Rapoport, Eda, 1900-

Dates:
Birth 1900

Biographical notes:

Composed 1936. First performance Philadelphia, 17 November 1957, Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, Herbert Fiss conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Israfel : tone picture after Edgar Allen Poe for flute, strings and harp / Eda Rapoport. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53342986

Composed 1947. First performance New York, Norman Black conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Three pastels for string orchestra / Eda Rapoport. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53343024

Composed 1940. First performance New York, December 1948, Dean Dixon conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Adagio / Eda Rapoport. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53324175

Composed 1943. Based on newspaper accounts of the revolt of the Jews against the Nazis in the ghetto in Warsaw. First performance New York, 3 May 1944.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Revolt in the Warsaw ghetto : for string orchestra / Eda Rapoport. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53342995

Composed 1933. First performed in a version for violoncello and piano, Boston, 6 March 1935, Jean Bedetti violoncello, Bernard Zighera piano. Dedicated to Jean Bedetti. Revised in 1940 for a smaller orchestral accompaniment (see callno.: 753c).--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Lamentations based on Hebrew themes : for violoncello and orchestra / Eda Rapoport. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53342999

Composed for piano 1942. Transcribed 1945.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Suite for orchestra / Mrs. Eda Rapoport. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53343016

Composed 1939.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Concerto for piano and orchestra / Eda Rapoport. [1939] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53324181

Inspired by Chaim Bialik Nachman's poem. Composed 1935. First performance Brooklyn, 31 January 1943, New York City Symphony Orchestra of the WPA, Emerson Buckley conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of The mathmid : symphonic poem / Eda Rapoport. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53343013

Composed 1933. First performed in a version for violoncello and piano, Boston, 6 March 1935, Jean Bedetti violoncello, Bernard Zighera piano. Dedicated to Jean Bedetti. For the original version with a larger orchestral accompaniment see callno.: 745c.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Lamentations : violoncello and orchestra / Eda Rapoport. [1940] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53343004

Composed 1942 as Concerto for violin. First performance New York, April 1948, National Orchestra Society, Leon Barzin conductor. Title later changed to Fantasie.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Concerto for violin and orchestra / Eda Rapoport. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53324189

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Subjects:

  • Chamber orchestra music
  • Concertos (Piano)
  • Concertos (Violin)
  • Flute and harp with string orchestra
  • Music
  • Piano music
  • Piano with orchestra
  • Sonatas (Violoncello and piano)
  • String orchestra music
  • Suites (Orchestra)
  • Symphonic poems
  • Violin with orchestra
  • Violoncello with orchestra
  • Waltzes

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