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路易斯·考夫曼个人资料
Louis
Kaufman (May
10, 1905 – February 9, 1994) was an American
violinist and possibly the most recorded musical
artist of the 20th century. He played on the
soundtrack of as many as 500 movies and made over
100 musical recordings. He is also credited with
reviving the music of Antonio Vivaldi with his
recording of The Four Seasons in 1947, which won the
Grand Prix du Disque in 1950, was elected to the
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002, and in 2003 was
selected for the Library of Congress’s National
Recording Registry.
Life and career
Kaufman was born in Portland, Oregon. His parents
were Rumanian Jews, from a remarkable beneficent
culture.[1][2] With the recommendation of Maud
Powell and Efrem Zimbalist, he started at the age of
13 to study with Franz Kneisel in New York City at
the Institute of Musical Art, now Juilliard. He
played the viola with the Musical Art Quartet from
1926 to 1933. His solo recital debut at New York's
Town Hall in 1928 was under the auspices of the
Naumburg Award.
Subsequently, he performed chamber music with Pablo
Casals, Mischa Elman, Jascha Heifetz, Fritz
Kreisler, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Efrem Zimbalist.
He was an accomplished violinist, playing 15-minute
radio recitals when he was asked to play the
soundtrack for Ernst Lubitsch's movie The Merry
Widow; this performance opened up a long career in
performing soundtracks for Hollywood films,
including such classics as Casablanca, Gone with the
Wind, The Diary of Anne Frank, Wuthering Heights,
The Grapes of Wrath, and Spartacus. It is variously
estimated that he made 400 solo performances for
movies and acted as the concertmaster for several
hundred.
He also premiered a number of pieces by notable
20th-century composers, including works by Aaron
Copland, Darius Milhaud, and Bohuslav Martinů, and
made the premiere recording[3] of Samuel Barber's
violin concerto.
He and his wife, the pianist Annette Kaufman (née
Leibole) often performed together. In September
2003, she published his memoir A Fiddler's Tale -
How Hollywood and Vivaldi Discovered Me with the
University of Wisconsin Press (ISBN 0-299-18380-7),
with Louis Kaufman as principal author and Annette
Kaufman as co-author.
The couple donated a large collection of personal
papers to the Library of Congress in 2000, which
included papers from such notables as Leonard
Bernstein, Jascha Heifetz, and others. They also
donated a large art collection to the National
Gallery of Art and Syracuse University.
Kaufman died, aged 88, in Los Angeles, California.
His ashes are interred at Westwood
Village Cemetery in
Los Angeles, California.
Notes
1. Margaret Campbell (14 February 1994). "Obituary:
Louis Kaufman". London: The Independent.
2. "A Fiddler's Tale: How Hollywood and Vivaldi
Discovered Me". musicweb-international.com.
3. Kaufman and Kaufman 2003, p.124.
References
Library of Congress profile of Louis Kaufman
New York Times obituary of Louis Kaufman
Louis Kaufman and Annette Kaufman: A Fiddler's Tale:
How Vivaldi and Hollywood Discovered Me: My
Adventures in Music and Art. 2003. University of
Wisconsin Press
Fishko Files on Louis Kaufman
Violins
Antonio Stradivari, violin 1727
Barrere Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, violin 1774
ex-Beel Guadagnini violin 1775c
ex-Zimbalist; ex-Kaufman Nicolas Lupot, violin 1809
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin copy of "La Pucelle"
Stradivari #1489 c.1839, and a violin by Carlo
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路易斯.考夫曼(1905年5月10日 -
1994年2月9日)是美国小提琴家,可能是20世纪录得最多的音乐艺术家。他在多达500部电影的配乐中演奏并制作了超过100首音乐录音。他也因复兴安东尼奥维瓦尔第的音乐而获得他的荣誉,他录制了1947年的“四季”,1950年赢得了迪克大奖,2002年当选为格莱美名人堂,2003年入选图书馆国会的国家录音登记处。
生活和事业
考夫曼出生于俄勒冈州波特兰市。他的父母是罗马尼亚犹太人,从一个非凡的慈善文化。[1] [2]在Maud Powell和Efrem
Zimbalist的推荐下,他从13岁开始在纽约市的Franz
Kneisel学习音乐艺术学院,现在是Juilliard。他于1926年至1933年与音乐艺术四重奏组合演奏中提琴。他于1928年在纽约市政厅首次亮相的独奏音乐会获得了瑙姆堡奖的赞助。
随后,他与巴勃罗卡萨尔斯,米沙尔埃尔曼,雅沙海夫茨,弗里茨克莱斯勒,格里高尔皮亚蒂戈斯基和埃弗雷姆Zimbalist表演室内音乐。
他是一位很有成就的小提琴手,当他被要求演奏Ernst Lubitsch的电影The Merry
Widow的电影配乐时,他演奏了15分钟的电台独奏音乐会;这次演出开启了为好莱坞电影配乐的漫长职业生涯,其中包括卡萨布兰卡,飘飘然,安妮弗兰克日记,呼啸山庄,愤怒的葡萄和斯巴达克斯等经典歌曲。据估计,他为电影制作了400场独奏表演,并担任了数百名演唱大师。
他还首演了许多着名的20世纪作曲家的作品,其中包括Aaron Copland,Darius
Milhaud和BohuslavMartinů的作品,并作为Samuel Barber的小提琴协奏曲的首映录音[3]。
他和他的妻子,钢琴家安妮特考夫曼(妮可莱博尔)经常一起演出。 2003年9月,她出版了他的回忆录小提琴的故事 -
好莱坞和维瓦尔第如何发现我与威斯康星大学出版社(国际标准书号0-299-18380-7),路易考夫曼为主要作者,安妮特考夫曼为合着者。
这对夫妇于2000年向国会图书馆捐赠了大量私人文件,其中包括来自Leonard Bernstein,Jascha
Heifetz等着名人士的论文。他们还向国家美术馆和锡拉丘兹大学捐赠了一个大型艺术收藏品。
考夫曼在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶去世,享年88岁。他的骨灰葬在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的韦斯特伍德村公墓。
笔记
1.玛格丽特坎贝尔(1994年2月14日)。 “讣告:路易考夫曼”。伦敦:独立报。
2.“一个提琴手的故事:好莱坞和维瓦尔第如何发现我”。 musicweb-international.com。
3.考夫曼和考夫曼2003年,第124页。
参考
国会图书馆的路易考夫曼档案
纽约时报的路易考夫曼讣告
路易斯考夫曼和安妮特考夫曼:一个提琴手的故事:维瓦尔第和好莱坞如何发现我:我的音乐和艺术冒险。威斯康辛大学出版社
Fishko在Louis Kaufman上的文件
小提琴
安东尼奥·斯特拉迪瓦里,小提琴1727
Barrere Giovanni Battista Guadagnini,小提琴1774
前Beel Guadagnini小提琴1775c
前津巴利斯特;前考夫曼尼古拉斯Lupot,小提琴1809
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume“La Pucelle”Stradivari#1489
c.1839的小提琴副本和Carlo Bisiach G.B.的小提琴。 Guadagnini模型。
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