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Abloescher (or Ablöscher), Johannes Alfred Franz

(Austria 1871-1940)

detail of 1891 Boston Musical Herald photo: Boston Symphony Archives

It seems that Johannes Abloescher's life following the Boston Symphony was somewhat troubled. The Boston Globe of May 7, 1901 under the headline "He Ran Off With The Baby and She Followed Him Up" stated that following their divorce, Abloescher returned to Vienna, and that the "Divorced wife of Johannes Abloescher traveled from Boston to Austria to abduct her own child..." ¹⁷⁹.  Mrs. Abloescher was a student of Johannes Abloescher at the New England Conservatory when they married. (Only the best gossip featured here...)

(Poland 1862-1930)

brother of Timothée Adamowski

Studied at the Warsaw Conservatory 1873-1877 and later at the Moscow Conservatory.

(Poland 1857-1943) brother of Joseph Adamowski

Studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and the Paris Conservatoire, Prix in about the 1877 Concour.

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Agnesy, Karl

(Austria 1876-1940)

(also Detroit Symphony 1920-1921, then went to teach at the Eastman School of Music beginning 1921 or 1922. By 1930, Karl Agnesy was playing double bass in a New York City radio orchestra. Such orchestras offered the advantage of year-around employment, not the case in any US symphony orchestra at that time.)

(England 1858-1928) brother of Evans Akeroyd and Vincent Akeroyd

(also member of the the "Beethoven Quartette" in 1873 composed of pioneering Boston musicians Charles Allen, first, Julius Akeroyd, second, Henry Heindl, viola, Wolf Fries, cello ⁶³, also in 1904 Boston Festival Orchestra organized by Emil Mollenhauer)

(England 1849-before 1930) brother of Julius Akeroyd and Vincent Akeroyd

(Washington 1994- )

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 2015. Also active in music festivals, including the Verbier Festival (Switzerland), the Tanglewood Music Center, and the Steans Music Institute at Ravinia (Illinois).

(France 1898-1977)

detail of photo: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied at the Douai Conservatory, followed by the Paris Conservatoire Premier prix in the 1922 Concour. According to his nephew bassoonist Maurice Allard (1923-2004), he was recruited on the spot for the Boston Symphony: "...My uncle told me the day of his public concour for first prize at the Conservatoire in Paris, the manager of the Boston Symphony, present in the hall, proposed engagement with the BSO and signed him up right there..." ⁵⁸ 

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

(Italy 1889-returned to Switzerland)

Busoni wrote his 1918 Concertino for Clarinet for Allegra. Also, Igor Stravinsky who lived summers in Morges, Switzerland wrote his Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo (1918) for Allegra, who gave the premier in Lausanne November 8, 1919. Allegra had also played the important clarinet part in the premier of Stravinsky's l'Histoire du soldat in 1918.

(England 1837-after 1900)

(also founded the "Beethoven Quartette" in 1873 composed of pioneering Boston musicians Charles Allen, first, Julius Akeroyd, second, Henry Heindl, viola, Wolf Fries, cello ⁶³. Also formed the Beethoven Club chamber music group 1880s, Mendelssohn Quintette Club ⁴⁹, Played in the Worcester Festival - Massachusetts 1878)

(Belgium 1884-1975)

Studied at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique - Brussels Premier prix in solfège, Deuxième prix in trombone in the 1905 Concour ⁶⁶, conservatoire de Verviers - Belgium Premier prix 1906.

Amerena, (Albert) Pasquale

(England 1890-1937)

Born in England of Italian parents and came to Boston age 1

Amerena succeeded Charles De Mailly as second flute in 1920-1920. Although this occurred at the same time as the disruption of the 1920 Boston Symphony musician's strike, this change was not part of the 33 musicians replaced. Charles De Mailly had dropped dead at the end of the 1919-1920 season, age only 27. Surprisingly, Pasquale Amerena also died during a BSO season April 25, 1937, age only 47.

(Ohio- )

Anderson studied first with his father, Wayne Anderson, bass of the Cincinnati Symphony. Carl Anderson gained his BMus at DePaul University, and a MMus at the Rice University Shepherd School of Music. As a student, Anderson also studied at the Music Academy of the West (California) in 2014 and 2015, and was a fellow at the Tanglewood Institute in the summer of 2018

he succeed BSO bass Jim Orleans

(Virginia 1973- )

Studied at the New England Conservatory class of 1994. In 2005, Andrews went to St. Louis Symphony as Principal clarinet.

took the BSO second clarinet chair subsequent to William Hudgins moving to Principal clarinet in the 1994-1995 season.

(Washington 1954- )

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1975. active in many music Festivals over the years. Advocate of chamber music: after more than 30 seasons of performing, the Muir String Quartet still is touring actively.

Studied at the After studying violin at the Madrid Conservatory, and in Brussels with Henri Vieuxtemps. Also and later in Berlin at the Royal Academy of Music under Joseph Joachim.

(Massachusetts 1901-1949)

detail of photo: Boston Symphony Archives

He is said to have used the Cundy-Bettoney Silva-Bet metal clarinet, although Koussevitzky did not like metal clarinets.

died during 1948-1949 season

(France 1894-1983)

detail of photo: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, prix in the Concour of about 1919, delayed by World War 1 and a finger injury which caused him to switch from violin to viola. Pierre Monteux was a member of the Concour jury, and hired Artières for the Boston Symphony.

(Poland 1948- )

Cecylia Arzewski with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conductor Robert Spano accompanying

Her father, Stanislaw Arzewski, was pianist for the Krakow Philharmonic.

Arzewski in 1974. photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

(Russia 1872-1950) father-in-law of

Paul Fedrovsky

from Boston symphony Orchestra charcoal drawings by Gerome Brush: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied at the Imperial Conservatory, Moscow starting in about 1888, where he was friend and student roommate of Alexander Scriabin, graduating in 1892. Named director of the Imperial Conservatory - Rostov in 1905. Following the Russian revolution in 1919, went to Athens, and then to Paris.

(Illinois 1948- )

wife of Harvey Seigel

photo: Michael Lutch

Studied at the Tanglewood Music Center summer 1972 winner of the Piatigorsky Prize, and at Radcliffe College cum laude, Boston University School graduate studies. Martha Babcock recorded Harvard composer James Yannatos (who just recently died 1929-2011) Sonata for Solo Cello on Albany Records (see right)

(sabbatical leave 1993-1994)

Bach began study of the trumpet in 1905 at the relatively late age of 15. Bach-made trumpets were a success from the beginning, but his trombones apparently were thought by some have slides which were too tight. Bach would say that wider slides would leak, and he predicted that the slide trombone would soon be extinct in orchestras, to be replaced by valve trombones or bass trumpets. Perhaps he later changed his mind.

left the Boston Symphony before the end of the 1914-1915 season when the orchestra was in California

 Edwin Eugene Bagley

Ezra Bagley died at an early age, reportedly from exhaustion, on a European tour he had organized for the summer of 1886. He died in Liverpool, England on July 8 1886, age only 33 ⁹¹. Ezra Bagley was brother of the march composer Edwin Eugene Bagley (1857-1922), composer of the National Emblem March. 

One of 21 Boston Symphony musicians in the violin, viola and cello sections to leave the orchestra following the disastrous 1920 musicians strike. After leaving the Boston Symphony, Adolf Bak taught at the Vienna Conservatory for 20 years, with Felix Galimir (1910-1999) being among his students.

(left following 1920 musicians strike)

(Arizona 1908-1980)

Alvin Ball is something of a mystery musician. In newspaper accounts, he is listed as "former Boston Symphony musician"; Symphony records list him as trumpet from 1937, with his correct birth location (Miami, Arizona) without an exit date. Mr. Ball was not in the musician list of any contemporary BSO program.

(Germany 1875-1951)

violin (also Boston Symphony violin 1913-1918, after leaving the BSO, a theater musician in Boston, San Francisco Symphony violin 1925-1928, and was a Los Angeles theater musician in early 1920s prior to San Francisco and again into 1930s after San Francisco)

Emigrated to New York City from Berlin in September 1913, and became a US citizen in 1922.

(Bohemia, now Czech 1842- ) brother of Jacob Bareither Chicago Symphony oboe

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1996, further study at the Juilliard School 1997.

Studied at Tanglewood Music Center summer 1975, and 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.

grew up in Detroit - twin brother of Darrel Barnes Philadelphia Orchestra viola 1965-1971, and uncle of Derek Barnes , Philadelphia Orchestra cello 1995-present.

Studied with his musician parents, both orchestral musicians. Robert Barnes mother played horn with the Detroit Symphony in 1940s. Robert Barnes also studied at Wayne State University as did his brother Darrel.

(Romania 1893-1973)

Barozzi was one of 17 violinists hired for the Boston Symphony 1920-1921 season, following the 1920 BSO musicians strike. After leaving the BSO, Barozzi pursued a solo violin career, playing in Carnegie Hall in 1924, and with the Reading Symphony - Pennsylvania in 1926 and 1927. New York reviews were mildly favorable: "...as an artist, be still avoids summits of musical thought, preferring the sunlit foothills..." said the New York Times ⁷¹.

Socrate Barozzi left the Boston Symphony in March, 1923.

Kelly Barr with her home-town teacher Susan Starrett

Studied at the University of Minnesota BA and the New England Conservatory MMUs.

(Pennsylvania 1946- )

visit Ron Barron's interesting website:
http://web.me.com/ronbarron/Ron_Barron/Home.html

including description of his CD recordings with Boston Brass Series demonstrating a wide and interesting repertoire

Studied at the Leipzig Conservatory.

(Germany 1849- )

Studied at the New England Conservatory.

(Illinois 1977- ) wife of Timothy Genis

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 2000. Active in summer music festivals, including the Marlboro Music Festival - Vermont, Banff Centre for the Arts - Alberta, and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival - Connecticut. She currently teaches at the Boston Conservatory and Boston University. In 2009, Cathy Basrak gave the premier of John Williams Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (2009) with the composer and Ann Hobson-Pilot.

(Massachusetts 1880-1947)

Augustus Battles in 1912

Studied with André Maquarre about 1897-1902.

(some BSO records claim Battles was in Boston in 1908, but not listed in the BSO 1908-1909 roster - he was in Philadelphia Orchestra that season)

(Massachusetts )

Studied at Tanglewood Music Center summer 2001 and 2002. Played the premiere in Carnegie Hall of Ayre by Osvaldo Golijov, the hot contemporary composer, with Dawn Upshaw, who commissioned the work. Golijov's music often includes a percussive base and memories of the tango.

(Germany about 1840-after 1911)

probably Carl Bayrhoffer - from a 1882 photo collage of the Boston Symphony

Studied in Leipzig, Germany in the 1870s.  Taught at the New York College of Music 1884-1885 ¹⁹⁷.

(Massachusetts 1897-1982)

detail of photo: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied at the New England Conservatory 1917-1921.

(Germany 1859-1908, died during the Chicago Symphony concert of April 3, 1908 ²³⁰)

Joseph Beckel in 1897

Emigrated to the USA from Vienna in 1883. He was also active in summer music festivals, including the 1885 Virginia State May Festival ²³¹.

