Echániz, José. (1905–1969) & Kleiber, Erich. (1890–1956) & Bauer, Harold. (1873–1951) & Ganz, Rudolph. (1877–1972) & Leinsdorf, Erich. (1912–1993) & Primrose, William. (1904–1982) & Iturbi, José. (1895–1980) & Iturbi, Ámparo. (1898–1969) & Hanson, Howard. (1896–1981) & Hero, Stephan.
Collection of Photographs of José Echániz with Colleagues, including Primrose, Bauer, Kleiber, Leinsdorf etc.
An interesting collection of photographs of the important Cuban-American pianist and composer, a major star of the 1920's and 30's and longtime professor at the Eastman School. In one 4 x 6 and twelve 8 x 10 photographs, Echániz is shown with many other important musical figures of the era, including violinist Stephan Hero, violist William Primrose, conductors José Iturbi, Erich Leinsdorf, Erich Kleiber, and Howard Hanson, and pianists Ámparo Iturbi, Harold Bauer and Rudolph Ganz, among others. Also included is an 8.5 x 11 black and white advertisement for Echániz's performances taken from an issue of Musical America magazine.Photographs in good to fine condition overall, some with light toning or wear to the edges.
Contents:
1. Echániz with conductor Erich Kleiber, in concert dress. 8 x 10 inches (19.1 x 24.3 cm.)
2. Harold Bauer, Rudolph Ganz, José Iturbi, and George Copeland grouped around Echániz as he plays at the piano. 10 x 8 inches (25.5 x 20.4 cm).
3. Echániz with Erich Leinsdorf at the piano. 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.2 cm).
4. Echániz consulting backstage with William Primrose. 10 x 8 inches (25.3 x 20.2 cm).
5. Echániz outside on the doorstep of a house with José Iturbi. 4 x 6 inches (10.2 x 15.2 cm).
6. Echániz greeting Stephan Hero on a train platform (ca. 1920's-30's.) 8 x 10 inches (20.2 x 25.3 cm).
7. Amparo Iturbi and Echániz playing the piano while Howard Hanson looks on. One large tear, otherwise very good. 8 x 10 inches (20.6 x 25.5 cm).
8. Amparo Iturbi and Echániz at the piano at the same occasion. 8 x 10 inches (20.2 x 25.6 cm).
9. Echániz with Charles Horace Mayo, one of the founders of the Mayo Clinic (ca. 1930's). 7 x 10.5 inches (18.5 x 26.5 cm).
10. Echániz on the podium, shaking hands with an unidentified man in military uniform. Tipped to a card mount, with some bad cracking, overall good. 7.75 x 10 inches (20 x 24.9 cm).
11. Press photograph of Echániz performing a solo recital, stamped on the verso with the date December 30, 1934, and with the original press caption. Mounting remnants and pen marks; overall good. 10 x 8 inches (25.3 x 20.3 cm).
12. Promotional photograph of Echániz posing with the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, which he conducted from 1949 to 1955. 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.7 cm).
13. Pianist Armond Basile (a professor of piano at Eastman) at the keyboard. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.3 cm).
14. Reproduction advertisement for Echániz, described as "Among the truly great of the younger masters," from Musical America, p. 180.
Pianist José Echániz (1905-1969), a Cuban-born child prodigy, studied at the Falcon Conservatory in Havana, where he was awarded the title “professor of piano” at age 14. During the 1920s, he appeared at Carnegie Hall, toured U.S. cities, and appeared in Paris, The Hague, Amsterdam, and Madrid. During the 1930’s, he was a featured soloist with orchestras in Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and New Orleans and appeared under the batons of such distinguished conductors as Iturbi, Mitropoulos, Kleiber, Leinsdorf, and others. Echániz joined the Eastman School faculty in 1944. Throughout his 25-year teaching career, Echániz maintained an active career as a recitalist in Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean, as an orchestral soloist, and as a recording artist. (Eastman School of Music.) (12596)
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