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Price: $200.00 |
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NEAR MINT CONDITION |
JESUS M. SANROMÁ - PIANIST |
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Autographed quarto sepia and double-weight autographed and inscribed photograph of the great Puerto Rican pianist, Boston, 1939. The photograph was taken and also inscribed by the pianist’s brother, Juan Sanromá. The pianist (1902-1984) left Puerto Rico with his family, so he could study at the New England Conservatory. Shortly after his graduation, he was heard by Boston Symphony Orchestra Music director Serge Koussevitzky who hired him virtually on the spot to become the official pianist of the orchestra in 1926 and he stayed until 1943. His near 20 year relationship with the BSO was a fruitful one which included the World Premiers of Vernon Duke, Walter Piston and Ferde Grofé’s piano concertos; as well as the American premiers of Stravinsky’s Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra and Toch’s Piano Concerto which he recorded. He also recorded the first complete performance on records of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” Sanromá was also a prolific recording artist and his records are quite sensational. As an aside, Serge Koussevitzky apparently had difficulty working with partitur orchestral scores and one of the pianists functions was to rehearse all works with Koussevitzky with concertmaster Richard Burgin until he was comfortable waving his arms to the work. |
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