(France 1883-1973)

Studied with his father, also a cellist and a teacher at the Lyon Conservatory which he entered in the 1890s. Gained admission to the Paris Conservatoire where he won cello Premier prix in the 1902 Concour ¹²⁸. While still in France, Bedetti first recorded for Pathé in 1908.

Contemporary accounts remark on Carl Behr's performances on the zither. His parents were from Bohemia, so zither performance may have come from his family instruction. In the 1930 census, Carl Behr has relocated to Ashville, North Carolina, where he is listed as Musicial Director - Orchestra at age 77.

(Italy 1888-after 1931)

Taught trombone at the Curtis Institute in 1930. According to trombonist Harold McKinney, Simone Belgiorno "only lasted 14 weeks with Stokowski...", so apparently did not finish the 1930-1931 season in which Stokowski fired a dozen other orchestra musicians.

(Croatia 1867-1939)

(Massachusetts 1909-1988) ¹⁸

After graduating from Brockton High School in 1928, Benson studied violin with Concertmaster Richard Burgin.

(Oregon 1930- )

Studied at the New School of Music - Philadelphia, the Curtis Institute Class of 1949, Yale School of Music.

(? Charles father of Théodore Beresina 1849- )

(France 1866-1941)

(1932- )

(Ukraine 1876-1936)

(France 1903-1979)

detail of photo: Boston Symphony Archives

(Germany 1852-before 1910)

Son of a German diplomat and scholar, Fedor Bernardi studied in Berlin. He emigrated to the USA in 1883 to join the Boston Symphony.

(Austria 1933- )

Emigrated to Palestine in 1939, studying until entering Tel Aviv Music Academy 1953-1955.  Moved to the USA in 1955, studying at the Juilliard School and then at Brandeis University (Boston area) earning Master of Fine Arts.  Studied at Boston University, Ph.D. in 1967.  Taught music at Pomona College 1967-1975. Then taught at the University of Colorado Professor of Music 1975-2000.  Bernstein was a founder of the Colorado Music Festival - Artistic Director for 24 years.

(England 1884-1933)

died during BSO season 31 March 1933

Born in Leicestershire, England, Fred Bettoney emigrated to the USA with his father in 1893 at age 9. He was son of bassoon maker Harry Bettoney 1867-1953, later active in instrument manufacturer Cundy-Bettoney Company. Harry Bettoney was partner with English-born musician and instrument maker William H. Cundy. Fred Bettoney attended the Rice Grammar School, Boston. Instructed in the bassoon by his older brother George Voss Bettoney (1880-1967), Fred became a musician at the Colonial Theater, Boston in about 1910. Also, he was active during several summers in the John Philip Sousa Band including in 1916 and with Arhur Pryor's band in 1919. Fred Bettoney died suddenly during the Boston Symphony 1932-1933 season on 31 March 1933. Brother George lived to age 87 in 1967, and father Harry outlived Fred by 20 years.

(Hawaii 1963- )

Studied at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor and the Curtis Institute Class of 1986.  Bonnie also likes traditional Irish fiddle music. As such, a founding member of Classical Tangent, a group combining classical and folk origin music.

(Poland 1919-1972)

Studied first with his orchestra violinist father Morris Bielski and as a violin prodigy at age 7 made his Carnegie Hall debut. Then studied the at the Curtis Institute, Class of 1940 in the same class as pianist Jorge Bolet.

(Germany 1875-likely returned to Germany)

(Lithuania 1896- )

(France 1879-1938)

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, Deuxième prix 1898, Premier prix 1900 ²¹⁶. Emigrated from Lyon, France in 1923 to join the Boston Symphony.

died during the 1937-1938 season on April 13, 1938

(Belgium 1867-at least 1914)

Emigrated to Boston in 1891. Then relocated to England in 1906 after the Boston Symphony, performing in London until at least 1914.  Transcribed and translated many French songs for various instrumental groups.

(Germany 1855-after 1925 )

Emigrated to the USA in 1881, probably to join the Boston Symphony in its initial season. Relocated to New York City in 1885.

(France )

(Germany 1884-1967)

Walter Blumenau in 1912

Studied at the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik, graduating in about 1904. Karl Muck knowing Blumenau from Berlin invited him to join the Boston Symphony in the 1912-1913 season.

(seems to have left following the 1920 musicians strike, probably directly to Detroit)

(then Russia, now Ukraine 1927-2009)

(Germany 1863-1936)

Emigrated to Boston in 1892 to join the Boston Symphony. Music teacher in Boston after the BSO.

(Germany 1885-1936)

from Boston symphony Orchestra charcoal drawings by Gerome Brush: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied in Berlin. Came to Boston in the 1928-1929 season to join the Boston Symphony, and taught at the New England Conservatory. Returned to Rangsdorf, Germany (near Berlin) at the end of the 1935-1936 season, where he died in December, 1936, age only 51 ¹⁴⁸.

resigned from BSO to return to Germany for an orchestra position

(Minnesota 1955- )

New England Conservatory class of 1977. Bolter is an active composer, including works for trombone and orchestra, and chamber works. Norman Bolter also teaches at the New England Conservatory and the Boston Conservatory and Longy School of Music.

(Russia 1944- )

Studied at the Darzinya Music School - Latvia.

(Massachusetts 1865-1948)

Successful with his 1911 Harry A. Bower System, a home instruction guide covering drums, bells, xylophone, timpani, and promoting his products.

(England 1849-before 1935)

(Missouri 1951- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

violin (also Colorado Philharmonic Concertmaster, Cleveland Orchestra 1977-1979, Boston Symphony 1979-present, Cambridge String Quartet)

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1973, University of Buffalo, Eastman School MMus 1977. Also active in music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival (Colorado) and the Grand Teton Music Festival (Wyoming).

(Massachusetts 1872-1947)

trumpet (also a Boston theater musician in the 1910s, also was a music trustee supporting the music programs of the Boston Public School system ¹⁴⁹)

Learned to play the cornet and trumpet at the Boston Church Home for Orphans and Destitute Children. He was a close friend of trombonist LeRoy Kenfield , five years older, who also learned his instrument at the Thompson Island School for Indigent Boys.

(Ohio 1924- )

detail of photo: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied at the New England Conservatory. He was a student at Tanglewood during the summer of 1947 and 1949. In the 1950s, Brewster was also active in the Berkshire Woodwind Ensemble: James Pappoutsakis flute, Louis Speyer oboe, Pasquale Cardillo clarinet, Harold Meek French horn, David Barnett piano, Theodore Brewster bassoon. In the 1960s until about 1971, Theodore Brewster was Principal bassoon with the Florida Symphony Orchestra, living in Orlando, Florida.

Theodore Brewster (l) with Charles Munch on Brewster's retiring from the Boston Symphony

(Maryland about 1988- )

Studied at the Juilliard School, and at Boston University MMus 2012, where he studied with Timothy Genis. Summer fellowship programs including the Tanglewood Music Center (3 times), Pacific Music Festival. Also National Orchestral Institute - Maryland, as did his friend and fellow newly-appointed Boston Symphony percussionist Matthew McKay. Dramatic solo debut March 2012 with the Dubuque Symphony (Iowa) performing James MacMillan (1959- ) percussion concerto Veni, Veni, Emmanuel.

(England 1866-1950)

In 1917, Arthur Brooke recorded two flute pieces for the Victor Talking Machine Company of which one The Whirlwind by Adolph Krantz was issued on Victor 10 inch / 25 cm disk Victor 18312 in a stylish performance. Retired to San Diego, California where he taught until his death in 1950.

(Connecticut 1956- )

Studied at the State University of New York - Purchase 1979 and at the Juilliard School MMus 1981.

(Massachusetts 1895-1987)

detail of photo: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied with Karl Scheurer, Alexander Ribarsch and Karl Rissland. Bryant was a well-known rose gardner.

42 seasons of music making.

(Poland 1892-1981)

Burgin in 1923

Studied first in Warsaw with Isidor Lotto (1840-circa 1900), then in 1903 with the great Joseph Joachim at the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik. 1908-1912, he studied with Leopold Auer at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, graduating in 1912 with the Siver prize in violin ⁶⁷. After retiring from the BSO, Bergin and wife Ruth Posselt Burgan (1914-2007) taught at Florida State University.

longest serving BSO concertmaster (so far): 42 seasons

(Germany 1862-1921)

Berkhardt died during the 1920-1921 season.

(Connecticut 1845-after 1930)

(New York 1947- )

Studied at the Eastman School and Emporia State University - Kansas. Fulbright scholar in Paris 1968. Also active in summer music festivals, including the New Hampshire Musical Festival Principal flute, and Aspen Festival - Colorado, Sarasota Festival - Florida, Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival - Washington, Domaine Forget - Québec, Lake Placid Institute - New York, Park City International Festival - Utah. After retiring from the Boston Symphony, Leone Buyse became the Mullen Professor of Flute at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston where her husband Michael Webster also teaches.

Leone Buyse has recorded several CDs, Chamber Music for Flute by Jean Rivier (1896-1987) - Crystal Records

(Mrs. James Pappoutsakis) 

(Massachusetts 1914-2003)

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Marcel Tournier in the mid-1930s. then admitted to the New England Conservatory class of 1937 studying with Bernard Zighera. She later taught at the New England Conservatory.

(Italy 1859-1927) born November 17, 1859 in Roviga, Italy, not other dates sometimes given. Brother of Leandro Campanari

Cardillo, Pasquale A. "Patsy"

(Massachusetts 1918-1998)

Studied at the New England Conservatory. Also with his clarinetist father Anthony Cardillo. Substituted as clarinet at the Berkshire Music Festival in the summer of 1939 which led to his joining the Boston Symphony in the 1939-1940 season.

(45 year service) ³⁰

(Pennsylvania 1928- ) cousin of Robert Karol

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1947.  Spent the years 1952-1956 after the BSO first in the Army, then pursuing a solo concert career. He abandoned a solo career for his family, seeking a more stable life as an orchestra musician.

(Pennsylvania 1904-1963)

(France 1902-1972)

at Tanglewood 1949

Studied at the theological seminary in Toulouse and both the Toulouse Conservatoire (at age 9) and Paris Conservatoire with Premier prix in viola in about 1921. Recruited by Koussevitzky during Paris auditions in the summer of 1925.

(Pennsylvania 1924-2006)

(Pennsylvania 1896-1960)

Theodore Cella in 1917

Took up conducting as was an Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic under John Barbirolli. Theodore Cella was also the fifth husband of Mabel Boll (1895-1949), known as the "Queen of Diamonds" because of the quantity of gold and diamonds she like to wear ¹⁸². They both understated their age by 5 years (only the finest gossip reported here...)

(left following 1920 musicians strike)

(Canada 1945- )

Studied at Boston University School for the Arts BMus and MMus. Chapman won the Boston University Night at Pops concerto competition as a student, resulting in his concert performance of the Hummel Trumpet Concerto with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. He was a Tanglewood Fellow 1964-1968. Also active in music festivals, including the Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming. Chapman now teaches at the New England Conservatory.

