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SAMUEL GARDNER (KROPYVNYTSKYI, UKRAINE, AUGUST 25, 1891 – NEW YORK, JANUARY 23, 1984)

 

 

 

 

He was an American composer and violinist of Russian Jewish origin. He won a Pulitzer prize with a string quartet in 1918. He was a student of Franz Kneisel and Percy Goetschius, and began his career as a concert violinist; among his compositions is a violin concerto. He wrote a number of other chamber works, and a handful of things for orchestra, including Broadway, which was performed by the Boston Symphony in the 1929-30 season.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Andante from Second Concerto, Op. 32 (Charles de Beriot) Victor 18175-B 18175B
2. Annie Laurie (Scott) Victor 17756-A 17756A
3. Ave Maria (Schubert) Edison 3152
4. Believe me, If all those endearing young charms (Moore) Victor 17871-B 17871B
5. Chisidisch (Saminsky) Victor 67538 B-16508
6. Darling Nellie Gray (B. R. Hanby) Victor 17888-B 17888B
7. Funeral march (Beethoven) Edison 2475 50205
8. Humoresques, No. 7 (Dvorak) Edison 2405
9. Last Rose of Summer (Moore) Victor 17871-A 17871A
10. Long, Long Ago (T. Haynes Bayly) Victor 17888-A 17888A
11. My Old Kentucky Home (Stephen C. Foster) Victor 17756-B 17756B
12. Preludium & Allegro (Pugnani-Kreisler) Edison 3151-B
13. Variations on a theme by Corelli (Tartini-Kreisler) Edison 50205 2677