Samuel Hersenhoren

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Samuel David Hersenhoren (born July 2, 1908 in Toronto ; † August 18, 1982 there ) was a Canadian violinist and conductor.

Hersenhoren began his musical training at the Hambourg Conservatory in Toronto and made his debut as a violinist at Massey Hall at the age of eleven . From 1920 to 1925 he continued his studies with Jan Hambourg . In 1925 he appeared on the radio for the first time at the station CKNC, whose Geoffrey Waddington- led orchestra he later belonged to. As an orchestral musician, he played in the New Symphony Orchestra from 1925 to 1927, in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 1927 to 1944 and in the 1960s with the CBC Symphony Orchestra .

In 1932 he founded the New World Chamber Orchestra consisting of six strings and a pianist , which he led until 1940 and with which he toured Toronto and gave school concerts for the Toronto Board of Education . As the conductor of radio orchestras for the CTBC and the CBC , he directed programs such as Lullabye Lagoon , Fugitive Melodies , Dancing Strings , during World War II Carry on Canada and Comrades in Arms and 1945-1946 the Johnny Home Show . In 1943 he conducted the world premieres of John Weinzweig's Our Canada and Healey Willan's Hymn for Those in the Air . From 1941 to 1945 he directed 25 Victory Loan shows , including Raymond Massey , Beatrice Lillie , Ronald Coleman and Charles Boyer .

1945 began his long-term collaboration with the comedians Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster on radio and from 1954 on television. With his New World Chamber Orchestra , which was newly founded and expanded in 1947 , Hersenhoren played radio premieres of Samuel Barber's Capricorn Concerto , Gerald Bales ' Essay for Strings , Oskar Morawetz ' Serenade , Barbara Pentland's Colony Music , Igor Stravinski's L'Histoire du soldat and Walter Piston's Divertimento . From 1952 to 1954 he was the musical director of The Big Revue , the CBC's first television show.

From 1942 to 1951, Hersenhoren was second violinist in the Parlow String Quartet (with Kathleen Parlow , John Dembeck and Isaac Mamott ). In 1945 he founded the Canadian Artists Trio with Cornelius Ysselstyn (cello) and Leo Barkin (piano) . In 1950 he conducted the orchestra at the world premiere of Weinzweig's ballet Red Ear of Corn at the Royal Alexandra Theater . In later years he performed as a freelance violinist with various orchestras.

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SURNAME Hersenhoren, Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hersenhoren, Samuel David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian violinist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto
DATE OF DEATH 18th August 1982
Place of death Toronto