(France 1902-2000)

from Boston symphony Orchestra charcoal drawings by Gerome Brush: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire Premier prix in 1918. Chardon also taught at the Athens Conservatoire - Greece where he and his wife Henriette de Constant met Dimitri Mitropoulos, leading to Chardon's appointment at Minneapolis Principal cello and Henriette as Assistant Principal cello under Mitropoulos.

(then Russia, now Ukraine 1891-1973)

(South Dakota 1973- )

husband of Elizabeth Rowe

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at the New England Conservatory class of 1995. Glen Cherry is active in contemporary music, such as his premiere of the Sonata for violin and piano by Kevin Beavers (1971- ) performed at Tanglewood in summer 1996.

(Switzerland 1889-may have returned to Europe) incorrectly listed as 'André Chevrot' by some sources

(California ? 1981- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at the University of Michigan BMus and MMus, and at the the Colburn School - Los Angeles, Artist Diploma)

(New York about 1981- )

Studied at Vanderbilt University BMus (summa cum laude) with a second second major in economics, the Juilliard School MMus. Active in summer festivals including the Marlboro Festival - Vermont, Yellow Barn Festival - Vermont, Taos Festival - New Mexico

returned to the Saint Louis Symphony as Assistant Principal Viola in the 2014-2015 season

(1945-2009)

detail of photo: Boston Symphony Archives

New England Conservatory class of 1967.

Principal clarinet 1950-1970 (also orchestra of the New York Radio City Music Hall 1937-about 1940, Pittsburgh Symphony about 1940-1942, Cleveland Orchestra 1942-1944, Metropolitan Opera 1944-1950, and briefly for the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Principal clarinet 1950-1970)

Studied at the Naples Conservatory - Italy graduating in 1930.

(Massachusetts 1907-1981)

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1932, same class as Guy Boswell , trombone of the Cleveland Orchestra. Doug Yeo, Bass trombone of the Boston Symphony wrote: "Bartok Concerto for Orchestra was first performed in 1944, with John Coffey being the first bass trombonist to negotiate the gliss from low B to F.  (visit Doug Yeo's excellent site www.yeodoug.com )

(about 1984- )

Studied first with his musician parents: violinist mother Sandy Collins and father Philip Collins, Cincinnati Symphony Principal trumpet. At the Cleveland Institute of Music, studied with his predecessor as Cleveland Orchestra Principal viola, Robert Vernon earning BMus in 2007. Active in summer music festivals, including the Tanglewood Music Center, the Sarasota Music Festival (Florida), the Encore School for Strings (Ohio), and the Pacific Music Festival (Japan).

Appointed Principal viola of the Cleveland Orchestra in Summer 2016 succeeding his teacher Robert Vernon

(Massachusetts 1934-1987)

Studied privately with his uncle Michel Lafosse. André Côme died unexpectedly just after the Boston Pops season during surgery June, 1987, age only 53.

(Massachusetts 1854-after 1920)

James Cooke with daughter Elizabeth Cooke

Studied at the University of Illinois BMus and at Boston University MMus.

(New Jersey 1965- )

Studied at Boston University BMus summa cum laude. teaches at Boston University and the Boston Conservatory. Also has been active in festivals, including the Mostly Mozart Festival - New York City and the Casals Fesitval - Puerto Rico. With the National Symphony, gave the premier of the Ezra Laderman (1924- ) Sinfonia concertante (1989).

(retired due to focal dystonia, as suffered by other musicians such as Leon Fleisher)

(England 1915-1988)

While a Broadway musician, played My Fair Lady 1956-1963

(Germany 1875- )

(Massachusetts 1856-1910) died of a heart attack, age only 53 ¹⁷⁰.

Studied first at the Warren Academy - Massachusetts, followed by the Royal Conservatory - Stuttgart (where Victor Herbert also studied). Cutter taught at the New England Conservatory 1888-1910.

(then Germany, now Poland 1886-1949)

Taught in Chicago at the Bush Conservatory, the Chicago Conservatory from 1932-1935 and at de Paul University.

(Ohio 1853-1923)

Wife Ellen "Nellie" Morton Taylor Dannreuther (1858-1942) was also a noted pianist who toured as well as teaching at at Wells College ¹⁹³.

(California 1956- )

Studied at San Jose State University BMus 1979, after starting late as a trumpet player at age 17. Northwestern University MMus.

(Maine 1881-1936)

died following season September, 1936

(France 1864-returned to France)

(Massachusetts 1910- )

Boston Symphony orchestral photo 1946

Studied with Abdon Laus, whom she succeeded. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Brandeis Festival Orchestra.

(third woman to be BSO musician after the two harpists Lydia Savitzkaya and Louise Came) ²⁶

(Germany 1849- )

(France 1984- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Paris Conservatoire Premier prix in about the 2005 Concour and the New England Conservatory. New England Conservatory MMus 2007, doctorate of music 2008. In 2008, Déjardin gave the US premiere of Edith Canat de Chizy (1950- ) Les Formes du vent (2003) for solo cello.

(France 1879-1933)

Lucile Adèle Delcourt studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where she earned her Second accessit in 1894, and Premier Prix in harp in 1895 ²⁰⁹.  The chromatic harp was taught at the Conservatoire 1903-1933 ⁶⁴.

The chromatic harp has a string for each of the notes of the chromatic scale. The sharp/flat strings are slightly crossed, and are like the black keys of the piano. Assuming this was Lucile Adèle Delcourt, she would have played a standard orchestral harp.)

(France 1901- )

detail of photo: Boston Symphony Archives

(Turkey of Greek parents 1880-1964)

Emigrated to the USA in 1917.  Published arrangements of Greek Orthodox hymns in 1932.  Died of a stroke in Greece in 1964.

(Germany 1859- )

seems to have returned to Germany after leaving the symphony.

(France 1878-1946)

Shown at left in 1928 when he was Principal viola of the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. Left to right: Frédéric Denayer, Ferdinand Helman leader of the second violins, conductor Willem Mengelberg, Concertmaster Louis Zimmerman)

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1942. Succeeded Jean Lefranc at the end of 1946-1947 as Principal viola of the Boston Symphony beginning in 1947-1948 season. Jean Cauhapé remained in the second chair of the viola section.

Likely Paul Clemens Fischer, left and Antonio De Ribas, right in this 1882 composite photo-collage of the Boston Symphony Orchestra: Boston Symphony Archives

Antonio De Ribas made his London debut as an oboe soloist in 1837 (!).  De Ribas first appeared in New York in 1839 ¹³⁹.  By 1857, Dr. De Ribas was teaching music in Boston.  He later taught at the New England Conservatory. Philip Hale wrote that Antonio De Ribas was the first in the US to play the English horn in concerts as a solo instrument ¹³⁹, although it would seem hard to establish such a claim.

(Canada 1858-1927)

A violin prodigy, De Sève studied with Frantz Jehin-Prume in Montréal and in 1876 with Pablo de Sarasate, Hubert Léonard, and Lambert Massart in Paris.  1877-1879 he studied with Henri Vieuxtemps.  In Boston, taught at the New England Conservatory.  In After the BSO, De Sève returned to Canada where he taught at McGill University.

(then Austria, now Poland 1847- )

(Paris 1900-1975)

Studied in his home town, Marseille at the Marseille Conservatoire in preparation for his entrance examination for the Paris Conservatoire. At the Paris Conservatoire, won his Second accessit 1919, Second prix 1920, Premier prix 1921. When Jean Devergie was second oboe to Principal oboe Fernand Gillet, Devergie made reeds for Gillet, who did not like to work on this manufacture.

(Massachusetts 1893-1968)

detail of photo: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied with his Lithuanian-Jewish uncle Isaac Diamond. Died August 14, 1968 during the Tanglewood season after 50 years of service with the Boston Symphony.

fifty years of service

(Chile 1960- )

Studied at the Chile Conservatory where his father taught, New England Conservatory 1978, Curtis Institute Class of 1984.

Roberto Díaz as President, Curtis Institute with Mary Curtis Bok in background

(Massachusetts 1908-2003)

also father-in-law of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis

Studied at the Akademischen Hochschule für Musik - Berlin and the New England Conservatory class of 1929.

(Germany 1852-after 1930)

(New York 1962- )

(also active in chamber music, including Walden Chamber Players, Classical Tangent, a group combining classical and folk origin music)

(Italy 1894-may have died suddenly in 1921)

Emigrated with his family to Boston at age three.

(China 1972- )

Studied first with her musician mother and then at the Central Conseratory of Music - Beijing, graduating in 1995, where she also taught. She gained her Artist Diploma from the Longy School of Music (Boston). She ha been active in music festivals, including the Foulger International Music Festival (Massachusetts), and the International Musical Arts Institute (Maine).

(California 1948- )

Studied at the University of Toronto BMus performance and MMus performance and with teachers including Marylou Speaker, Joseph Silverstein, and four summers at the Aspen Festival. Married to composer Milton Barnes. Relocated to Vancouver, teaching at the University of British Columbia, and playing frequently with the West Coast Symphony (formerly the Vancouver Chamber Players.)

(Massachusetts 1850- )

Taught at Petersilea Musical Academy (Carlyle Petersilea), Boston 1878-1882 ²⁰⁷.

Carl Zerrahn in Boston

(Belgium 1884-1968)

detail of photo: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied at the Conservatoire royal de Liège. Taught at the New England Conservatory. Retired the same season as his friend and colleague Principal bassoon Raymond Allard.

(France 1898-1998) died 3 months after his 100th birthday

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.

detail of photo: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus 1943. Doriot Anthony was often said to be the first woman appointed permanently to a Principal chair of a major US symphony orchestra, although Helen Kotas (Helen Kotas Hirsch) Principal horn of the Chicago Symphony 1941-1947 may well claim that title. Doriot Anthony Dwyer died in Kansas on 15 March 2020 at age 98 after a full and pioneering career.

photo: Boston Symphony Archives 1956

(Michigan 1985- )

She studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied viola with Mark Jackobs and violin with Linda Cerone. Edewards gained her BMus at Cleveland in 2008. Active in Summer music festivals, including the Blossom Music Festival (Ohio), the Verbier Festival (Switzerland) and the Cabrillo Festival (California).

(Illinois 1870-1942)

Studied first with his father Meinhard Eichheim, cello of the Chicago Symphony 1891-1892, 1897-1899. Henry Eicheim also taught at the New England Conservatory, and in summers in the early 1900s at the Bay View Summer University - Michigan ²³².

(Saxony later Germany 1833-1912)

(Saxony later Germany 1824-1893) father of Julius Eichler Jr.

An early teacher at the New England Conservatory in Boston.

(Massachusetts 1868- )

(Russia 1885-1976)

(France 1884-1974)

Studied in Amsterdam, preparing for entrance exam for the Paris Conservatorie. Entered Paris Conservatorie with Premier prix in the 1904 Concour.

(New York 1952- )

Studied at Oberlin College Conservatory, and Yale School of Music graduating 1975, both BA and MM.

On sabbatical 1986-1987

(Russia about 1851- )

Paul Eltz, Sr. in this 1882 composite photograph-drawing

(Netherlands 1942- )

Studied the Studied Tanglewood Music Center summer 1962, 1966, 1972, and at the University of Southern California and the New England Conservatory MMus 1969. Now teaches at the New England Conservatory.

