned to Germany, teaching, including the violinist Georg Kulenkampff
(1898-1948), Ernst Wendel was later most noted as being conductor of the
Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1909-1935 where he was a Bruckner specialist.
1896-1897
Wenning, Max F.
(Germany 1866 - )
violin - although Max Wenning also played the bassoon and the contrabassoon
(also Philadelphia Orchestra violin and bassoon 1901-1903. also
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra violin, bassoon and contrabassoon in the 1900s
and 1910s, at least until 1917)
Emigrated to the US from Germany in 1894. May have returned to Germany in
1917.
1894-1895
Wessling, John Mott
(Illinois 1889-1933)
viola, violin (also a theater orchestra musician at the
Haymarket Theater - Chicago in the 1910s into 1920s and a hotel
orchestra leader in the 1930s)
Died March 7, 1933 in suburban Chicago age only 43.
1922-1929
Wexler, Max
(New Jersey 1928-1997)
violin (also Saint Louis Symphony violin 1948-1951, also
Lyric Opera of Chicago Concertmaster for two seasons in 1950s,
Phoenix Symphony - Arizona Concertmaster
1974-at least 1990, with his wife Nina as double bass player
well-known for wearing sun glasses while performing)
percussion (also WGN Radio staff orchestra - Chicago about
1948-1950, Grant Park Symphony percussion - Chicago, Lyric Opera Orchestra
- Chicago, briefly percussion with the Chicago Symphony in 1957.
Studied at the New England Conservatory of Music.
During World War 2, Larry White conducted the Army Special Service Orchestra
in the Pacific. The music scholar Dr. Edmund Bowles adds: "...[he was] a renown player
on the vibraphone; he made a 78rpm record for RCA Victor. From 1946 on played timpani in the
Chicago Lyric Opera and then retired to Florida, where he performed in
the local symphony orchestra."
1957-1957
Wicks, Eric
(New York 1934?- )
violin (also Radio City Music Hall violin in the 1950s. also United States Military
Academy Band, West Point. then Baltimore Symphony Assistant Concertmaster in the
19+60s. also Santa Fe Opera Orchestra in summers)
Studied at the New York High School for Music and Art and then at
the Manhattan School of Music.
Awarded the Theodore Thomas Medallion for Distinguished Service by
the Chicago Symphony.
1968-2006
Wieder, Carl
(Germany 1868- )
horn
Came to Chicago from Karlsruhe, Germany in 1895 to join the Chicago Orchestra,
probably at the invitation of Theodore Thomas. Seems to have returned to Germany.
1895-1904
Wiegner, (Julius) Albin
(Germany 1860-before 1950)
Principal double bass (also Metropolitan Opera Orchestra double bass from about 1900 into the
1920s)
Emigrated from the Leipzig are to the US in 1883. A friend of Adolf Weidig, who joined the
Chicago Orchestra one season after Wiegner.
flute (also Beethoven Orchestral Club: Paul Listemann first violin, Oscar Krug
second violin, Walter Voiglander viola, Franz Listemann cello, Herman Wiesenbach flute,
Frank Edmunds double bass 160)
Principal viola - little information of this first Principal viola
of the Chicago Orchestra has so far come to light
1891-1892
Wiley, Ernest
(Iowa 1895- )
violin
Studied at the Brazelton Conservatory of Music - Iowa 1909-1914.
1918-1925
Williams, Day
(Ohio 1874- )
cello (also the University String Quartet: Harold E. Knapp first,
George Dasch second,
Alfred G. Wathall viola,
Day Williams
cello in 1900s and 1910s when Day Williams
was teaching at Northwestern University. Also a Chicago theater musician
in the 1930s and 1940s)
Studied with Chicago cellists Bruno Steindel and theory with Adolf Weidig.
Taught cello at Northwestern University in 1906.
Also active in touring the summer circuits of the 1890s including Chautauqua
Circuit and the Redpath Lyceum Circuit in the Wunderle Trio consisting
of
Margaretha Wunderle harp with then husband
Carl Wunderle violin and
Day Williams cello.
1918-1919
click on the image above to see the Wunderle Trio of 1898
fourth horn December, 1978-1984, Associate Principal horn 1984-1998
(also Chicago Lyric Opera, Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra
Principal horn - Wyoming)
Studied at Ithaca College - New York
December 1978-1998
Williams, William Carver
cello
1934-1935
Williamson, Stephen
(about 1958- )
Principal clarinet (also Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal
clarinet December 2003-2011, the Seiji Ozawa Saito Kinen
Festival Orchestra - Japan Principal clarinet)
Studied at the the Eastman School of Music BMus and Performer’s
Certificate and the Juilliard School MMus. A Fulbright Scholar,
he also studied at the Hochschule der Künste- Berlin. Among the fine recordings
of Stephen Williamson is the Paul Moravec (1957- ) Chamber Symphony which was
recorded in New York City in 2007 (see right)
Principal percussion 1900-1930 including snare drum with
William F. Ludwig bass drum and Joseph Zettlemen timpani.
