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SASHA CULBERTSON (MANHATTAN, 29. 12. 1893 – NEW YORK CITY, 16. 04. 1944)

 

 

 

 

Alexander “Sasha” Culbertson was born December 29, 1893, in Manhattan, the younger brother of card-playing entrepreneur Ely Culbertson, who was known as “the man who made contract bridge.” After showing musical promise at the age of 9, Sasha was sent to study at the Imperial Conservatory at Rostov, becoming a fellow pupil of Efrem Zimbalist. In 1905-1908, he studied in Czechoslovakia under Jan Kubelík’s teacher, Otakar Ševčík. He made his recital debut in Vienna at age 14, eventually making his American debut at Carnegie Hall in March 1920. In 1926, he canceled 31 U. S. engagements and broke a contract to make phonograph records to return to Europe. Once in Paris, he settled down with his bride of two years to study all over again. Culbertson played a 1732 Guarneri violin that was willed to him by his father. Culbertson died April 19, 1944, in Gotham Hospital in New York City after a brief illness.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

  

Aloha Oe (Farewell To Thee) with May Peterson soprano (Lilinokalani) Vocalion A 60022

Ave Maria (Schubert) Vocalion 52030

Caprice Viennois (Kreisler) Vocalion 52019

Guitarre (Moszkowski) Vocalion A60002 A 60002

Humoresque (Dvorak) Vocalion 30132 30132

Liebesfreud (Kreisler) Vocalion B 60034

Romance from D Minor concerto No. 2 (Wieniawski) Vocalion D-02143 AM 10451

Romanza Andaluza (Sarasate) Vocalion Vocalion D-02143 AM 10442

Scherzo-Tarantelle (Wieniawski) Vocalion 52041

Serenade (Drdla) Vocalion B 60001

Serenade (Drigo) Vocalion 30125

Souvenir (Drdla) Vocalion 30111

Thais (Massenet) Meditation Vocalion 70001

Dance of the Goblins (Bazzini) Vocalion 70001

Träumerei (Schumann) Vocalion 30114 30114

Waltz in a Major (Brahms) Vocalion A 60001

Zapateado (Sarasate) Vocalion B60002 B 60002