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Phone: 212-860-5541 * Fax: 917-677-8247
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Price: $185.00 |
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WESLEY WEYMAN – PIANIST |
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The Boston born, American pianist writes a two page autographed letter to a concert manager regarding a concert. Dear Miss Kimball, ….and beg you to accept the Enclosed tickets and come on Thursday evening to hear me play…. ….Steinert Hall, 162 Boylston Street, Boston
Weyman (1877-1931) was a multi-faceted man. Born in Boston, a true Brahmin, he could trace his roots back to the Mayflower and the Fairfield’s of Maine. After graduation from Harvard College in 1898, Weyman went to New York to study with Liszt pupil William Mason. He stayed with Mason until 1901 and then embarked on a solo career, touring the Northeast. In 1905, he was appointed a piano professor at the School of Musical Arts, which was to become Juilliard. He remained there until 1908, when he decided to go to Europe and train for an international concert career. He studied with Leschetizky and Godowsky in Vienna, Moszkowski in Paris, and Mathay in London. He also worked occasionally with the Russian pianist and conductor Vassily Safonov. In 1912 he gave his British debut in London and then embarked on a Continental tour which included Germany, Austria and the Scandinavian countries. In 1914, he moved back to the United States and repaired to Boston and later New York. He was a well known teacher in both cities and also taught a semi-seasonal colloquium for six weeks each, entitled “Theory of Pianoforte Technique” where he would espouse the principles of Tobias Mathay. He also would glean pupils from these classes. However, Weyman was not just a pianist, but a well published genealogist, who worked on tracing ancestries of other Mayflower decedents. After his death, his papers went to the New York Public Library and he created a trust at Harvard which is still giving to worthy projects today. |