(succeeded Harold 'Tommy' Thompson who was killed in car accident)

Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus 1980.

(Netherlands 1890-1976) note: BSO programs incorrectly give 1894 as birth

(Oregon 1976- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus, Mannes College of Music MMus and Performance Certificate. Active in summer music festivals, including Taos Mountain Music Festival - New Mexico, Vail Valley Music Festival - Colorado, Spoleto Music Festival - Italy, and San Luis Obispo Festival - California.

(Pennsylvania 1931-2016)

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1983

Studied at the Studied Tanglewood Music Center summer 1948, and the Settlement School of Music - Philadelphia, Philadelphia Musical Academy, the Curtis Institute Class of 1952. Made a concert tour of Europe in 1954-1955. Among his fine recordings were the Leon Kirchner: Concerto For Violin, Cello And Piano with Gilbert Kalish piano and Malcolm Lowe violin, the Nutcracker and the American Album with Seiji Ozawa (see right)

1964-2016

an amazing 52 years as Principal cello, after a lengthy career with other leading orchetras

Carmine Fabrizio was born in the family village of Sant'Angelo all'Esca, Italy, but the other children, including Enrico Fabrizio were born in Boston.

(Massachusetts 1892-1952)

Enrico Fabrizio making a cello

photo: Boston Symphony Orchesta

Studied with Horace Britt probably about 1907-1908 while Britt was with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and with Alwin Schroeder probably while Britt was with the Philadelphia Orchestra 1910-1912.

died on October 26, 1952 just following the 1951-1952 season which included the May 1952 BSO European tour and Tanglewood.

photo: Boston Symphony Orchesta

(Ohio? 1957- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at Tanglewood Music Center summer 1980, and at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the New England Conservatory class of 1981. Also Eastern Music Festival - North Carolina.

(New York 1929- ) age 99 in 2018

photo: Boston Symphony Orchesta

Studied at the Juilliard School and while with the BSO gained MM in composition at the New England Conservatory. He recorded Mahler symphonies, and stylish recordings of symphonies of Michael Haydn with the Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Has taught conducting at the Bard College in New York state.

Harold Farberman, right with Arthur Press preparing for a tour

photo: Boston Symphony Orchesta

(Illinois 1914-1992)

Studied with Belgian-born Chicago horn teacher Louis Dufrasne, who also taught two other Chicago Symphony Principal horns: Helen Kotas Hirsh and Frank Brouk.

1945-1946

photo thanks to grandson Nicholas T. Lasoff

violin (also one of the early advocates of historically accurate baroque performance as member of the Boston Society for Ancient Instruments, playing the discant viol)

Studied at Zurich Conservatory 1909 and Vienna Conservatory 1910. Left Soviet Russia via China and Japan, by the same timing and route as Naoum Blinder, Concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony 1932-1957 (Blinder Japan to San Francisco and Fedorovsky Japan to Vancouver).

1925-1955

(New York 1947- )

Studied at Boston University CFA 1970. Now teaches at Williams College.

1967-2001 (age only 19 joining BSO) ⁷⁴

photo: Boston Symphony Orchesta

(Illinois 1994- )

At the Cleveland Institute of Music, she studied viola with Robert Vernon (former Principal viola of the Cleveland Orchestra) gaining her BMus, and studied at the Juilliard School. Active in Summer music festivals and programs, including Music@Menlo, the Ravinia festival Steans Music Institute, and the Perlman Music Program.

(Belgium 1873-1949)

émile Férir in the 1920s

Principal viola (also Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris in 1892, also Scottish Symphony - Glasgow Principal viola 1893, also Queen Hall Orchestra - London Principal viola 1897-1903, Kruse String Quartet - London about 1898-1900, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal viola 1918-1919, New York Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal viola 1925-1926. Also Berkshire String Quartet, funded by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge consisting of Hugo Kortschak first, Jacques Gordon second, émile Férir viola, and Emmeran Stoeber cello in early 1920s)

Conservatoire Royal de Musique - Brussels, winning his Premier prix in 1891 ¹⁸⁰.

(Massachusetts 1955- )

Studied first with his mother, a music teacher with a Masters degree in music education. He then gained entrance to the Curtis Institute, graduating in the Class of 1977. Also active in music festivals, including the Blossom Music Festival - Ohio, the Marlboro Music Festival - Vermont, the Craftsbury Chamber Players Chamber Music Festival - Vermont, Monadnock Festival - Massachusetts, Waterloo Festival - New Jersey, and the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado. For six years during the late 1970s and early 1980s, John Ferrillo taught at the University of West Virginia. While at the Metropolitan Opera, John Ferrillo taught at the Juilliard School He now teaches at Boston University and the New England Conservatory.

(Massachusetts 1989- )

Mary Ferrillo studied at the University of Maryland, BMus, and the New England Conservatory earning her MMus 2013. She was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center during three consecutive summers 2012-2014. She has been active in music festivals, including the Spoleto Festival (South Carolina), the Pacific Music Festival (Japan), the National Orchestral Institute (Maryland), and the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival (North Carolina).

(Wisconsin 1923-1960)

Studied at the Wisconsin College of Music and at the Juilliard School ¹⁵⁵.

Fiasca died of a heart attack on May 14, 1960 in Fukuoka, Japan during the 1960 BSO Asia tour, age only 37.

(Michigan 1951- )

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1973, also Yale School of Music MA. A long distance runner for many years, including several marathons.

Burton Fine with Tom Newell 1963

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1948. Also studied chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and received a Ph.D. in chemistry from Illinois Tech. Was a research chemist for NASA.

(Massachusetts 1930- )

Studied first with his music teacher father Everett E. Firth on the cornet. Then switched to percussion in high school. In 1948, entered the New England Conservatory graduating in the class of 1952. Among others, Firth studied with his predecessor as Principal timpani Roman Szulc. Vic Firth also later taught at the New England Conservatory. He was founder of Vic Firth Inc. having about 150 employees and said to be the world's largest manufacturer of drum sticks, and suppler of other percussion products (www.vicfirth.com).

(Saxony later Germany 1858-after 1922)

Likely Paul Clemens Fischer, left and Antonio De Ribas, right in this 1882 composite photo-collage of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Paul Clemens Fischer, born in Ronneburg, near Leipzig, Germany February 9, 1858 came to Boston in June, 1881, perhaps specifically to join the newly organizing Boston Symphony.  He played oboe sitting in the second chair next to Principal oboe Dr. Antionio De Ribas for the first season 1881-1882. Thereafter, Fischer remained in Boston, teaching and playing in theater and other Boston orchestras.

(Italy 1859-1917)

Placido Fiumara in 1909

Came to Boston from Italy at age 10, and studied with Julius Eichberg (1824-1893), Director of the Boston Conservatory ¹⁵². Placido Fiumara died November 20, 1917 during the beginning of the BSO 1917-1918 season. Newspaper accounts said "...He was stricken just as he was about to leave for a concert at Symphony Hall..." ¹⁵².

(Massachusetts 1856-after 1909)

(Germany 1889-after 1946)

In 1933, Folgmann received his Ph D. from the University of Pennsylvania and in 1930s and 1940s practiced as psychologist in Philadelphia (!) Perhaps music lovers should "have their heads examined".

(Texas 1980- )

Studied at the Manhattan School of Music MMus, University of North Texas BMus and BMusic Education. Also has studied for his doctorate in music at the Shepherd School of Music - Rice University in Texas.

this second flute chair had been open for two seasons

(Italy 1886-1976)

Born in Castelcivita, Italy 20 km from Salerno near Naples on 13 November 1886, and came to the US in 1904. He returned to Italy in the 1930s, but returned to New York City in 1938 as a night club band musician. Returning to Italy in the 1950s, died in the Campania region of Italy in 1976.

(France 1873-returned to France)

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire and said to be Premier prix, although this is not documented by the Conservatoire records.

(France 1892-1955)

from Boston symphony Orchestra charcoal drawings by Gerome Brush: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied first at the Municipal Conservatoire of Douai - north of France, then at the Paris Conservatoire Premier in viola in the 1913 Concour. Taught at Middlebury College in Vermont in the 1930s.

(Prussia later Germany 1853-after 1917)

(New York 1892-1963)

Following Fradkin's dismissal during the BSO orchestra strike, Fradkin was Concertmaster of the New York Capital Theater Orchestra 1922-1924. Fradkin then left music to open a restaurant)

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire Premier prix in violin in 1910.

(dismissed because of support of the 1920 musicians strike)

(then Austria, now Poland 1897-1985)

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied with his father Carl, and at the New England Conservatory with Max Kunze.

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

1885-1886

 In his memoires ⁴³, Franko claimed '...after six weeks, I resigned...' from the Boston Symphony

(New York 1909-1997)

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at the Eastman School of Music graduated 1930. Freeman was the first double bass player to graduate from the Eastman School. Resigned from the Boston Symphony to join his violinist wife Florence Knope Freeman (1909-2002) at the Denver Symphony in 1967.

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

(Austria 1909-1962)

(Canada 1962- )

Indiana University BA 1990, and Juilliard School MA 1994. As well as the many BSO recordings, has recorded several CDs, including Music For Voice & Harp with Annette Betanski on Chandos (see right)

(then Prussia, now Poland 1838-probably 1888)

Freygang in this 1882 composite photograph

Emigrated to the USA in 1876. Taught at Wellesley College (Massachusetts) 1884-1888 ²²².

click on the thumbnail above to see full picture of the Boston Philharmonic Club, Bernard Listemann first, Fritz Listemann second, Adolf Belz horn, Adolf Hartdegen cello, Alexander Freygang harp, Eugene Weiner flute

(New Jersey 1947- )

Studied at the Juilliard School. Fried was the solo flute in the Boston Pops recordings Pops Around the World and Pops in Space. He also recorded Virtuoso Flute Trios; see his interesting website: www.paulfried.com

(Germany 1825-1902) brother of August Fries, both pioneer Boston classical musicians. ⁴⁹

(also in 1849, a founding member of the Mendelssohn Quintette Club with which he served for 23 years⁴⁹, member of the "Beethoven Quartette" in 1873 composed of pioneering Boston musicians Charles Allen, first, Julius Akeroyd, second, Henry Heindl Sr, viola, and Wulf Fries, cello ⁶³. Also Boston Musical Fund Society, Harvard Orchestral Association, Handel and Haydn Society, Orchestra ⁴⁶)

See picture of the Mendelssohn Quintette Club at right: August Fries, first violin, Edward Lehman, flute and viola, Wulf Fries cello, Thomas Ryan clarinet and viola, Francis Riha, second violin.

Fries apparently left the orchestra in January, 1882

click on this thumbnail to see full picture of the Mendelssohn Quintette Club in 1849

Germany 1869- )

Studied at the Leipzig Conservatory about 1889 or 1890.

(Germany 1877-1944)

(Germany 1853- )

(Massachusetts 1885- )

(Illinois 1935- )

Studied at the University of Illinois.

married to Kazuko Matsusaka

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1984. Now teaches viola at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

(California 1942- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied with his cellist parents and at the Eastman School of Music BMus 1965. Following his retirement from the Cleveland Orchestra has become Head of the Cello Department of the Cleveland Institute of Music.

