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EDDY BROWN (CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA, JULY 15, 1895 – ABANO TERME, ITALY, JUNE 14, 1974)

 

 

 

 

His father, with whom he had his first lessons, was Austrian and his mother, Russian.  He later studied with Hugh McGibney in Indianapolis while still a child.  He is known for having launched and hugely influenced classical music radio programming in the U.S.  In fact, he gave the first radio performance of all ten Beethoven sonatas.  In 1936, he pioneered radio station WQXR in New York City (devoted exclusively to classical music) which survives to this day.  His first public appearance as a violinist was at age six.  At age nine (1904), he enrolled at the Royal Conservatory in Budapest where he studied with Jeno Hubay, Bela Bartok and others.  Two years later, he took first prize in the Budapest Concerto Competition.  Eugene Ormandy took second.  Brown graduated in 1909 and soon after made his formal debut in Budapest playing the Beethoven concerto.  That same year he made his London debut with the London Philharmonic playing Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto – he was fourteen years old.  His Berlin debut came in 1910 with the Brahms concerto.  He then studied further (until 1916) with Leopold Auer at the St Petersburg Conservatory and concertized world wide for some time after that.  His U.S. debut was at Indianapolis in 1916 with the Beethoven concerto.  He made his New York debut that same week.  He began to record (if one can call it that) in 1916.  He also formed a string quartet (name unknown) and established the Chamber Music Society of America. After becoming involved in radio in 1930, he essentially stopped touring, though he played for many of the different radio programs which he created and in various venues close to New York.  Ironically, almost none of the hundreds of performances he gave on radio survive.  Brown started to teach at the University of Cincinnati in 1956.  He was named Artist-in-Residence of Butler University (Indianapolis) in 1971.  Brown died unexpectedly (in Italy) on June 14, 1974, at age 78.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Variations on a theme of Corelli (Tartini-Kreisler) Block cylinder C200

La Chasse in the style of Cartier (Kreisler) Block cylinder C211

Andantino in the style of Martini (Kreisler) Block cylinder C207

Liebesleid (Kreisler) Block cylinder C202

Minuet in F, from Symphony No. 96 (Haydn-Burmester) Block cylinder C209

Minuet No. 2 in G, 167, WoO 10 (Beethoven-Burmester) Block cylinder C212

Vogel als Prophet, from Waldscenen, op. 82 (Schumann-Auer) Block cylinder C205

Berceuse, op. 28, no. 3 (Juon) Block cylinder C210

Capricietto (Mendelssohn) Josef Bonime (piano) Columbia A3766

Cavatina (Raff) Maurice C. Rumsey (piano) Columbia A5904 48884

Concerto in D minor (Wieniawski) Finale A la zingara L. T. Greenberg (piano) Columbia A6012 49271

Elegie (Massenet) Maurice C. Rumsey (piano) Columbia A5904 48881

Entr’acte gavotte (Thomas) Columbia A3766 80226

Happy days (Strelezki) Hulda Lashanska (soprano) Columbia 79213 79213

Humming (Breau-Henderson) Josef Bonine (piano) Columbia A 3399 79786

Hymn to the sun (Rimsky-Korsakov) Columbia A3545 79174

 

Navarra for Two Violins and Orchestra, Op. 33 — Part 1 (Sarasate)

Eddy Brown & Roman Totenberg (violins) Acc: String orchestra

New York: c. 12/1939

582, US-12-1206-1

 

Violin concerto in D major, Op. 35 (Tchaikovsky)

Allegro moderato

Cadenza

Canzonetta. Andante

Final. Allegro vivacissimo

Frieder Weissmann

Staatskapelle Berlin

1924

 

Violin Concerto in E Minor (Mendelssohn)

(Allegro molto appassionato, beginning)

Allegro molto appassionato, middle (P-1719)

Allegro molto appassionato, end (P-1720)

Allegro molto appassionato – Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace (P-1720)

Allegretto molto vivace (P-1721)

Parlophon

Orchestra of the Staatsoper Berlin (dir. Weissmann)

 

Sonata No. 2 in G Major (Grieg, op. 13)