Also Principal timpani 1930-1932
(also Great Western Band in 1890s Sandusky Opera House Band -
Ohio 1891, Cleveland Theater orchestra in 1890s)
Also developed the manufacture of Max Wintrich Drums.
1900-1932
Woelfel (Wölfel), Peter
(Germany 1880-at least 1923)
violin
Studied in Munich, Germany, emigrated to Chicago with his
musician wife and son in 1907.
second clarinet (also US Army Band during World War 2)
Studied at Lane Technical High School (as did
Philip Blum and
Sam Sciacchitano.
Wollwage then attended Central YMCA College - Chicago.
Taught for many years at Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University.
Boston Symphony Orchestra photo, Michael J. Lutch, n.d.
Fourth / Utility Trumpet (also Kennedy Center Opera 1997-2000,
Boston Symphony Fourth trumpet July 2002-January 2010,
acting Assistant Principal trumpet 2006-2009, Second trumpet
January 2010-present.)
From a musicial family, Wright studied first with his trumpet-playing
uncle, and was a student at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan.
Then studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus 1997.
January 2000-2002
Wright, Kimberly - married to
Mark Lawrence
, former Principal trombone of the SFS
(Arkansas 1962- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony archives, n.d.
Assistant Principal / Utility horn (San Francisco Symphony Acting Utility
horn two seasons 1993-1995 prior to Chicago. went back to the San Francisco
Symphony as Assistant Principal Horn / Utility horn 1998-1999 and 2000-2008,
and then SFS Assistant Principal Horn / Utility horn 2008-present.
also New Mexico Symphony Third horn 1988-1989, Principal horn 1988-1995,
Arkansas Symphony Third horn 1983-1985,
also member of The Bay Brass - San Francisco,
in summers Santa Fe Opera Orchestra Assistant Principal horn,
Santa Fe Symphony fourth Horn)
Studied at Ouachita Baptist University - Arkansas 1981-1985 BMus Ed,
University of North Texas - Texas MMus Perf 1987, Northwestern University
- Illinois Certificate of Performance 1988. Taught at the Music Academy of
the West - California summer of 1996, and at the Summit Brass Conference summers
of 1991, 1992 and 1996.
1995-1999
Wright, Thomas (Washington, D.C. 1950- )
viola, and mandolin when necessary
(also Principal viola of the Kennedy Center Opera 1980-1981)
1981-present
Wunderle, Carl Valentin
(Germany 1866-1944)
viola and percussion 1893-1904, violin 1907-1909 (also
Kurhaus Orchestra Concertmaster - Bad Kissingen 1889,
Meininger Court Orchestra - Germany 1890,
Kurhaus Orchestra Concertmaster - Riga, Latvia in the summer
of 1891, In 1892 he was with the Exposition Orchestra - Vienna 1892,
Hans von Bülow Orchestra - Hamburg 1892-1893,
Pittsburgh Symphony 1904-1907, Cincinnati Symphony 1910-1941)
Acting Principal clarinet, solo bass clarinet 1977-1979, Assistant Principal
clarinet 1979-present. (also Director of Chicago Pro Musica chamber ensemble, founding member
Birds and Phoenix, bridging East/West music)
Juilliard School BMus 1980. Performed 1998 American premiere of Elliott Carter
Clarinet Concerto with Pierre Boulez/CSO.
1977-present
Yancich, Milan Michael
(Indiana 1921-2007)
brother of
Charles Yancich, horn of the Boston Symphony
horn (also Columbus Philharmonic Principal horn 1946-1948,
Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Principal horn 1951-1952,
Rochester Civic Orchestra 1954-1956 Third horn
Rochester Philharmonic 1956-1960, 1963-about 1969)
Studied at the University of Michigan. Taught at the
Eastman School of Music in 1950s and 1960s.
1948-1951
Yeh, Cynthia
(Taiwan about 1982- )
Principal percussion (also San Diego Symphony Principal percussion 2004-2007)
Studied at University of British Columbia BMus and Temple University MMus
2004.
June 2007-present
Yeschke, Theodore
Principal flute
1926-1928
York, William C.
viola
1947-1986
Yu, Yuan-Qing (China 1970- )
Assistant Concertmaster 1996-present, violin 1995-1996 (also founding member of
the Sebastian Quartet)
In 2002, Yu gave the Chicago premiere of Pierre Boulez Anthèmes 2 for
solo violin and electronics
viola (also Kansas City Philharmonic Assistant principal viola, Illinois Symphony
Orchestra violin, Chicago Civic Opera Orchestra viola. also Chicago Arts Quartet:
Philip Scharf first,
Adrian Da Prato second,
Isadore Zverow viola,
David Greenbaum cello)
Studied first the violin before taking up the viola in his Chicago neighborhood Tuley High School
orchestra. also studied at Roosevelt University - Chicago. Gave the premiere of the Sonata
for Solo Viola by George Perle (1915-2009). A peace activist, he organized the
Symphony for Survival concerts in Chicago that raised money for nuclear disarmament.
