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SASCHA JACOBSEN (HELSINKI, FINLAND, 11 DECEMBER [O.S. 29 NOVEMBER], 1895 – LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 19 MARCH, 1972)

 

 

 

 

Sascha Jacobsen was a Russian violinist and teacher born (in Helsinki, Finland) on December 10, 1895.  Jacobsen’s birthdate is also given as November 29, 1895 and December 11, 1895.  Little is known of his early life.  It has been said that he grew up in St Petersburg. He has been often confused with another violinist (from Philadelphia) named Sascha Jacobson.  A humorous song written by George Gershwin in 1921 includes his (first) name (along with those of Jascha, Toscha, and Mischa – Russian violinists Heifetz, Seidel, and Elman, respectively.)  It is known that he enrolled at Juilliard in 1908 where his main teacher was Franz Kneisel.  He graduated from Juilliard (Institute of Musical Art) in June of 1914 (some sources say 1915.)  He was 18 years old.  (A fellow-student of his was Elias Breeskin.)  In February of 1915, Jacobsen played parts of Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnol at an Aeolian Hall concert.  On November 27, 1915, he made his official recital debut at Aeolian Hall playing (among other things) Saint Saens’ third concerto.  After the announced program was concluded, he had to play numerous encores and he received very favorable reviews the following day.  He first soloed with the New York Philharmonic on March 9, 1919 (at age 23) playing Bruch’s first concerto with Walter Damrosch conducting.  Jacobsen concertized as a soloist between 1915 and 1925.  He began teaching at Juilliard in 1926.  After being hired, he almost immediately formed the Musical Art Quartet which disbanded in 1945, after almost 20 years of concert activity. He moved to Los Angeles (California, USA) in 1946 and taught at the Los Angeles Conservatory but at other music schools as well.  From September 1947 and May 1949, he was guest concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  Some sources say he was concertmaster up to 1952 but I could not confirm that.  It has been said that Albert Einstein was one of Jacobsen’s pupils.  (Einstein also took lessons from Toscha Seidel.)  Jacobsen’s most famous pupils are probably Julius Hegyi and Zvi Zeitlin.  Among the violins he played are the Red Diamond Stradivarius (1732), the Cessole Stradivarius (1716), the Windsor Stradivarius (1717), a GB Guadagnini (1779), another GB Guadagnini (1772), and a Del Gesu Guarnerius constructed in 1732.  Jacobsen died on March 19, 1972, at age 76.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Ave Maria (Gounod) Hipólito Lázaro and Romano Romani (piano) Columbia 49350 49350

Berceuse, Op. 20 (Renard) Victor 17385

Blue Diamonds (Caddigan and Storey) Columbia A2977 79203

Capriccio valse (Wieniawski) Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Columbia 20019-D 81473

Chant nègre (Kramer) Arthur Bergh (piano) Columbia 161-M W146251

Dardanella (Bernard and Black) Columbia A2912 78979

Dear Old Pal of Mine (Rice) Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Columbia A2753 78389

Drifting ‘neath the silver moon (Eyges-Lipschultz) Alec Sander (violin) and Robert Hood Bowers (piano) Harmony 35-H 140955

Elegie (Massenet) Riccardo Stracciari and Philip Hauser (piano) Columbia 49333

From the canebrake (Gardner) Arthur Bergh (piano) Columbia 161-M W145882

Golden days (Romberg) Alec Sander and Robert Hood Bowers (piano) Harmony 26-H 140881

I lost my heart to you (Merkur and Davis) Emanuel Balaban (piano) Columbia A3419 79836

Ideale (Tosti) Riccardo Stracciari Columbia 3956 49333

If you could care (Darewski) from As you were Waltz Emanuel Balaban (piano) Columbia A2912 78984

In Shadowland (Ahlert-Brooks) Robert Hood Bowers (piano) Harmony 35-H 140953

Indiana Moon (Isham Jones) Harry Kaufman (piano) Columbia 20001D 81256

Jocelyn (Godard) Berceuse Emanuel Balaban (piano) Columbia A3597 79817

Just a cottage small (Hanley) Raymond Bauman (piano) and Robert Hood Bowers (piano) Columbia 125-M W141918

Larghetto (Handel) Charles Albert Baker (piano) Victor 17415-A

Menuett (Handel) Charles Albert Baker (piano) Victor 17415-B

Only a rose (Friml) Raymond Bauman (piano) Columbia 125-M W141920

Pale Moon (Frederic Knight Logan) Harry Kaufman (piano) Columbia 20001D 81249

Serenade (Drigo) Sam Chotzinoff (piano) Columbia A2779 78065

Serenade (Pierne) Emanuel Balaban (piano) Columbia A3495 79818

Serenade (Toselli) Emanuel Balaban (piano) Columbia A3597 80183

Serenade (Herbert) Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Columbia A2753 78021

