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DUCI DE KEREKJARTO (1900 – 1962)

New-York Tribune

Wednesday, November 3, 1920

Hungarian Violinist Pleases

Duci de Kerekjarto Makes His American Debut in This City

Another violinist has come out of the East, Duci de Kerekjarto, a young Hungarian, who made his American debut last night in a recital in Carnegie Hall. Mr. Kerekjarto is a pupil of Hubay, at the age of twenty has already been before the public in Europe for several seasons. There was an absence of pretentiousness both in his choice of music for his first appearance in this city and in the manner with which it was presented. In Corelli’s “La Folia,” the Bach Chaconne, the Schubert “Ave Maria,” and the other pieces which made up his program, his evident endeavor seemed constantly to be to show the fine use to which technique may be put, rather than to make a display of skill. He has well at his command romattic warmth that does not descend to sentimentality and a quality of humor in the lighter pieces. His tone is pure and resonant. These qualities, however earnest the effort with which they are reinforced, do not quite suffice to fill the wide spaces of the Bach Chaconne, but they make a player of charm, of whom good things may be expected in the future.

TRACKLIST

1. Perpetuum Mobile (Ries) Francis Moore (piano) Columbia 79721
2. Zapateado (Sarasate) Maurice Eisner (piano) Columbia 79456
3. Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven) Maurice Eisner (piano) Columbia 20010-D 80802
4. Serenata Op. 15, No. 1 (Moszkowski) Dezso D’ Antalfy (piano) Columbia 79749
5. Dreamy Hawaii (Vandersloot) Francis Moore (piano) Columbia 79718
6. Prelude to The Deluge (Saint-Saens) Dezso D’ Antalfy (piano) Columbia 80783
7. Scenes de la Csarda No. 12 (Hubay) Maurice Eisner (piano) Columbia 49899
8. Perpetuum Mobile (Ries) Francis Moore (piano) Columbia 79721
9. Canto amoroso (Sammartini) Maurice Eisner (piano) Columbia 79457
10. Song without words (Tchaikovsky) Maurice Eisner (piano) Columbia 80801 20020-D
11. Hungarian Dance No. 6 (Brahms) Maurice Eisner (piano) Columbia 80800
12. Romanza Andaluza (Sarasate) Maurice Eisner (piano) Columbia 49900
13. Nocturne in D flat major (Chopin) Maurice Eisner (piano) Columbia 49901
14. Humoresque (Dvorak) Francis Moore (piano) Columbia 49912
15. Jota de Pablo (Sarasate) Maurice Eisner (piano) Columbia 49903