Samuel Chotzinoff
Samuel Chotzinoff (* around 1889 in Vitebsk , † February 9, 1964 in New York City ) was an American music critic and writer, record producer, pianist and musical writer .
According to the autobiographical book The Lost Paradis , Chotzinoff was born around 1889, later setting his birthday to be July 4th , the date of the United States' declaration of independence .
Chotzinoff taught at the Curtis Institute of Music in the 1930s . He later founded the NBC Opera Company and was the head of NBC's music division. In 1939 he commissioned Gian-Carlo Menotti to compose a radio opera. The Old Maid and The Thief premiered in April of that year . In 1963 he produced a new television version of Menotti's opera Amahl and the Night Visitors .
Chotzinoff wrote an autobiography and a portrait of Arturo Toscanini as well as two Broadway musicals and published numerous music reviews. As a pianist, from 1919 he accompanied Jascha Heifetz , to whose sister he was married. His son was the music critic Blair Chotzinoff .
Fonts
- A lost paradise. Early reminiscences. , London 1956
- Toscanini. An intimate portrait. , New York, 1956 (in German Wiesbaden 1956)
- Eroica: A Novel Based on the Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven
Musicals
- Honeymoon , 1932-33
- Maria Golovin , 1958
Web links
- Works by and about Samuel Chotzinoff in the catalog of the German National Library
- archive.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chotzinoff, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American music critic and writer, record producer, pianist, and musical writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vitebsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1964 |
| Place of death | New York City |