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JÁNOS SCHOLZ (SOPRON, HUNGARY DECEMBER 20, 1903 – NEW YORK CITY JUNE 3, 1993)

 

 

 

 

János Scholz was a Hungarian-born American cellist and art collector. Scholz was born in 1903 in Sopron, Hungary. He graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Scholz began playing the cello with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra. He joined the Roth Quartet in 1932. By 1933, he was a cellist in New York City. He became “one of the great cellists of the twentieth century.”He also taught at Columbia University and New York University. Scholz began his Italian Art collection in 1935 which grew to 1500 drawings. Representing drawings of both major and minor artists of Italy they are noted for the quality of individual works and the comprehensive nature. In 1973, he donated the works, including “drawings by Pisanello, Veronese, Titian, Guercino, and Piranesi”, to Morgan Library & Museum. Scholz conducted seminars for New York University Institute of Fine Arts, Columbia University and the New School for Social Research providing rare first hand contact with works through his collection. Many exhibitions were organized in the U.S., Canada and Italy. Scholz was married twice. His first wife was Anne Bigelow Rosen. His second wife, Helen Marshall Schelling, was the widow of conductor Ernest Schelling. They resided on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York City. Scholz had two sons with Anne Bigelow Rosen and one with Helen Marshall Schelling. Scholz died on June 3, 1993 in New York City, at age 89.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat, BWV 1051 – 1. (Allegro) with I Musici and Maria Teresa Garatti (Harpsichord)

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat, BWV 1051 – 2. Adagio ma non tanto with I Musici and Maria Teresa Garatti (Harpsichord)

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat, BWV 1051 – 3. Allegro with I Musici and Maria Teresa Garatti (Harpsichord)

Sextet For B Flat Clarinet, String Quartet & Piano, Op. 38 (Juan Orrego-Salas) Recitative with Arthur Bloom, Judith Yanchus, Kees Kooper, Mary Louise Boehm, Paul Doktor

Sextet For B Flat Clarinet, String Quartet & Piano, Op. 38 (Juan Orrego-Salas) Scherzo with Arthur Bloom, Judith Yanchus, Kees Kooper, Mary Louise Boehm, Paul Doktor

Sextet For B Flat Clarinet, String Quartet & Piano, Op. 38 (Juan Orrego-Salas) Sonata with Arthur Bloom, Judith Yanchus, Kees Kooper, Mary Louise Boehm, Paul Doktor

Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1027  (Bach) III. Andante with Egida Giordani Sartori (Harpsichord)

Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1027  (Bach) IV. Allegro Moderato with Egida Giordani Sartori (Harpsichord)

Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1027 (Bach) I. Adagio with Egida Giordani Sartori (Harpsichord)

Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1027 (Bach) II. Allegro Ma Non Tanto with Egida Giordani Sartori (Harpsichord)

Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No. 2 In D Major, BWV 1028  (Bach) II. Allegro with Egida Giordani Sartori (Harpsichord)

Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No. 2 In D Major, BWV 1028  (Bach) III. Andante with Egida Giordani Sartori (Harpsichord)

Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No. 2 In D Major, BWV 1028  (Bach) IV. Allegro with Egida Giordani Sartori (Harpsichord)

Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No. 2 In D Major, BWV 1028 (Bach) I. Adagio with Egida Giordani Sartori (Harpsichord)

Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No. 3 In G Minor, BWV 1029  (Bach) I. Vivace with Egida Giordani Sartori (Harpsichord)

Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No. 3 In G Minor, BWV 1029  (Bach) III. Allegro with Egida Giordani Sartori (Harpsichord)

Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No. 3 In G Minor, BWV 1029 (Bach) II. Adagio with Egida Giordani Sartori (Harpsichord)