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

(Boston 1884-1962)

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

A long serving teacher, in 1945, Gebhardt published his Orchestral Studies for French Horn.

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

(Canada 1926-1982)

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at the Juilliard School and University of Hartford.

(died suddenly during Pops season June 2, 1982 age 56) ¹²

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

(California 1966- )

Studied at the Tanglewood Institute, the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. Interestingly, as a student was a member of the San Francisco Boys Chorus and participated in the performances of Mahler's Eighth Symphony that opened Davies Hall in 1981.

(Pennsylvania 1931-2011)

Genovese in about 1960

At age 16, began study with John Minsker. Entering Curtis, Alfred Genovese was the last student of Marcel Tabuteau to graduate from the Curtis Institute Class of 1953.

Genovese in 1956

(Massachusetts 1891-1981)

Born 30 July 1891, and studied first with his father Pietro Gerardi, a harpist. in 1899, he went to Italy to study violin, returning to Boston in 1904. There, he studied with Boston Symphony musicians Placido Fiumara and Charles Martin Loeffler ²²⁶.  He also taught at the taught at the Institute of Musical Art (the predecessor of Juilliard) in New York City in the 1930s.

(Germany 1856-1939)

(Massachusetts 1891-after 1951)

(Massachusetts 1893-1985)

(Maryland )

Studied at the New England Conservatory earning his BMus in 2011. Then admitted to the Juilliard School, he earned his MMus in 2013. He was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center. Active in music festivals including the Aspen Music Festival (Colorado), Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (Maine) and the Perlman Music Program (New York). Daniel Getz teaches viola and chamber music at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School.

(Illinois 1925-2001)

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at the Juilliard School graduating in three years in 1948.

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

(Oklahoma 1916-2002)

William Gibson circa 1956

photo: Boston Symphony Archives

Gibson studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1939. 

Gibson continued to assist the BSO trombone section in 1975-1977 seasons before his final retirement

photo: Boris and Milton, Boston

(Netherlands 1959-1896)

Studied first with his famous cellist father Joseph Giese (1821-1903) and at the Royal Conservatory, in the Hague, Netherlands (Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag) where his father taught.  Fritz Giese was widely regarded a fine cellist, particularly when playing with the Kneisel Quartet in the 1880s. However "...owing to his unfortunate drinking habits was seldom heard at his best..." ¹⁵⁷. Fritz Giese emigrated from the Netherlands at age 19, and died from alcohol in Boston aged only 37.

(Belgium 1874-1966)

(France 1882-1980)

photo: J. E. Purdy & Co., Boston 1927

Nephew of the famous oboe teacher Georges Gillet (1854-1920). Fernand Gillet was a flyer in World War 1, and received the Croix de Guerre. He continued teaching into his nineties.

(France 1888-1976)

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Came to US as part of a French good-will tour of the Garde Republicaine Band, summer 1918. Monteux selected Girard for the Boston Symphony to help fill the many string vacencies following the 1920 musicians' strike.

Studied with his father, starting with the double bass, and then cello, but he played double bass during all of his professional career.

46 years of service !

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

(Canada 1978- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus 2001. Active in summer music festivals, she played at the Taos School of Music Festival - New Mexico and the Marlboro Festival - Vermont.

(England 1842-1900)

(Maine 1925-2002)

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

New England Conservatory class of 1951. After retiring, Goguen ran a classic car parts business as a hobby. In 1984, he created a car museum in Westminster, Vermont. He was also a ski instructor in Vermont.

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

(Germany 1859-1898)

detail of 1891 Boston Musical Herald photo: Boston Symphony Archives

Double bass player in New Hampshire hotels in summers in the 1890s. Also played double bass with the Kneisel Quartet ¹⁶⁴. Appointed to the New England Conservatory in 1896 ¹⁶⁵. He died in New Hampshire on June 22, 1898 at the end of the Boston Pops season four months short of his 39th birthday.

Emil Golde taught double bass at the New England Conservatory, and was succeeded as instructor by Max Knuse upon the death of Golde ²⁴⁵.

detail of 1891 Boston Musical Herald photo: Boston Symphony Archives

(Romania 1855-1903)

Listed as residing in the Boston Asylum for the Insane in the summer of 1900. Wife Harriette Goldstein listed him as having died there in 1903. The Boston Globe lists his death on October 20, 1903 ¹⁷².

(Massachusetts 1886- )

Herman Goldstein in 1912

Studied first with his father, Aaron Goldstein.

(left following 1920 musicians strike)

(Romania 1856-1930)

(Massachusetts 1921-2006) brother in law of George Zazofsky and brother of New York Philharmonic Principal oboe Harold Gomberg

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at the Curtis Institute (as did brothers Harold, Leo, and Robert, and sister Margret) Class of 1941.

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

(New York 1945- )

(France 1887-1993)

(Austria 1885-seems to have returned to Europe)

(California 1948- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied first with her musician father and then at the University of Southern California. Active in summer music festivals including Sarasota Music Festival orchestra 1971

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied with Richard Bergin and Georges Fourel.

(Poland 1895-1956)

Studied at the Warsaw Conservatory.

(England circa 1857- )

From family information, it may be that English-born Benjamin Greene, Henry A. Greene and Septimus Greene were musician brothers, with Henry Greene playing double bass with the Boston Symphony, and Septimus Greene playing double bass with the Seattle Symphony under conductor Henry Hadley, and again with the San Francisco Symphony under Principal conductor Hadley.

(France 1884-1946)

Georges Grisez in 1921

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, Premier prix in 1902. Taught at the University of Minnesota 1927-1934.

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

(Austria 1862-1928)

Appointed to the New England Conservatory in 1896 ¹⁶⁵.

(Massachusetts, 1886-1951) seems not related to Eugen Grunberg

(Germany 1849-before 1910)

detail of BSO 1900 photo: Boston Symphony Archives

(Germany circa 1866-after 1912) uncle of Walter Guetter Principal bassoon of the Chicago Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra

Recruited for Boston by Artur Nikisch. Returned to Berlin teaching at Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory.

(Massachusetts of German parents 1850- )

(Massachusetts 1896-1941)

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Appointed to the Boston Symphony at age 17 by Karl Muck

died during the 1941 Tanglewood summer season, July 14, 1941

from Boston symphony Orchestra charcoal drawings by Gerome Brush: Boston Symphony Archives

(Germany 1877- )

Appointed to the New England Conservatory in 1896 ¹⁶⁵.

Studied at the Eastman School. His wife, Aline Benoit played clarinet with the Portland Symphony - Maine and the Rhode Island Philharmonic.

(Massachusetts, 1875-1936) brother of the conductor Henry Hadley (1871-1937)

Arthur Hadley with Jessie M. Downer-Eaton (1872-about 1954) and Louis Eaton (1872-1852) founded the Eaton-Hadley Trio based in Boston which gave the Boston premier of the Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque.

(Bohemia-Czech 1866-1944)

(Pennsylvania 1860-after 1900)

(Illinois 1939- )

bass trombone (also MIT Brass Ensemble)

Studied at the University of Iowa.

(on sabbatical 1983)

Gordon Hallberg in 1972

(France 1884-1951)

Serge Koussevitzky did not want Hamelin to play his Henri Selmer (1858-1941) manufactured metal clarinet ³⁹. Following the 1929-1930 season, Gaston Hamelin, his wife, daughter, and his son Armand returned to France. Hamelin was a long-time musician of l'Orchestre National de La Radiodiffusion Française, of which the wind quintet is shown left (Gaston Hamelin second from right)

Long term New England Conservatory teacher among whose students was Harry Ellis Dickson.

(also several bands, including a circus band, also Bilse Orchestra, Berlin - Benjamin Bilse 1816-1902, a sort of Johann Strauss composer/conductor of Germany - 54 Bilse musicians broke away to found the Berlin Philharmonic in 1882 ⁵⁰)

Lucien Hansotte circa 1925

(Assistant or tenor trombone with Principal trombone Jacob Raichman for 27 seasons)

(Bavaria later Germany 1847- )

Studied at the Juilliard School, left at age 20 in 1962 to join the Boston Symphony.

(Germany 1859-1913)

Heberlein returned to the Dresden area of Germany where he died in 1913 age 54.

(Germany 1879-1933)

Died in New York City after a sudden illness October 30, 1933 age only 54

Studied at the local music school in his home town Schleusingen, Germany from 1893-1897.

(Germany 1835-after 1897) brother of Edward Heindl and Henry Heindl.

(also Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra ⁴⁶, Mendelssohn Quintet Club for two seasons ⁴⁹, also in the Emil Mollenhauer Boston Festival Orchestra)

"Alexander Heindl" made some of the earliest acoustic cello recordings for Victor Talking Machine Company from 1900, the earliest year that Eldridge Johnson made Victor recordings, until 1904. Given the dates and the artists Victor was using for recordings at the time, these recordings are nearly certainly (in my opinion) by Alexander Heindl, cello of the Boston Symphony 1900-1907, making them very likely the earliest by a BSO musician. See also Doug Yeo's very interesting account of the 1906 Victor recordings of BSO trombones Carl Hampe, August Mausebach, Leroy Kenfield, and perhaps Max Kluge, by visiting Doug Yeo 1906 Trombone Quartet

(Germany 1837-1896)

brother of Alexander Heindl and Henry Heindl

About Edward Heindl's death, in The Story of the Flute Macauley Fitzgibbon tells a strange story: "... Heind'l...became a leading player in Boston, and is reported to have possessed a very pure tone and good execution. He died of a disease contracted from an infected flute which a stranger had requested him to try..." ¹²⁰

(died during the 1896 season)

(Germany 1843-after 1899), brother of Alexander Heindl and Edward Heindl, father of Alexander Heindl (Jr)

(Netherlands 1856-1935)

the Paris Conservatory records state September 7, 1855 ²⁰⁹.

Hekking in Boston

Studied studied first with his cellist father Robert Gerard Hekking (1820-1875) and then at the Paris Conservatoire with Pierre-François-Alexandre Chevillard (1811-1877) and Louis-Auguste Jacquard (1832- ) from 1873-1878.  Gained his Premier prix for cello in the 1878 Concour ²⁰⁹. Anton Hekking was also brother of cellist André Hekking (1866-1925), long of the Paris Conservatoire, and cousin of cellist Gérard-Prosper Hekking (1879-1942).  A practical joker, during a rehearsal he once filled his cello with insects which escaped when the cello began to vibrate, one reason he was not accepted back by the Berlin Philharmonic on his return from Boston.

  Hekking circa 1910

(Denmark 1856-1912)

Studied first with his father Christen Helleberg Pedersen, a musician sergeant in the Danish army, and then in Norway. Emigrated to the USA in 1880 to play with the Theodore Thomas touring orchestra in New York.  His brother August Helleberg was one of the great trombone and tuba players in the US in the early 20th century.

Died in suburban Boston in 1912 age only 59.

(1859-after 1916)

(Illinois 1953- )

Studied as a youth on clarinet and then bassoon. Later at the University of Illinois, Urbana and at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Teaches at the New England Conservatory and Boston University. Active in music festivals, including the Saito Kinen Festival Orchestra (Japan) and the Tanglewood Music Center (Massachusetts).

