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DAVID DE GROOT (ROTTERDAM, 25 OCTOBER, 1880 – LONDON, 22 MAY, 1933)

 

 

 

 

David de Groot, Dutch-born violinist, universally known as De Groot, who for 25 years with his orchestra entertained patrons at the Piccadilly Hotel, London. He and his orchestra were also frequent broadcasters with the B.B.C. in its early days as well as prolific recording artists for the H.M.V. label.

David de Groot was born in Rotterdam on 25 October 1880 to Emanuel de Groot (d. 1909), a double bass player, and his wife, Clara (née Rijs). From an impoverished background, he showed early promise as a musician, so much so that he won free tuition from one of Holland’s greatest teachers of the violin. In 1903 he joined an orchestra in Paris and shortly afterwards settled in London, where on 11 June 1905 he was married at the New West End Synagogue, St. Petersburg Place to Mina Trytel (1884-1970). By 1911 he was firmly established as musical director and leader of the house orchestra of the Piccadilly Hotel, London, the year in which his first recordings were issued by H.M.V. De Groot was naturalized a British Citizen on 26 April 1915 (National Archives, Kew, HO 334/77, no. 653). He died at the age of 52, having been for some time suffering from heart failure, at his home, 3a Montagu Mansions, Gloucester Place, London on 22 May 1933.

 

 

TRACKLIST 

 

 

01 De Groot – Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod)

02 De Groot – Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo) (Mascagni)

03 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra  – Temple Bells from Four Indian Love Lyrics (Woodforde-Finden)

04 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra  – Till I Wake from Four Indian Love Lyrics (Woodforde-Finden)

05 De Groot (violin, Percy Kahn (piano) – Sérenade (Pierné)

06 De Groot (violin), Calve (cello) David Bor (piano) – Le Cygne (Saint-Saëns)

07 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra  – La Divina, Valse (Gilson)

08 De Groot (violin), Mme Adami (piano) – Humoreske  (Dvorak)

09 De Groot (violin), Mme Adami (piano) – Canzonetta, op. 6 (D’Ambrosio)

10 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra  – Riviera – Tango (Berenska)

11 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra  – «Orphée Aux Enfers», pt. 1 and pt. 2 (Offenbach)

12 De Groot (violin), Calve (cello) David Bor (piano) – Londonderry Air (Traditional, arr. Coleman)

13 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra  – A Broken Doll (J. W. Tate)

14 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra  – Trio from «Samson et Dalila» (Saint-Saëns)

15 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra-  Fantasie from «La Bohème» (Puccini)

16 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra La violetera (Padilla)

17 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra C’est jeune et ça n’sait pas (Borel-Clerc)

18 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra – Romance (Rubinstein)

19 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra – «For Ever And Ever» (Tosti)

20 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra – Abendlied (Easthope Martin)

21 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra – Une Heure D’Amour (Alexander)

22 De Groot &  The ‎Piccadilly Orchestra My Beloved Gondolier (Tibor)

23 De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra Souvenir De Capri (Bacce)