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Founded
1903 (1903)
Disbanded
1922[1]
Location
New York City
The Russian Symphony Orchestra Society (also known simply as the Russian Symphony Orchestra) was founded in 1903 (1903) in New York City[2][3] by Modest Altschuler, and functioned for fifteen years.[3]
Oscar Levant described the orchestra as having constituted "a school for concertmasters"; among its members were Frederic Fradkin (concertmaster of the Boston Symphony), Maximilian Pilzer (concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic), Ilya Skolnik (concertmaster of the Detroit Symphony), and Louis Edlin (concertmaster of the National Orchestral Association).[4] Film music conductors Nikolai Sokoloff (who was himself at one point the Russian Symphony Orchestra's concertmaster[5]), Nathaniel Shilkret[6] and Nat Finston were also Russian Symphony Orchestra alumni, as was trumpeter Harry Glantz.[4] The orchestra also formed the backbone of the New Music Society of America, founded in December 1905.
They performed the New York premieres of numerous pieces by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky and Alexander Scriabin, including Stravinsky's first symphony (the Symphony in E-flat) and The Firebird.[4]
^According to Russian Symphony Orchestra of New York: A Chronological Listing, stokowski.org (accessed 2015-09-29), their last annual season of New York concerts was 1919, but they continued to tour in the summer until 1922.
^"Of Music and Musicians: Plans Outlined for the Coming Worcester Festival—Russian Symphony Society Incorporated—Notes Concerning Coming Events of Importance", New York Times, 9 September 1903, p. 21.
^ abLeonard Slatkin, Conducting Business: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro (2012), Amadeus Press, p. 32. ISBN 1574672045. Accessed on Google Books.
^ abcOscar Levant, A Smattering of Ignorance (1940), Doubleday, pp. 27–28.
^"Resents Musician's Flirting", New York Times, 9 September 1911, p. 3.
^Shilkret, Nathaniel, ed. Shell, Niel and Barbara Shilkret, Nathaniel Shilkret: Sixty Years in the Music Business, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2005, p. 14. ISBN 0-8108-5128-8
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