(Russia 1888-1973)

(left following 1920 musicians strike)

(Pennsylvania 1916-2013)

Harry age 90, still playing until he passed age 96

Studied at the New England Conservatory in late 1930s, and earned his BMus there in 1946 after service in World War 2. Long-time teacher at Kent State University - Ohio.

Max Hess in 1914

(Germany 1859-1939)

(1840?- )

(New York 1914- )

with his usual instrument - a viola

Studied at the University of Southern California. Max Hobart during his 27 seasons recorded many times under Leinsdorf, Steinberg, and particularly Ozawa. One of his most interesting CDs was with the Boston Chamber Players in Debussy (see right)

(Massachusetts 1899-1956)

Ernst Hoffmann in 1942

Ernst Hoffmann tragically died in an automobile accident January 3, 1956, driving back from Texas.

Studied at the Vienna Conservatory graduating in 1885.

(Poland 1912-1998)

Harry Ellis Dickson writes that Martin Hoherman "... came to the United States from his native Poland by way of Singapore and Hong Kong..." ¹⁶⁸.

(Ohio 1918-1998)

(Portugal-born to Czech parents 1866-1948)

Studied at the Prague Conservatory graduating in about 1895. Father Josef Holý was a horn player including at the Czech National Theater Orchestra as Principal horn in 1868. Alfred Holý returned to Vienna, where he died in 1948.

(1971- )

New England Conservatory class of 1993, and NEC AD 1996.

(Germany 1855- )

(Austria 1876-1942)

(Germany 1878-1946)

(succeeded Carl Schumann)

(Texas 1959- )

Studied at the Peabody Institute - Baltimore BMus 1980. also Temple University - Philadelphia MMus 1982. Active in summer music festivals, including the Tanglewood Music Center as a Fellow in 1982 and 1983 and the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado. Teaches at the New England Conservatory - Boston.

(1957- )

photo: Stu Rosner

Studied at Boston University with his predecessor, BSO Principal clarinet Harold 'Buddy' Wright. Also studied with Pasquale Cardillo, including at the Tanglewood Music Center in the summer of 1979, and at the Aspen Music Festival.

succeeded Harold 'Buddy' Wright

(Russia 1851-1933)

Theodore Human in 1892 in "earliest known photograph of the Chicago Orchestra" from the Chicago Symphony archives

Human studied composition with Boston Symphony conductor Georg Henschel

(Ohio 1904-1980)

George Humphrey, left, with his good friend and quartet partner Karl Zeiss, cello

Studied at the New England Conservatory class of 1929, and also Curtis Institute for one year.

(Korea 1947- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at the School of Music and Fine Arts - Seoul and at the University of Seoul. also the University of Wisconsin. As well as the classic concerti, Bo Youp Hwang has been featured in John Williams Evening at Pops concerts in famous Hollywood music.

(France 1866-1898)

At the end of Jacquet's second season, on July 4, 1898 returning to Boston after summer holiday in France, Leon Jacquet , his wife and child died, along with Albert Weiss , Principal oboe, and Léon Pourtau , Principal clarinet in the shipwreck of the French steamship La Bourgogne killing 600 persons ²¹⁸.  As well as being a major tragedy, this loss of three of the Boston Symphony section heads precipitated a crisis for the Boston Symphony, and its conductor Wilhelm Gericke.

(Germany 1887-1946)

suffered a heart attack in late 1942 during 1942-1943 NY Phil season and died young on Christmas day, 1946 ⁴² age 59)

After Bruno Jaenicke suffered a heart attack in late 1942, Harold Meek, then a student an horn player in the Rochester Civic Orchestra finished the 1942-1943 season in New York for Jaenicke ⁴². In the 1943-1944 season, Arthur Rodzinski dismissed 14 New York Philharmonic musicians, including five Principals, of which Bruno Jaenicke was one. Rodzinski selected Rudolph Puletz, Jr. as his new Principal horn of the New York Philharmonic.

(France 1938- )

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire Premier prix in about the 1959 Concour, Indiana University performer's certificate about 1966. Came to the US playing with the Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra in 1963 and 1964. Marc Jeanneret retired from the Boston Symphony after the August 2012 Tanglewood season after 35 seasons of great contribution to the BSO.

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

in his writing, he used 'Leonhard'

(Germany 1833-1917)

thanks to Robert Stimpert for this photo and the valuable biographical information about Leohard Jennewein

Studied flute beginning age 13 in High School in Koblenz, Germany. For a decade 1856-1866, Jennewein was in the Duchy of Nassau (before German unification) army playing in army bands, and also playing in the opera orchestra in Frankfurt. In 1866, with the outbreak of the Austro-Prussian War, Leonhard Jennewein with wife and 2 children emgrated to Boston. For three years he played in traveling bands and in the Harvard Orchestra. With the formation of the Boston Symphony, he joined the double bass section, playing with them for 13 years. Jennewein then moved to the Hollis Street Theatre in Boston which presented musical shows, operettas, and dramas accompanied by music. This represented year-around employment, except for summers, which was not then the case with the Boston Symphony. Suring summers, Jennewein played in orcestras in White Mountain hotels and in the resort of Newport, Rhode Island. During this time, Jennewein also played 13 years at the Hollis theater. Beginning in 1906, Jennewein experience ill health which prevented him from further activity as a flutist. He died in Boston in October, 1917 ²⁴⁶ at age 84.

(Romania 1976- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at the Boston Conservatory of Music and Boston University. In June, 2011, Mihail Jojatu performed the Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000) Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops.

(Germany 1852-after 1910)

(Estonia 1894-1957)

Studied double bass with his father, with A. Helder and C. Bech in Estonia and at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and later at the Royal Academy of Music - Berlin.

Ludwig Juht unfortunately missed the 1956 Russian tour due to ill health and died during the 1956-1957 season on January 20, 1957.

(New York 1921-1987) ³⁷

Studied at the Juilliard School in late 1940s.

(died following the Tanglewood season)

(Massachusetts 1920- )

Studied at the New England Conservatory 1941. Kahila had the opportunity in 1941 to audition for the position of his teacher when Hans Lillebach left for Cleveland, but out of respect did not do so, the chair going to John Coffey.

(Canada 1976- )

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1991, also Juilliard School MMus 2001. Married to cellist Thomas Edward Kraines Curtis Institute Class of 1992, and also Juilliard School MMus 2001.

Studied at the New England Conservatory graduated 1933.

(Wisconsin 1921-1991)

Kapuscinski with the La Salle String Quartet

Studied with Leonard Rose, probably at Juilliard in 1945-1946. Kapuscinski left the BSO to teach at Oberlin College, where he died after 20 years of teaching.

in 1966-1967 one season exchange with Japan Philharmonic

(Pennsylvania 1925- ) cousin of Norman Carol

in 1966-1967 one season exchange with Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

from Boston symphony Orchestra charcoal drawings by Gerome Brush: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

died in June during the Boston Pops period at the end of the 1946-1947 season.

(Japan )

substituted for Richard Kapuscinski during the 1966-1967 season.

one season exchange with Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

(Israel circa 1979- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Tanglewood Fellow in 2000. New England Conservatory BMus class of 2003. Active in summer music festivals, including the Marlboro Festival - Vermont and took part in the Musicians from Marlboro tour.

(New York 1952- )

University of Arizona School of Music - Tucson Associate Professor of Horn September 2008-present. While in Boston, taught at Boston University and the New England Conservatory 1981-2008, a

(Silesia Poland 1882- )

Born in Grodków, Poland, emigrated to the USA 1907 from Berlin to join the Boston Symphony.  Studied first with his father Ferdinand Kautzenbach, born 1856, who conducted open-air concerts in Reichenbach, later Rychbach, and now Dzierzoniow, Poland. Arthur Kautzenbach is the composer of the occasionally played Kautzenbach Serenade for Cello. He relocated to Los Angeles in about 1918 and under the name Artur Kay wrote film music for Hollywood studios and conducted frequently, including at the Hollywood Bowl concerts. He died in California on 19 December 1969 age 87.

thanks to Christian Kaufmann for these photographs

(Silesia Poland 1887- )

Born in Silesia, Poland near the Czech border, emigrated to the USA 1909 from Germany to join the Boston Symphony

(Minnesota 1936- )

Dr. Kavalovski gained his Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from the University of Minnesota. Teaching university phyics, achieved tenured professor position. His music teaching has continued at Boston University and the New England Conservatory.

on sabbatical leave 1992-1993

(New York 1955- )

From a musical family, studied piano first with his parents. Then changed to horn, studying at Portland State University and then at the New England Conservatory BMus 1977.

(Massachusetts 1912-1994)

Studied at the Longy School - Boston

(Germany 1876-1942)

(Germany 1870- )

(Massachusetts 1879-1942)

Kelley studied at the New England Conservatory.

LeRoy Kenfield in 1910

One of six boys from Thompson Island School (for indigent boys) over the years to become Boston Symphony musicians. Kenfield's Boston Symphony Colleague David H. Moore, also a trombone player was another Thompson Island School graduate.

LeRoy Kenfield died October 5, 1934, less than 4 months after the end of the Boston Pops season (when Kenfield would have retired from the BSO after 35 years of service.)

(Minnesota 1989- )

Studied first with his musician mother Ellen Kim. Then at the University of Wisconsin (Madison), he receiving a BA in viola performance and a certificate in East Asian Studies. He received his MMus degree in viola performance from The Juilliard School. He has been active in music festivals, including the Marlboro Festival (Vermont), Pacific Music Festival (Japan), Tanglewood Music Center and the Aspen Music Festival (Colorado).

(California )

Studied at the Juilliard School BMus and MMus. Active in music festivals including the Music Academy of the West (California), the Aspen Music Festival (Colorado), the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival (Germany), the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Connecticut), and the Verbier Festival (Switzerland).

(Ohio 1937- )

Studied at the Juilliard School. After the Boston Symphony taught at Ohio State University and Brigham Young University.

(Germany 1859-after 1930)

bassoon (also Chicago Symphony bassoon 1891-1892, also Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - New York City in the 1910s under Music Director and former BSO viola Joseph Knecht, Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra New York in the 1910s. also Poughkeepsie (New York) Symphonic Society orchestra in 1912 ¹⁹⁵).  New York Theater orchestra musician in the 1920s)

(Germany 1867-1936)

Studied at the Leipzig Conservatory.

(Germany 1860-1930)

Max Kluge was one of 5 violists (out of 10 musicians) hired for the 1920-1921 season, following the 1920 musicians strike)

(Austria - now the Ukraine - 1863- )

(Missouri 1858-1929)

Studied violin first with his musician father, Wilhelm Kneer, and then at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Leipzig, Germany in 1876-1879. By 1913, he had returned to Missouri where he instructed violin students.

Studied at the Vienna Conservatory. Conducted the Boston Pops in 1888.

(Massachusetts 1894- )

(Massachusetts 1903-1996)

Studied at the New England Conservatory.

(55 years with the Boston Symphony !)

(Nebraska 1931-2015) father of Sato Knudsen

Studied at Peabody Conservatory of Music 1952-1959.

48 years of service, died two years after retiring

son of Ronald Knudsen

Studied at Bowdoin College and the New England Conservatory.