Sing me to sleep (Greene) Barbara Maurel Columbia A6156 49741

Songs my mother taught me (Dvorak) Columbia A3866 80274

Souvenir (Drdla) Samuel Chotzinoff (piano) Columbia A2779 78061

Spring Song (Songs Without Words, No. 30) (Mendelssohn) Emanuel Balaban (piano) Columbia A3495 79820

Tambourin chinois (Kreisler) Chotzinoff (piano) Columbia A6093 49470

Thaïs (Massenet) Meditation Chotzinoff (piano) Columbia A6093 49389

The Love Nest (Hirsch) Columbia A2977 79190

The song of songs (Moya) Columbia 4771

To a wild rose (MacDowell) Arthur Bergh (piano) Columbia 152-M W145796

To spring (Grieg) Columbia 20019-D 81461

Träumerei (Schumann) Charles Albert Baker (piano) Victor 17385-A

Where the Lazy Mississippi Flows (De Freyne) Emanuel Balaban (piano) Columbia A3419 79837

You forgot to remember (Irving Berlin) Alec Sander (violin) and Robert Hood Bowers (piano) Harmony 26-H

 

Musical Art Quartet Annie Laurie (Douglas Scott) with Bernard Ocko (violin), Louis Kaufman (viola) and Marie Roemaet Rosanoff (cello) Columbia 134-M W144238

Musical Art Quartet Drink to me only with thine eyes (Jonson) with Bernard Ocko (violin), Louis Kaufman (viola) and Marie Roemaet Rosanoff (cello) Columbia 134-M W143351

Musical Art Quartet Hark, Hark, the Lark (arr. Conrad Held) (Schubert) with Bernard Ocko (violin), Louis Kaufman (viola) and Marie Roemaet Rosanoff (cello) Columbia W 98517 9475

Musical Art Quartet Menuetto from String Quartet No. 11 in E, D. 353 (Op. 125, No. 2) (Schubert) with Bernard Ocko (violin), Louis Kaufman (viola) and Marie Roemaet Rosanoff (cello) Columbia 98487 67416-D

Musical Art Quartet Mighty lak’ a rose (Nevin) with Paul Bernard (violin), Louis Kaufman (viola) and Marie Roemaet Rosanoff (cello) Columbia 1794-D W147859

 

Musical Art Quartet Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5 – Vivace (4th movement) (Haydn) with Bernard Ocko (violin), Louis Kaufman (viola) and Marie Roemaet Rosanoff (cello) Columbia 98334 67322-D

Schubert: Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804 (Op. 29)

Musical Art Quartet

Sascha Jacobsen, violin I

Paul Bernard, violin II

Louis Kaufman, viola

Marie Roemaet-Rosanoff, cello

Recorded on January 9, 11 and 12, 1928, for Columbia in New York.  Issued in the USA as 67413-D through 67416-D (Masterworks Set No. 86), in June, 1928, as part of the Schubert Centennial series, and in Great Britain as 9442 through 9445 in October, 1928.  The side and matrix information:

Side 1 (98435-2): First movement (Allegro ma non troppo), part 1

Side 2 (98436-2): First movement, part 2

Side 3 (98440-3): Second movement (Andante), part 1

Side 4 (98441-2): Second movement, part 2

Side 5 (98442-1): Third movement (Menuetto: Allegretto), part 1

Side 6 (98446-1): Third movement, part 2; Fourth movement (Allegro moderato), part 1

Side 7 (98447-2): Fourth movement, part 2

 

Schubert: Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, D. 87 (Op. 125, No. 1)

Musical Art Quartet

Sascha Jacobsen, violin I

Paul Bernard, violin II

Louis Kaufman, viola

Marie Roemaet-Rosanoff, cello

Recorded March 28, 1928, in Columbia Studios, New York City.  First issued in November, 1928, as English Columbia 9473 through 9475, a set which was deleted by 1939.  Issued in the USA in December, 1928, as Columbia Masterworks Set No. 96 (records 67454-D through 67456-D), the last of the Schubert Centennial sets to be released.  This, too, was deleted by 1939.  The side and matrix information:

Side 1 (W 98488-3): First movement (Allegro moderato), part 1

Side 2 (W 98489-5): First movement, part 2; Second movement (Scherzo: Prestissimo)

Side 3 (W 98490-4): Third movement (Adagio)

Side 4 (W 98491-5): Fourth movement (Allegro), part 1

Side 5 (W 98492-4): Fourth movement, part 2