Boris Black
Boris Schwarz (born March 13, jul. / 26. March 1906 greg. In St. Petersburg , † 31 December 1983 in New York City ) was an American violinist and musicologist Russian origin.
Boris Schwarz moved to Berlin when he was a child . At the age of 14 he made his debut as a violinist in Hanover, accompanied by his father Joseph Schwarz, a pianist. Schwarz was taught by renowned teachers: in Berlin by Carl Flesch (1922 to 1925) and in 1925/26 in Paris by Jacques Thibaud and Lucien Capet . From 1930 he studied musicology in Berlin and performed throughout Europe. In 1936 he emigrated to the USA and took American citizenship in 1943. There he was concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1937/1938 and a member of the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini in 1938/1939 . He also received a PhD from Columbia University as a musicologist . From 1941 to 1976, Schwarz held a music professorship at Queens College in New York and temporarily served as dean of the local music department.
Schwarz studied the history of Soviet music in detail, including a. as part of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1959/60, and made several trips to the USSR . 1973 received his book Music and Musical Life in Soviet Russia, 1917-1970 a price of the ASCAP . Schwarz also contributed as an author to the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians .
Web links
- Boris Schwarz: Black, Boris. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Obituary New York Times, Jan. 2, 1984
- Images Jewish Museum Berlin
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Black, Boris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American violinist and musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1983 |
| Place of death | New York City |