(born Strasbourg, then Germany, later France 1889- )

Taught violin and also studied at Oberlin College 1916-at least 1922.

(Germany 1851- )

Two sons, Charles and Frederick studied Electrical Engineering at Harvard in 1910s. Frederick later invented a radio direction finding device, and founded a manufacturing company of radio receivers in the 1920s.

Studied at the University of Southern California, UCLA Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, while subbing in the Los Angeles Philharmonic. After the Boston Symphony, was a first violin with the St. Louis Symphony. Sadly, John Korman died of a stroke in St. Louis in 1998, age only 59.

(France 1894-1973)

(also NBC Symphony in 1938, in the 1940s, Galimir String Quartet, Felix Galimir first, Emil Kornsand second violin, Lotte Hammerschlag viola, and Fritz Magg, cello. Magg was Principal cello of the Metropolitan Opera) Emil Kornsand was also a composer and the BSO premiered his Metamorphosis in 1957.

(Prussia later Germany 1854-1900) emigrated to Boston as a boy

died in Boston May 13, 1900 age only 46 ⁴⁷

(Germany 1871-1925)

Born in Germany, but at age 1, came to Boston

Willy Krafft died in Boston just prior to the beginning of the Boston Symphony 1925-1926 season on August 31, 1925, age only 54 ⁶⁶. Born in May, 1871, Krafft must have been one of the youngest musicians to join the BSO, being 17 in October, 1888.

(Germany 1879-1954)

After leaving Boston, Krasselt concentrated on conducting in Germany. Kapellmeister Kiel Opera 1911-1913, German Opera (Deutsche Oper) Charlottenburg, near Berlin beginning 1913. Staatsoper Hannover conductor 1924-1943 and occasionally into the 1950s. Krasselt taught conducting at the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik beginning in 1920, where Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and Berthold Goldschmidt (1903-1996) were among his students.

unable to join the Orchestra until October, 1903, arriving only for the second concert of the season due to German military service ⁴⁸

(Germany 1862-after 1912)

Emigrated to Boston in 1891.

(Russia 1874-1931)

listed for 1931-1932 season, but died October 22, 1931 hit by a truck

(Berlin 1901-1974)

Studied at the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik under previous Boston Symphony Concertmaster Willy Hess. Taught for three decades at the New England Conservatory.

for 29 of these 39 seasons of service, sat in the second chair next to Concertmaster Richard Burgin - Krips is said to always have a second violin mute, since the absent-minded Burgin habitually forgot his.

(Russia 1939- )

Studied at Gnesiny State Musical Pedagogical Institute - Moscow BMus, Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Moscow Conservatory).

uncle of Daniel Kuntz

(Germany 1860-1959)

nephew of Augustus Kuntz. Died in 1959, age 99, the last surviving musician from the original season of the Boston Symphony ⁹⁹.

Daniel Kunze at age 90

August and Daniel Kuntz emigrated together to Boston in 1874 ⁶⁸. In the Summer of 1892, played in the Orchestra at Beyreuth under Herman Levi and Hans Richter ⁶⁸.

(Germany 1874-1939)

Max Kunze came to the US in 1893 under the impresario Flo Ziegfeld to play music in various orchestras of the Chicago World's Fair. He was hired as Principal double bass in Boston by Emil Paur, who probably knew Kunze from Berlin. Kunze taught for many years at the New England Conservatory.

(Syria 1895-1978)

violin (Geneva Symphony - Switzerland, Boston Symphony 1919-1920, Cleveland Orchestra 1920-1922, 1932-1939 led the Kurkdjie Ensemble and the L. Nazar Kurkdjie Orchestra for WTAM and WHK radio Cleveland and later in Hollywood, the KLAC, the NBC radio orchestra under the name of "Mr. Lawrence". As a Hollywood musician, he also directed orchestras for Harry James and Bing Crosby, Phil Harris orchestra)

Taught at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory - Ohio in 1920s into about 1939. Jack Benny claimed that Lawrence Kurkdjie was his most important violin teacher ¹⁶². Billed as Nazar Kurkdjie in performance, his friends called him Lawrence.

Studied at Indiana University BSc, BMus and Performance Certificate, and also at the Juilliard School MMus 1999.

Langendoen also recorded for Technichord Records, based in Brookline, Massachusetts during the 1930s and 1940s. Langendoen came to the US in 1920 as part of Monteux's rebuilding of the BSO, following the March, 1920 musicians' strike, replacing Georges Miquelle. Langendoen's father Willem Jacobsz Langendoen (1865-about 1918) was also a musician.

42 seasons; his tenure was identical to Concertmaster Richard Bergin.

(Rhode Island 1892-1949)

Studied first with his music teacher father Alfred Langley in Newport, Rhode Island, and then at Brown University in Rhode Island Class of 1912. Then at the New England Conservatory in 1917. After inheriting money, in the 1920s became an active composer in New York City, but without any particular success ¹⁹², although he had compositions performed by the Boston Symphony and the New York Philharmonic.

(Belgium 1898-1961)

After Boston and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Lannoye became Third horn in Mexico City 0under Carlos Chavez.

Laraia studied at the New England Conservatory earning his BMus 2013 and MMus 2015. He has been active in music festivals, including the Ravinia Steans Music Institute (Illinois), the Yellow Barn Music Festival (Vermont), and Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival (Vermont).

(New York 1942- )

(France 1905-1992)

from Boston symphony Orchestra charcoal drawings by Gerome Brush: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied at the Conservatoire de Paris Premier prix 1922.

(France 1886-1964)

(Algeria, then a French territory 1888-1945)

(France 1872-returned to France)

(France )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire Premier Prix in the 1997 Concour, also Boston University MMus and Artist's Diploma. Also active in music festivals, including Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Copley Society Series - Massachusetts, Temple Emmanuel Chamber Music Series - Massachusetts, Domain Forget Festival - Québec.

(Korea 1984- ) as a child, lived in Paris, Canada, and New Jersey

Studied at the from the Paris Conservatory Premier prix, Curtis Institute BMus in both violin and viola performance, New England Conservatory DMus 2007. From a musical family, her father, Jaekyu Lee, plays cello with the Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra, and her older sister, Janet, plays cello in Paris. Active in summer music festivals including the Marlboro Festival.

(England 1953- )

Born in England, raised in Massachusetts

Studied at Harvard University BMus 1975. His father, Murray Lefkowitz was head of the Music History Department of Boston University, and Ronan Lefkowitz studied with Joseph Silverstein at Boston University and then also taught at BU.

(France 1884-after 1947)

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, Premier prix in the 1907 Concour.

Studied at the Ecole Normale - Paris and the Juilliard School. Performed the premiers of cello works by Walter Piston, Robert Parris, and Vincent Frohne. Leguia is well-known for his development of a carbon fiber cello, and other stringed instruments from this material.

(Hungary 1906-1997)

Kolisch Quartet: Felix Khuner violin, Eugen Lehner viola, Benar Heifitz cello, Rudolf Kolisch violin playing left-handed

Studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music - Budapest with Jeno Hubay (1858-1937) who also taught Joseph Szigeti and Eugene Ormandy. Leader of the Kolisch Quartet, Rudolf Kolisch, after suffering an accident in his youth could not use his left hand for fingering, so used his left hand for bowing. Amazingly, Kolisch was able to train himself to play left-handed as can be seen in the photograph to the left.

(born in Romania ⁵⁴ and raised in Paris 1897-1962 )

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire Premier prix in about the 1914 Concour.

(died early in the of 1962-1963 season on September 4, 1962)

(France 1873-1945)

The 1920-1921 season was somewhat chaotic after the BSO musicians strike.  For tuba, both "A. Wichman" and "C. Lemcke" were listed in the tuba chair in 1920-1921. In fact, Wichman seems to have been with the orchestra for only a part of the season.

(Massachusetts 1892-1974)

from Boston symphony Orchestra charcoal drawings by Gerome Brush: Boston Symphony Archives

Studied at the New England Conservatory 1910-1913, then in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and admitted to the Hochschule für Musik, Charlottenburg, Germany 1914, but had to return with the start of World War 1. For a number of years, Leveen was responsible for the BSO musicians' Pension Fund, and was head of the Musicians' Committee.

Studied at the Israel Conservatory 1945-1950, the Juilliard School 1950-1952, the Curtis Institute graduated Class of 1955.

Studied at the New England Conservatory class of 2002.  Also member of Classical Tangent, a group combining classical and folk origin music.

(California of Polish parents 1861-1935)

After studying locally in San Francisco, began studied under Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880) at the Brussels Royal Conservatory about 1877-1880. Taught at the National Conservatory - New York City.

(Denmark 1882-1971)

In 1930, Lilleback and Felix Leifels organized the Civic Symphony Orchestra of New York to give low priced concerts ⁷³

(Illinois 1962- )

violin 1985-1988, Assistant Concertmaster 1988-1991, violin 1991-1996, Assistant Concertmaster 1996-1998, violin 1998-present. (also Acting Concertmaster Milwaukee Symphony 1991-1992, Co-Concertmaster London Symphony 1994-1996, Muir String Quartet, founding member of Boston Trio and of Innuendo, a chamber group)

Studied at the University of Illinois and Rice University Shepherd School of Music MMus. Recordings include for New World records, The Stream Flows, Bright Sheng (1955- ) see right, and Gabriela Lena Frank (1972- )

1985-present

(Prussia later Germany 1843-1910)

(Massachusetts 1916-1994)

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1983

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1938.

On retiring, Lipson was the last of the Koussevitzky-selected BSO musicians ¹¹ .

(Saxony later Germany 1841-1917) brother of Fritz Listemann

Bernard Listemann's teachers included Ferdinand David (1810-1873), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881), Joseph Joachim (1831-1907) (wow - what teachers)

click on the thumbnail above to see full picture of the Boston Philharmonic Club, Bernard Listemann first, Fritz Listemann second, Adolf Belz horn, Adolf Hartdegen cello, Alexander Freygang harp, Eugene Weiner flute

(Saxony later Germany 1839-1909) brother of Bernard Listemann

Studied at the Leipzig Conservatorium, and privately with Ferdinand David (1810-1873) and Karl Wilhelm Uhlrich (1815-1874) ¹⁶⁹.

(Germany 1863- )

also brother of Paul Litke, best friend of Carl Barth

detail of BSO 1900 photo: Boston Symphony Archives

Theodore Thomas engaged Hugo Litke to come to the US for the initial two seasons of Theodore Thomas's Chicago Orchestra as it was then called.

(Germany 1870- )

detail of BSO 1900 photo: Boston Symphony Archives

(China about 1972- )

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

(Germany 1861-1935) brother of Erich Loeffler

later composer of late-romantic/impressionistic works such as A Pagan Poem of 1906.

(Germany 1863- ) brother of Martin Loeffler

In 1909, Erich and Martin Loeffler's mother died in Germany. Then, according to "...Erich disappeared from his apartment on Columbus Avene [New York City]..." ¹⁵¹ Erich Loeffler was found later in 1909 wandering the streets in New York City. He did not seem active in US symphonies thereafter.

