Beveridge Webster (b. May 13, 1908, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - d. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year June 30, 1999, Hanover, New Hampshire) was an American pianist and educator. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
Beveridge Webster studied with his father, initially, and in 1921, at age 14, he began five years of study in Europe, first at the American Academy at Fontainebleau,[1] then at the Paris Conservatory with Isidor Philipp and Nadia Boulanger. The Conservatoire de Paris is an institution of higher education that has played an important role in the development of Music in France and Western Europe Isidor Philipp ( 2 September 1863 – 20 February 1958) was a French Pianist, Composer, and distinguished Nadia Boulanger (September 16 1887 &ndash October 22 1979 was an influential French Composer, conductor, and Music professor He also studied in Berlin with Artur Schnabel. Artur Schnabel ( April 17, 1882 &ndash August 15, 1951) was an Austrian classical Pianist, who also composed He made his New York debut in November 1934 with the New York Philharmonic performing Edward MacDowell's Piano Concerto No. The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active Symphony Orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842 Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18 1860 - January 23 1908 was an American composer and pianist from the Romantic period, best known for his second 2. [2]
Perhaps best known as an interpreter of French composers, especially Maurice Ravel, Webster gave premieres or made first recordings of many contemporary works, including pieces by Louise Talma, Roger Sessions, Roy Harris, Aaron Copland and Elliott Carter. Louise Talma ( October 31, 1906 in Arcachon France– August 13, 1996 in Saratoga Springs NY was a Composer. Roger Huntington Sessions ( 28 December 1896 &ndash 16 March 1985) was an American Composer, critic and teacher of music Roy Ellsworth Harris ( February 12, 1898 in Chandler, Oklahoma, United States - October 1, 1979) was an Aaron Copland (November 14 1900 &ndash December 2 1990 was an American Composer of concert and film music as well as an accomplished Pianist. Elliott Cook Carter Jr (born in New York City on December 11, 1908) is an American Composer from New York City. Webster gave the first performance of Maurice Ravel's "Tzigane" in 1924. In 1968, over a three-concert series at Town Hall, Webster commemorated the 50th anniversary of Claude Debussy's death with the first complete survey of the composer's piano works in New York. [3]
A TIME Magazine article from 1937 said of Webster, "Dark, well-knit, young Beveridge Webster is a good swimmer, takes pride in his tennis, likes to play poker or bridge with his great good friend Igor Stravinsky. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and He boasts of the little slam he once made against Sidney Lenz. "[4]
He taught at New England Conservatory from 1940 to 1946 and at the Juilliard School from 1946 to 1990. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) [5] He made a substantial series of recordings issued on LP by Dover Publications. Dover Publications is an American book Publisher founded in 1941 by Hayward Cirker and his wife Blanche
Footnotes
- ^ TIME Magazine, "Maestro & Prodigy," January 25, 1937
- ^ "New York Times" obituary, "Beveridge Webster, a Pianist And a Longtime Teacher, 91," by Allan Kozinn, July 7, 1999
- ^ "New York Times" obituary, "Beveridge Webster, a Pianist And a Longtime Teacher, 91," by Allan Kozinn, July 7, 1999
- ^ TIME Magazine, "Maestro & Prodigy," January 25, 1937
- ^ "New York Times" obituary, "Beveridge Webster, a Pianist And a Longtime Teacher, 91," by Allan Kozinn, July 7, 1999