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This is Part IV of a 4-part series "Quotes and Graphite Drawings" by visual artist Eugene James Martin. The drawings date from 1977 and (More)http://www.artnet.com/awc/eugene-j-martin.html
This is Part IV of a 4-part series "Quotes and Graphite Drawings" by visual artist Eugene James Martin. The drawings date from 1977 and 1978; the quotes from the mid-1970's. Many of the quotes and all of the original drawings that accompanied the quotes Eugene Martin organized in a special volume were accidentally lost in Washington D.C. in the early 1980's when someone borrowed the chapbook and misplaced it. Works of art created in Washington DC, filmed in Lafayette, Louisiana (LA). Video clip montage by S. Fredericq.
Music by (a) J. S. Bach, Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826, "Allemande", Martha Argerich (piano), 1979, Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Phillips. (b) Robert Schumann, Dichterliebe, Op. 48, "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", Thomas Quasthoff (baritone), Roberto Szidon (piano), 1992, BMG Music - RCA Victor.
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,
Als alle Knospen sprangen,
Da ist in meinem Herzen Die Liebe aufgegangen.
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,
Als alle Vögel sangen,
Da hab' ich ihr gestanden
Mein Sehnen und Verlangen.
In the marvelous month of May
In the marvelous month of May
when all the buds were bursting,
then in my heart did
love arise.
In the marvelous month of May
when all the birds were singing,
then did I reveal to her
my yearning and longing. (Less) Video Tags:AfricanAmericanaphorismsartartistcontemporarydrawingEugenehumorJamesMartinpaintingquotessurrealism Rate it:Rate : Watch hereClose player
7, 04:45, 2008-02-12 19:48:35 Description:Claudio Arrau León (February 6, 1903 -- June 9, 1991) was a Chilean pianist of world fame for his deep interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers. (More)Claudio Arrau León (February 6, 1903 -- June 9, 1991) was a Chilean pianist of world fame for his deep interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.
Arrau was born in Chillán, the son of eye doctor Carlos Arrau and Lucrecia Ponce de León, a piano teacher. He belonged to an old, prominent family of Southern Chile. His ancestor Lorenzo de Arrau was sent to Chile by King Carlos III of Spain. Through his great-grandmother, María del Carmen Daroch del Solar, Arrau was a descendant of the Campbells of Glenorchy, a very prominent Scottish noble family. He was a distant relative of Francesca von Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon, daughter-in-law of Otto von Habsburg. They both descended from Sir John Campbell of Glenorchy, father of the first Earl of Breadalbane.[citation needed]
Arrau was a child prodigy, giving his first concert at age five. At age seven he was sent on a Chilean government grant to study in Germany, at the Stern conservatory of Berlin where he was a pupil of Martin Krause, who had studied under Franz Liszt. At the age of 11 he could play Liszt's Transcendental Etudes, considered to be one of the most difficult sets of works ever written for the piano, and also Brahms's Paganini Variations. Arrau also made live-recording player piano music rolls for the Aeolian Duo-Art system all of which survive today and can be heard.
In 1937, Arrau married German Jewish mezzo-soprano Ruth Schneider, and they had three children: Carmen (1938-2006), Mario (1940-1988) and Christopher (1959). He had a happy family life with his wife and children. The Arraus were a very close family and used to pass summers in Andover (Vermont), where the pianist had a summer residence.
Awards and Recognitions
-Gold Medal, The Royal Philharmonic Society. 1990
-Honorary Member, The Royal Philharmonic Society. 1988
-National Prize of Art of Chile. 1983
-Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur of France
-Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Oxford
First Honorary Member, The Robert Schumann Society
-Beethoven Medal of New York
-Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France
-Hans von Bülow Medal of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 1978
-Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz of the Federal Republic of Germany. 1970
-Homage from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Kurt Westphal, on behalf of the orchestra, called him "heir to the throne of Gieseking and Busoni". 1968
-Doctor of Music, University of Chile. 1959
-Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Concepción (Spanish). 1959
-Gold Medal of the City of Concepción
-Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Chile. 1949
-Gold Medal of the Chilean Government. 1944
-Winner of the Grand Prix of the Concours International des Pianistes. The jury was composed by Arthur Rubinstein, Joseph Pembaur, Ernest Schelling, Alfred Cortot and José Vianna da Motta. Cortot exclaimed: "Cela c'est un pianiste. C'est merveilleux". Geneva, 1927
-Honour Prize of the Stern Conservatory (German), becoming Professor. 1925
-Liszt Prize in 1919 (after 45 years without a first place winner), and again in 1920
-Schulhoff Prize. Berlin, 1918
End of studies at the Stern Conservatory, receiving an "Exceptional Diploma". Berlin, 1917
-Grant of the Stern Conservatory. Berlin, 1916
-First Prize in the Rudolph Ibach Competition (he was the only participating boy). Berlin, 1915
-Gustav Holländer Medal for young artists. Berlin, 1915
-Grant of the Chilean Congress for musical studies in Berlin. 1911
-Grand Prix du Disque:
Schumann: Piano Concerto, Carnaval; Beethoven: Sonata No.32. EMI Classics DVD (Classic Archives series)
-Grand Prix du Disque:
Chopin: Études Op.10 & Op.25. EMI Classics CD (Références series) (1990)
-Warsaw Chopin Society's Grand Prix du Disque Frédéric Chopin :
Chopin: Études Op.10 & Op.25. EMI Classics CD (Références series) (1990)
-FFFF de Télérama:
Chopin: Études Op.10 & Op.25. EMI Classics CD (Références series)
-Diapason d'Or:
Chopin: Études Op.10 & Op.25. EMI Classics CD (Références series)
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