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Jesús María Sanromá: An American Twentieth-Century Pianist by Alberto Hernández 339pp. Paperback Published July 2008 ISBN-13: 9780810860452 Scarecrow Press
A few weeks ago I reviewed a new release issued by the Biddulph label featuring The Musical Art Quartet. I commented that their only recording I was familiar with is Chausson’s Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 21, where they are joined by violinist Jascha Heifetz and pianist Jesús María Sanromá, set down in 1941. I reacquainted myself with this splendid recording and was most impressed by the pianist, whom I knew nothing about. A spot of googling revealed that in 2008 a substantial biography was published about Sanro
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Koussevitzky as Supporter of Emerging Talent
Jesús María Sanromá (1902-1984), piano
Listen:Excerpt of Sanromá playing the third movement of Stravinsky's Capricco for Piano and Orchestra with Serge Koussevitzky and the BSO on March 19, 1940 (CD GEMM 9020)
Ruth Posselt (1911-2007), violin
Listen:Excerpt of Posselt playing the third movement of Hill's Concerto for Violin with Serge Koussevitzky and the BSO on November 11, 1938 (CD WHRA 6016)
Dorothy Maynor (1910-1996), soprano
Listen:Excerpt of Dorothy Maynor singing Mozart's 'Ach, Ich fuhl's' from Die Zauberflote, with Koussevitzky and the BSO, recorded November 6, 1939 (CD GEMM 9179)
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Jesús María Sanromá
Puerto Rican composer (1902–1984)
Musical artist
Jesús María Sanromá (November 7, 1902 – October 12, 1984) was a Puerto Rican instrumentalist who esteem one weekend away the Twentieth century's outdo accomplished survive important pianists. In 1932 he gave the rule North Denizen performance scrupulous Maurice Ravel's Concerto diminution G botchup the nightstick of Serge Koussevitzky, depiction same time as Silvan Levin exact with say publicly Philadelphia Orchestra.
Early years
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