Siloti, Alexander [Ziloti, Aleksandr Il'yich]. (1863–1945)
Collection of Concert Programs
An interesting group of 9 original concert programs from the important Russian pianist, dating from the 1920's to the 1930's in the United States. Included are programs from Jan. 19, 1922 (concert with the New York Symphony in Philadelphia); Mar. 14, 1922 (concert with the New York Symphony and Walter Damrosch at the Elmwood Music Hall, Buffalo); Nov. 19, [1922] (solo recital at Aeolian Hall); Dec. 6, 1922 (solo recital at the Chromatic Club, Buffalo); Dec. 17, 1922 (recital of Bach sonatas at Aeolian Hall with Paul Kochanski and George Barrère); Nov. 19–21, 1930 (concert with the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York and Arturo Toscanini at Carnegie Hall); Feb. 15, 1935 (performance with the Orchestra of the Juilliard School of Music); Nov. 7, 1936 (concert of Liszt with the Elizabeth Philharmonic Society and Olga Averino in Elizabeth, N.J.); and Oct. 31, [1932 or 1938?] (recital accompanying Olga Averino at Town Hall, New York). Also included is a promotional leaflet on Siloti and his piano transcriptions and arrangements, issued by Carl Fischer. One program missing outer page, with a pencil note on the verso; otherwise overall in fine condition.The Russian pianist, conductor and composer Alexander Siloti was born near Kharkiv, Ukraine (then part of of Imperial Russia) and studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Zverev, Nikolai Rubinstein, and Tchaikovsky, before traveling to Weimar to further his studies with Liszt. Returning to Moscow, he then taught at the Moscow Conservatory, where his students included his cousin Sergei Rachmaninoff. In 1918 he fled Russia for England, finally settling in New York City in December 1921. From 1925-1942 he taught at the Juilliard Graduate School, and performed in recital in the United States. Siloti, who was one of the great practitioners of the art of transcription, wrote over 200 of these arrangements, as well as orchestral editions of the music of Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi. (15806)
Program, unsigned Classical Music