[Pianists]
1915 Program and Tickets for a series include Busoni, Gabrilowitsch, Hofmann, Borwick & Bauer
Unused series of five original passes or coupon for concerts by different pianists at the Opera House of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, February - March 1915, letterpress printed on pink cardstock measuring approx. 9 x 3.25 in. In perfectly preserved condition, the perforations crisp and untouched, and a particularly handsome item for display.A remarkable survival from a "super series" of concerts by five keyboard titans. The present coupons ("a member desiring to attend must present this coupon in order to obtain reduced rates") is from a series of five "Orchestral Concerts with Piano Soloists" with the Symphony Society of New York (later the New York Philharmonic) conducted by Walter Damrosch. The dates and artists are as follows:
February 1, 1915: Harold Bauer. Bauer played the Piano Concerto No. 1 as part of an all-Brahms program.
February 11, 1915: Ferruccio Busoni. Busoni played the Concerto in A as part of an all-Liszt program, as well as the Concerto in E flat--"or," per the program, "Danse Macabre."
March 1, 1915: Josef Hofmann. Hofmann played the Piano Concerti in G minor and D minor as part of an all-Rubinstein program.
March 8, 1915: Leonard Borwick. Borwick played the Piano Concerti Nos. 3 and 4 as part of an all-Beethoven program.
March 15, 1915: Ossip Gabrilowitsch. Gabrilowitsch played the Piano Concerto in B flat as part of an all-Tchaikovsky program.
Together with Promotional brochure for a concert series titled "Five Master Composer Concerts Interpreted by Five of the World's Greatest Pianists," with the Symphony Society of New York (later the New York Philharmonic) conducted by Walter Damrosch, Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, February - March 1915, four pages, 10 x 8 in., illustrated. In fine, clean condition. The front panel of the brochure describes the series thus (in part): "As five of the world's greatest pianists are in this country this winter, the opportunity offered itself to unite them all in a series of composers' concerts in which, in conjunction with the Orchestra of the Society, their musicianship and virtuosity could demonstrate themselves in five programs, each one of which will be devoted to one master composer...." The inner spread includes scheduling and program information for each of the five concerts, as well as a photo of each pianist and composer. (9676)
Program, unsigned Classical Music