(Germany 1865-1943)

(Germany 1851-before 1920)

(Canada 1953- ) husband of Nisanne Lowe

Malcolm with pianist son Brendan Lowe

Studied at the Regina Conservatory of Music - Saskatchewan, Curtis Institute Class of 1974. Tenth Concertmaster of the Boston Symphony since Bernard Listemann in 1881, joining a history of greats. Among his fine recordings was Leon Kirchner: Concerto For Violin, Cello And Piano with Gilbert Kalish piano and Jules Eskin cello (see right)

34 seasons of service

wife of Malcolm Lowe

Studied at Eastman School, Juilliard and the Curtis Institute.

(Pennsylvania about 1959- )

son of Philadelphia Orchestra violin Irving Ludwig , and brother of Philadelphia Orchestra violin Michael Ludwig

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1980.

(Austria - now Czech 1877-1937)

from Boston symphony Orchestra charcoal drawings by Gerome Brush: Boston Symphony Archives

(note: died during the 1937-1938 season December 18, 1937)

(New York 1923-1985)

Luetcke was succeeded by Ann Hobson Pilot as Principal harp

                                    Boston Symphony Orchestra with Serge Koussevitzky in Symphony Hall, 1930

(Massachusetts 1901-1955)

Studied at the New England Conservatory class of 1921.

Walter Macdonald died suddenly during the Boston Symphony 1954-1955 season on March 30, 1955.

Studied at the New England Conservatory class of 1950.

(Massachusetts 1906-1986)

piccolo (also chamber group The Aeolians George Madsen, flute, Minot Beale, violin, Carl Stockbridge, cello, Nellie Zimmer, harp. The Aeolians also recorded for Victor in the 1930s)

Studied at the New England Conservatory. Died in retirement in Florida following open heart surgery.

(France 1884-1950)

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire beginning in 1901 where he won his Second prix in 1905 and Premier prix in the 1906 Concour. Came to US as part of a French good-will tour of the Garde républicaine Band, summer 1918. Three musicians from the Garde républicaine band were hired into the Boston Symphony by Henri Rabaud for the 1918-1919 season: Louis Speyer English horn, Georges Laurent flute, and Georges Mager trumpet (although in the first season, Mager played viola sitting next to Arthur Fiedler!).

(Massachusetts 1868-1936)

(Israel 1981- ) born in Tel Aviv and grew up in New York

She studied with her father, Isaac Malkin (Director of the Academy of Music Summer Festival and former professor at the Leningrad Conservatory) at the Pre-college Division of the Manhattan School of Music and with Aaron Rosand at the Curtis Institute, Boris Belkin at the Maastricht Conservatory where she earned her Master's degree and with Miriam Fried at Indiana University.

(then Russia, now Ukraine 1979-1969)

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire and received his Premier prix in cello in 1898. In Boston, founded the Malkin Conservatory 1933-1943.

(Czech 1868-1953)

after retiring as player, continued as assistant librarian until 1952, 61 years of service

(Hungary 1855-1932)

(Russia 1902-1983)

Studied with his flutist father, Clement Maquarre, then Paris Conservatoire Premiere prix for flute in 1893. André Maquarre returned to France in about 1930 and became a member of La Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique, a government-organized company responsible for the management of authors and composers rights and copyrights, where he died in 1936.

(Belgium 1881-after 1930) brother of André Maquarre

Studied with his flutist father, Clement Maquarre, then Paris Conservatoire, where he won a first 'Accessit', or runner-up flute prize in 1894 and Premier Prix in about the 1899 Concour.  Daniel Maquarre may have departed from the Boston Symphony due to a scandal.  According to newspaper accounts, Daniel Maquarre was arrested in San Francisco in 1909 "... upon telegraphic advices from Boston Police where he la wanted upon an Indictment charging him wlth a serious offense for eloping with Mrs. Matilda Lenom..." ¹⁷⁶.  Matilda Lenom was the wife of Clément Lenom, fellow Belgian and second oboe of the Boston Symphony 1901-1925.  (No doubt a juicy story and scandal at the time. Clément Lenom remarried that same year). Daniel Maquarre seems to have returned to France in about 1930.

(1860-1943)

(Italy 1890-1941)

died six months after the end of the 1940-1941 season December 28, 1941

(France 1893-1956)

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire Concour of about 1913, before entering French Army 1914-1918. Recruited by Monteux following the 1920 Boston Symphony musician's strike.

(listed for the 1956-1957 season, Marjollet died in Paris September 20, 1956 during the BSO European Tour)

photo: New York Philharmonic, Chris Lee

Studied at the Juilliard School BMus 2005 and MMus 2006. Active in summer festivals, including the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho during the last decade.

succeeding the great Doug Yeo

(Germany 1859-after 1930)

Studied violin at the Akademischen Hochschule für Musik in Berlin in late 1870s.

(Louisiana )

Studied at Northwestern University, Chicago.

(Washington 1921-1989) ²²

Studied at the University of Washington.

As a student, played in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony 2006-2009. Studied as a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center 2006 and 2008. Studied at Northwestern University - Chicago BMus and MMus in trumpet performance. Active in summer music festivals, including the Pacific Music Festival - Japan and the Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming.

Martin, Thomas

(Wisconsin 1941- ) ²²

Studied at the Eastman School of Music, and master classes at the Paris Conservatoire. Premiered the André Previn's Diversions with the composer at 2010 Prague Spring, and the East Coast premier of Eliot Carter's Clarinet Concerto at Tanglewood 1998, and again at Tanglewood for the 2008 celebration of the Carter Centenary, as well as Carter's Poems of Louis Zukofsky, with soprano Lucy Shelton.

André Previn at the piano with Thomas Martin in Prague at the premiere of Diversions in 2010.

(California 1971- )

(also Hawthorne Sting Quartet, and Boston Symphony Chamber Players, including a fine Martinu recording on NAXOS with Fenwick Smith, New England Conservatory MM 1997)

(South Carolina 1910-1983)

Taught at the orchestra school of the Columbia Music Festival - South Carolina in 1939 ¹⁷⁷. 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.

(North Carolina 1937-1996)

(1961- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at the Indiana University School of Music, and at the Hartt College of Music - Connecticut BMus, and at the State University of New York MMus. She was a Tanglewood Fellow in 1985. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Norfolk Music Festival - Canada and the Yellow Barn Music Festival - Vermont.

(Germany 1878-1956)

(Massachusetts 1917- )

Studied at the New England Conservatory.

Pierre Mayer with Doriot Dwyer flute

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1937, played in the Philadelphia Orchestra cello section prior to graduation. Met and married Winifred Schaefer while in Boston. Samuel Mayes had a genuine American west background: one of his grandfathers was a Cherokee chief, and two Oklahoma counties were named for his forbearers, Rogers County and Mayes County.

Mazzeo circa 1980

Mazzeo studied with Gaston Hamelin and with Gustave Langenus - New York Philharmonic. Mazzeo was also Chairman of the woodwind department at the New England Conservatory of Music.

married to Ronald Wilkison

Studied at the University of Michigan. Her performance of the Bach Six Cello Suites as performed with her bowings and interpretation on the viola are a tour-de-force on two Ashmont CDs 6100 with baroque taste and modern virtuoso technique.

sabbatical leave 1991-1992

(Massachusetts 1908-2005)

Studied with his father, Osborne G. McConathy (1875-1947), professor of music at Northwestern University, Chicago. Also at New York University - New York and at the Juilliard School MMus. He was a scholar in music of the Elizabethan period.

(Massachusetts 1901-1955)

(Canada about 1962- )

Studied at the Curtis Institute BMus Class of 1983. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Music Festival of Taipei - Taiwan, and the Elora Music Festival - Canada, and summers at the Santa Fe Opera where he played English horn. Teaches at the New England Conservatory and Boston University.

(New York 1951- )

Studied at State University of New York - Albany BA Mus., and Yale University MMus. He pursued Ph.D. studies at Boston University.

(Virginia about 1987- )

Studied as a teen with National Symphony of Washington DC timpanist John Tafoya through the National Symphony Youth Fellowship program. New England Conservatory under William Hudgins BMus 2009. Studied with Timothy Genis at Boston University, MMus 2011. Summer fellowship programs including the Tanglewood Music Center (2 times), Spoleto Music Festival - South Carolina, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival - Germany. Also the National Orchestral Institute - Maryland, as did his friend and fellow newly-appointed Boston Symphony percussionist Kyle Brightwell. Older brother Tim McKay is also a percussionist.

(1915-1999)

Studied at the Eastman School, graduated in 1941 with his performer's certificate and BMus.

(Saxony later Germany 1828-1908)

(Germany 1852- )

(New Jersey 1959- )

Studied at Ithaca College BA 1981. Teaches at the New England Conservatory. Active in music festivals, including the Colorado Philharmonic, Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, and the American Wind Symphony Orchestra touring waterways in the summers.

(Massachusetts 1871- )

(Prussia later Germany 1830-1893)

(Massachusetts 1900-1993)

from Boston symphony Orchestra charcoal drawings by Gerome Brush: Boston Symphony Archives

Messina was a street musician with his Italian father in Boston, where he took violin lessons. Joined the BSO following the 1920 Boston Symphony musicians strike, when 32 musicians left the orchestra. Studied at Boston University in his forties, MMus 1944. Retiring in 1960, he founded the Southwest Boston Senior Services Inc. which aided the elderly in Boston.

(Pennsylvania 1963- )

photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Studied at Carnegie-Mellon University B Fine Arts, Cleveland Institute of Music MMus, also studying piccolo while in Cleveland. Active in summer music festivals, including the Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming.

(born Strasbourg, then Germany, later France 1886-1969)

As a teacher, published Melodious Studies for French Horn, still used today.

(Germany 1865-1916)

Studied under Edouard Rappoldi (1839-1900) at the Dresden Conservatorium - Germany. Emigrated to the US in 1883. After Boston, taught briefly at the Athens music conservatory in Greece, before returning to the US in 1902. Began teaching at the Cincinnati Conservatory in 1910. ¹⁷⁸

(Connecticut 1883-1965)

Recorded unissued violin disks for the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1913. Also taught at Princeton University - New Jersey in 1914. He was also a composer of church music.

(New York ) born in New York but grew up in California

photo: Boston Symphony 1983

Studied literature at the University of California - Berkeley before concentrating on the cello, and then at the Juilliard School. Founder of Boston Artists Ensemble (website www.bostonartistsensemble.org/). also toured with the New York String Sextet. He is active with Gramercy Trio: Sharan Leventhal violin, Jonathan Miller cello, Randall Hodgkinson piano with recordings including Shadow Bands music of Scott Wheeler (1952- ) and a CD of the music of Donald Martino (1931-2005). Miller taught at the New England Conservatory and at the Boston Conservatory.

1971-2014

(Germany 1854-1921)

Died in Boston in 1921 of cancer of the bladder age 67.

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, Premier prix in the Concour of 1915 ⁶⁹. Came to US as part of a French good-will tour of the Garde Republicaine Band, summer 1918, as did Louis Speyer.

seems to have left the BSO consequent to the 1920 musician's strike.

Studied at the Toho-Gakuen School of Music - Tokyo, Boston University MMus, member of Pi Kappa Lambda honor society.

Moerschel, Joel P.

(Illinois 1948- )