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HORACE BRITT (ANTWERP, BELGIUM, JUNE 18, 1881 – AUSTIN, USA, FEBRUARY 3, 1971)

 

 

 

 

He spent his childhood in Paris, where his parents taught him, his brother Roger, and his sister Gaetana music from an early age. He later returned to Antwerp, where Gustave Fass prepared him for admission to the Paris Conservatory. Britt studied at the Paris Conservatory from 1892 in the class of Jules Delsart, winning the First Prize in 1895. In 1897, he performed with the Lamoureux Orchestra, and the following year with the Colonne Orchestra.

Britt subsequently moved to the United States, where he served as principal cellist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1905 to 1907 and of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1907 to 1908. During the 1910s, he was principal cellist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. In 1924–1925, he held the same position with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. He taught at the Curtis Institute during the 1925–1926 academic year. Around the turn of the 1910s and 1920s, he performed with the Hans Letz String Quartet and later with the Mischa Elman String Quartet. In the 1940s, he led his own string trio.

He participated in the 1928 recording of Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C major, D. 956 (Op. 163), with the London String Quartet.

From 1947, Britt taught at the University of Texas at Austin, becoming a full professor in 1950. He retired in 1963.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Rameau Trio Children’s corner Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum (Debussy) with Carlos Salzedo (harp) and Georges Barrère (flute) Victor 2041 BS-010046

Rameau Trio Children’s corner Jumbo’s Lullaby (Debussy) with Carlos Salzedo (harp) and Georges Barrère (flute) Victor 2041 BS-010047

Rameau Trio Children’s corner No. 1 Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum (Debussy) with Georges Barrère (flute) and Carlos Salzedo (harp)  Victor 2041 BS-010046

Rameau Trio Children’s corner No. 2 Jumbo’s Lullaby (Debussy) with Georges Barrère (flute) and Carlos Salzedo (harp)  Victor 2041 BS-010047

Rameau Trio Children’s corner No. 3  Serenade for the doll (Debussy) with Georges Barrère (flute) and Carlos Salzedo (harp)  Victor 2042 BS-010048

Rameau Trio Children’s corner No. 4 The snow is dancing (Debussy) with Georges Barrère (flute) and Georges Barrère (flute) Victor 2042 BS-010049

Rameau Trio Children’s corner No. 5 The little shepherd (Debussy) with Georges Barrère (flute) and Carlos Salzedo (harp) Victor 2043 BS-010050

Rameau Trio Children’s corner No. 6 Golliwog’s cakewalk (Debussy) with Georges Barrère (flute) and Carlos Salzedo (harp)  Victor 2043 BS-010051

 

Andante Cantabile from String Quartet Op. 11 (Tchaikovsky)

Victor 6634 CVE-21497 1 5 1927 Camden, New Jersey

Elman String Quartet

Mischa Elman First violin

Edward Bachmann Second violin

William Schubert Viola

Horace Britt Cello

 

Quartet in D minor Op. 76 (Haydn)

Allegro

Andante o piuttosto allegro

Menuetto allegro ma non troppo

Vivace assai

Victor CVE-37403 6701

CVE-37404, 6701

CVE-37405, 6702

CVE-37406, 6702

1/5/1927 Camden, New Jersey

Elman String Quartet

Mischa Elman First violin

Edward Bachmann Second violin

William Schubert Viola

Horace Britt Cello