If you have any comments or questions about this Leopold Stokowski site,
please e-mail me (Larry Huffman) at e-mail address:
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53 page 6. Bruno Steindel Noted Cellist.
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54 page 58. Brilliant Music Festival.
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55 page 301. Shanet, Howard.
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65 page 35. Seeburg Motion Picture Player
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66 page 45. Frederiksen, Brian
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67 Storch, Laila. Marcel Tabuteau: How Do
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68 page 4. Concert Guest Artists
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69 page 10. Samuel Thaviu Wins National
Violin Contest.
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70John Philip Sousa Band Roster.
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71 page 1. Cincinnati Musician From
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72 Costa, Robyn Dixon A Biography
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74 pages 43-47. Cowan, Tom .
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75 Janega, James. Ex-CSO
Musician Helen Kotas Hirsch, 84.
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76 page 5.
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87 pages 97-127. Heiles, Anne Mischakoff.
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88 page 167. Lebrecht, Norman.
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89Critics: Exit of the Executioner.
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91 pages 76-79. The Met's First
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92 Kozinn, Allan. Rafael Kubelik
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93Violinist Holds Interest, Shows Fine Technique.
Ogden Standard-Examiner. Ogden, Utah. February 20, 1936.
94 Delacoma, Wynne. John Williams' CSO
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Chicago Sun-Times. Chicago, Illinois. December 1, 2003.
95 Tarr, Edward H. (Stewart Carter,
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96 Kozinn, Allan. Sir Georg Solti, 84,
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97 Block, Adrienne Fried
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98 Otis, Philo Adams. The Chicago Symphony
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99 page 3. The Coming Musical
Event - Chicago Orchestra.
Logansport Journal. Logansport, Indiana. April 15, 1893.
100 page 9. Death: Oscar Chausow.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. September 18, 1992.
101 page 4. Clark Brody Jr. to
Teach Music. Ludington Daily News.
Ludington, Michigan. June 23, 1934.
102 page 15. Noted Cellist Dies.
Albuquerque Journal.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. February 3, 1952.
103 page 21. Chicago Symphony Boasts
4 Women. Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. May 3, 1965.
104 Schmidt, Paul William.
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105 page 8.
Hungarian-Born Couple to be Presented at ISC.
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106 Rasmussen, Frederick N.
Mihaly 'Misi' Virizlay.
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107 page 17.
First State Supported Arts School.
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108Chicago Orchestra's Loss.
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109 Caro, Mark.
Musicians swap notes.
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110 Dooley, Louise.
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119 page 500. Music.
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120 page 10. Artist's Recital.
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121 page 18. Johnson, Mimi Interview: Charles
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125Norbert Mueller. Chicago Tribune.
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126 page 10. Flutist Workshop,
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127 according to an email of Susan Del Monte, relative
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128 page 6. Bohemian Violinist Gets
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129 Crown, Tom. Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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130 page 52. Philadelphia - Changes in the
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131 page 1. Chicago Symphony Official Dies
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Laredo, Texas. September 27, 1936.
132 pages 293-313 Appendix. Sherman, John K.
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133 pages 96-121.
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137 page 17. Krehbiel, Henry Edward.
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138 page 6. Frank Kryl and His Band
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139 page 22. Faculty of Ithaca
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148 page 7. Claremont Quartet to Be Heard at Delhi
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149 page 2. Orchestra Principals All American Trained
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May 19, 1964.
150 page 2. Marion Hall Soloist with Illinois Symphony
Sunday. Greeley Daily Tribune. Greeley, Colorado.
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151 page 5. From the Advocate's World's Fair
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158 page 39. Windham Harpist Strums Her Way
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159 Page 2. Orchestra School Faculty
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160 Page 13. Womens Club League Entertainment
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161 Page 9. Artists Save Instruments in Fire on
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162 Page 2. Native of Lincoln Murdered
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163 page 290. Otis, Philo Adams.
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Clayton F. Summy Company. Chicago, Illinois. 1924.
164Harpists In Demand.
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166 pages 80-246. Gloucester Choral
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168 page 2. May Reinstate Musicians.
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171 page 8. Grand Concert.
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172 page 4. Listemann String Quartette.
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173 page 4. The Roney Concert.
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174 charcoal sketches by Bettina Steinke.
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Broadcasting Company New York, New York. 1938.
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