Lento Doloroso-Allegro Vivace

Allegro Tranquillo

Allegro Animato

(Piano Clarence Adler)

Royale 589-591, 6010, 6010, US-12-1485-1, US-12-1486-1, 2, US-12-1487-1, US-12-1510-1, US-12-1511-2, New York, 1940

Vocalise (Rachmaninoff, op. 34, no. 14) (Piano Clarence Adler)

Royale US-12-1512-1, New York, 1940

 

Jocelyn (Godard) Berceuse Sonora 1055-A MS 462-1

La Gitana (Kreisler) Josef Bonime (piano) Columbia 97-M 80280

Ma Curley-Headed Babby (Clutsam) Crys Holland (vocal) Sonora 1055-B MS 462-2

Minuet (Haydn) Josef Bonime (piano) Columbia A3483 79848

My isle of golden dreams (Blaufuss) Max Terr (piano) Columbia A2924 78958

On Miami shore (Jacobi) Max Terr (piano) Columbia A2924 78957

Orientale (Cui) L. T. Greenberg (piano) Columbia A6012 49272

Paraphrase on Paderewski’s minuet (Paderewski) Columbia A6057 49412

Polish dance (Wieniawski) Columbia A6057 49356

Romance (Svendsen) Josef Bonime (piano) Columbia A3483 79838

Rondino (Cramer) Max Terr (piano) Columbia A2778 78321

Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov) Song of India Columbia 143-M W144596

Serenade (Drdla) Max Terr (piano) Columbia A2882 78388

Serenade Espagnole (Chaminade) Columbia A3449 79912

Sing me to sleep (Greene) Hulda Lashanska (soprano) Columbia 24-M 79212

Solveig’s Song, from Peer Gynt Suite #2 (Grieg) Josef Bonime (piano) Columbia A3449 79898

Song of India (Rimsky-Korsakov) Columbia A3545 79175

That Naughty Waltz (Levy) Max Terr (piano) Columbia A2989 79274

The Broken Melody (Van Biene) with Josef Bonime, piano Columbia A3656 80253

The Old Refrain (Brandl) Max Terr (piano) Columbia A2882 78322

To a Wild Rose (MacDowell) Jascha Zayde (piano) Royale 1874 US 1564

To a wild rose (MacDowell) Max Terr (piano) Columbia A2778 78329

Turkey in the Straw Jascha Zayde (piano) Royale 1874 US 1563

Your eyes have told me so (Blaufuss) Max Terr (piano) Columbia A2989 79273

 

Mana-Zucca, Eddy Brown, Orchestre De L’Association Des Concerts Pasdeloup, Paris Direction: Jean Allain –Concerto De Violon En Ré Majeur

Label: Bradime-Disques – LD-MS-1501, Bradime-Disques – 1.501

Format: Records, 10″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Album, Stereo

Country: France

Genre: Classical

Concerto De Violon En Ré Majeur

A1 1st Movement: Allegro Con Fuoco

B2 2ème Mouv. : Andante Con Moto

B3 3ème Mouv. : Allegro-Burlesque Con Ritmo

Recording studio – Centre d’Enregistrement des Champs-Elysées

Composed By, Piano – Mana-Zucca

Conductor – Jean Allain

Engineer – André Charlin

Orchestra – Orchestre De L’Association Des Concerts Pasdeloup

Soloist, Violin – Eddy Brown

The sleeve says the orchestra is “Orchestre De L’Association Des Concerts Pasdeloup” whilst the label says “Orchestre Pasdeloup Paris”.

Authors’ society: BIEM

Matrix / Inner Ring (Side A label): 1501 A

Matrix / Inner Ring (Side B label): 1501 B

Suite Antique (Stoessel)

Eddy Brown & Albert Stoessel (violins)

Acc: Chamber orchestra (cond: Edgar Schenkman)

1854-1856, US-1388-1, US-1389-1, US-1390-1, US-1392-2

 

Sonata Virginianesque, Op.7 (John Powell) In the Quarters… In the Woods… At the Big House (Piano John Powell) USA Royale 1870, 1870, 1871, 1871, 1872, 1872, 1409, 1410, 1428, 1429, 1430, 1431