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Vladimir Golschmann

{{Short description|French and American conductor (1893–1972)}}

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Vladimir Golschmann (16 December 1893{{spaced ndash}}1 March 1972) was a French and American conductor.

Biography

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Vladimir Golschmann was born in Paris to a Jewish family. He studied violin at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. He was a notable advocate of the music of the composers known as Les Six. In Paris, he had his own concert series, the Concerts Golschmann, which began in 1919. He became the director of music activities at the Sorbonne, at the behest of the French government. Golschmann also conducted performances at the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev.{{cite magazine | title=Glass Arm Substitutes | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,742746,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050111214553/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,742746,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 11, 2005 | magazine=Time | date=21 December 1931 | access-date=2007-09-03}}

Golschmann was the music director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) from 1931 to 1958, their longest-serving music director.{{cite magazine | title=Halfway in St. Louis | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858756,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615141235/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858756,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 15, 2009 | magazine=Time | date=20 March 1950 | access-date=2007-09-03}} His initial contract was for 3 years, and the successive contracts were renewed yearly.{{cite magazine | title=Long-Term Conductor | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866791,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214105352/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866791,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 14, 2008 | magazine=Time | date=27 February 1956 | access-date=2007-09-03}} For the last three years of his tenure, he was named conductor emeritus, during their search for a successor music director. He was initiated as an honorary member of the New Zeta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity in 1949. Golschmann remained in the US, becoming a citizen in 1957.{{cite web |url=http://www.stokowski.org/Principal_Musicians_St_Louis_Symphony.htm |title=Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Principal Musicians |website=www.stokowski.org |access-date=2012-10-21}}

In 1957 Golschmann joined forces with a young Glenn Gould and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra to record Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 and Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 for Columbia Masterworks (ML 5298, 1958).[https://archive.org/details/lp_concerto-no-1-in-c-major-for-piano-and_glenn-gould-vladimir-golschmann-columbi/disc1/01.01.+Concerto+No.1+In+C+Major+For+Piano+And+Orchestra%2C+Op.+15%3A+I+Allegro+Con+Brio.mp3 Audio recording Vladimir Golschmann Glenn Gould and Columbia Symphony Orchestra on archive.org]

In his later years, Golschmann also worked with the orchestras of Tulsa and Denver. He died in New York City.

Premieres

Golschmann conducted several world premieres, including, all in Paris except the last:

::Source: {{lang|fr|Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l’interprétation musicale au XXe siècle}}.Pâris, p. 462

Recordings

{{external media||width=230px|audio1=You may hear Vladimir Golschmann with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra and Glenn Gould in:
Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op. 15
Johann Sebastian Bach's Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
in 1958 [https://archive.org/details/lp_concerto-no-1-in-c-major-for-piano-and_glenn-gould-vladimir-golschmann-columbi/disc1/01.01.+Concerto+No.1+In+C+Major+For+Piano+And+Orchestra%2C+Op.+15%3A+I+Allegro+Con+Brio.mp3
Here on archive.org]|audio2=You may hear Vladimir Golschmann with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra and Glenn Gould in
Johann Sebastian Bach's:
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053
Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055
in 1969 [https://archive.org/details/lp_keyboard-concertos-volii-no-2-in-e-major_glenn-gould-vladimir-golschmann-columbia-s/disc1/01.02.+Concerto+No.+2+In+E+Major+For+Piano+And+Orchestra%2C+BWV+1053%3A+II+-+Siciliano+.mp3 Here on Archive.org]}}

References

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Sources

  • {{cite book | last = Pâris | first = Alain | title= Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l’interprétation musicale au XXe siècle |edition=fourth|language=French| date =1995 | location =Paris | publisher = Laffont| isbn =978-2-22-108064-1 }}

External links

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  • [https://www.stlsymphony.org/en/musicians/conductors/past-music-directors/ Vladimir Golschmann biography at the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra website]
  • [http://www.bambootrading.com/proddetail.asp?prod=742&cat=250 1948 magazine advertisement with picture of Vladimir Golschmann]
  • [https://sites.google.com/site/vladimirgolschmann/ A site in French about Vladimir Golschmann]

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Category:1893 births

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