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Price: $185.00 |
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The American conductor writes an amazing two page autographed letter to his teacher, conductor Nikolai Malko, June 1952. Schippers, on the cusp of his meteoric career writes a news filled letter to Malko, with whom he continued to study. June, 1952 Dear Dr. Malko, Instead of ending my letter with salutations to you and your family I would rather start with; since, when I reflect on my stay in Chicago the only pleasantry was working with you and enjoying the warm hospitality of Mrs. Malko and George and those all too few hours of eating and talking with each other. Please give them my very best wishes. There’s been a lot of excitement in New York; when I got back N.B.C. asked me to conduct Two programs in October for their broadcasts on Saturday Night. So you see, you not only helped my “horitzonal” line but you brought me good luck at the same time. Enclosed is some money which I hope is not too late in coming. I meant to send it right on but have spent most of the time, since I returned, outside of New York in order to stay away from the oppressive heat. I don’t know yet whether I can come back to Chicago before the Stadium concerts but I am going to try. With my two concerts at N.B.C. and Boheme at the opera—needless to say—I shall try. May I thank you once again for working with me. The many things we discussed are beginning to penetrate and I know they will be a great help in the future. Most sincerely yours, Thomas Schippers P.S. Sam Barber is in Europe. His address in Paris is Hotel Lincoln Rue Bayard.
Schippers, who is considered to be America’s finest home grown conductor after Leonard Bernstein, made his New York City Opera debut in April of 1952. His both personal and professional relationship with Gian-Carlo Menotti led him to NBC in 1951 and the New York City Opera in 1952. The complex relationship stretched further with Samuel Barber who also had both a personal and professional relationship with the pair and he is also mentioned in the body of the letter. Schippers went on to regularly conduct at the Metropolitan Opera, helped to found the Spoleto Festival with Menotti and later became conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Nikolai Malko was a pupil of Rimsky, Glazounov, Liadov and Tcherepnin at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He finished his conducting lessons with Felix Mottl in Germany, rising to become the Music Director of the Leningrad Philharmonic, where he premiered his pupil Dimitri Shostakovich’s 1st and 2nd Symphonies, the 2nd was dedicated to him. He left Russia in 1928 while still head of the Philharmonic and Eugene Mravinsky, his pupil succeeded him there. After many European tours, he arrived in the U.S. in 1938 to lecture and stayed during the duration of the war, guesting as conductor around the Country. He became an American citizen in 1946 and settled in Chicago, where he taught conducting and wrote a number of books, as well as articles on conducting. He only took two posts during the balance of his life, a 2 year stint with the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra in England and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in Australia. However, he can be heard to his best advantage in his recordings with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Schippers letters are rare and of this quality and association, scarce. |
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