Modest Altschuler
Modest Isaakowitsch Altschuler (born February 15, 1873 in Mogilew , † September 12, 1963 in Los Angeles ) was an American cellist , conductor and film composer from Belarus .
Life
Altschuler was a student friend of Alexander Scriabin at the Moscow Conservatory . After studying music in Warsaw and Moscow After completing his cello studies, he emigrated to the USA around 1895. In 1903 he became the founder and conductor of the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York , which he directed until 1918 and with which he made Russian music known in particular. In 1908, Scriabin's Le Poème de l'Extase was premiered in New York under his direction . Altschuler performed with well-known composers and soloists such as Rachmaninoff , Prokofiev, Mischa Elman , Josef Lhévinne and Scriabin. After the orchestra broke up at the beginning of the First World War, Altschuler moved to California, where he worked as a teacher and conductor. From 1926 to 1931 he took over the direction of the Glendale Symphony Orchestra .
Together with his brother Jakow Isaakowitsch Altschuler (* 1870), who emigrated with him to America and called himself Joe Aller there , Altschuler also composed and conducted film music, including "The Sea Hawk" (1924) or "Buffalo Bill Rides Again" ( 1947).
Filmography (selection)
- 1913: Spartacus (Spartaco)
literature
- Igor Fjodorowitsch Belsa: Alexander Nikolajewitsch Scriabin . Verlag Neue Musik, Berlin, 1986. ISBN 3-7333-0006-8 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, Volume II (Alr-Az), 2nd ed., Thomson Gale, Detroit, 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865930-5 , p. 26
Web links
- Shin-Huei Du: The Revival of the Glendale Symphony Orchestra Association in the 2005-06 Season , Diss. Texas Tech. Univ., 2006 (PDF file; 2.36 MB)
- Review of a concert conducted by Altschuler, New York Times, March 12, 1905
- Modest Altschuler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Altschuler, Modest |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Altschuler, Modest Isaakowitsch; Altschuler, Moisei Isaakowitsch |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cellist, conductor and film composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1873 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mogilev |
DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1963 |
Place of death | los Angeles |