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FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA This directory includes all former members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra who were contracted and rostered for at least one season. Members with major interruptions in their tenure are listed twice, although interruptions for military service are not included. Descendants of former musicians are encouraged to contact the Rosenthal Archives to share biographical information. A │ B │ C │ D │ E │ F │ G │ H │ I │ J │ K │ L │ M N │ O │ P │ Q │ R │ S │ T │ U │ V │ W │ X │ Y │ Z Musician Instrument Tenure A Violin (Assistant Concertmaster 1954-1965, Associate Aitay, Victor Concertmaster 1965-1967, Concertmaster 1967-1986, 1954 – 2003 Concertmaster Emeritus 1986-2003) Violin (Assistant Principal Second 1955-1956, Principal Akos, Francis Second 1956-1959, Assistant Concertmaster 1959- 1955 – 2003 1997, Assistant Concertmaster Emeritus 1997-2003) Albrecht, Karl (Carl) Horn 1898 – 1930 Alexa, Robert Viola 1947 – 1971 Allner, Frederick William Carl Oboe 1891 – 1893 Allner, Frederick William Carl Oboe 1896 – 1903 Allner, Frederick William Carl Oboe 1907 – 1910 Amato, Louis Cello 1891 – 1901 Ambrosius, Robert [S.] Cello 1898 – 1923 Andauer, Ernest (Ernst) Bass Trumpet / Viola 1891 – 1930 Andersen, Vigo Flute (Principal) 1891 – 1895 Anderson, David Trombone / Bass Trombone 1929 – 1955 Percussion (Principal 2001-2006, Assistant Principal Atkatz, Edward 1997 – 2006 Timpani 2001-2006) Atkinson, Burnett Flute / Piccolo 1952 – 1954 B Babcock, David Horn 1969 – 1971 Babcock, William T. Trumpet 1951 – 1958 Bachmann, Max Bassoon (Principal) 1897 – 1899 Page 1 of 27 Bairstow, W. Librarian 1891 – 1892 Baker, Julius Flute (Principal) 1951 – 1953 Baker, Sydney Trumpet (Principal 1941-1942, 1946-1948) 1941 – 1948 Balderston, Stephen Cello (Assistant Principal) 1993 – 2004 Ballmann, Martin Flute / Piccolo 1891 – 1908 Balmer, Wayne Bass 1956 – 1992 Bandy, Janos (John) Cello 1965 – 1984 Banhalmi, George Keyboard 1957 – 1958 Bardas, Stefan Keyboard 1947 – 1950 Baré, Emil Violin 1897 – 1902 Bareither, Jacob Oboe 1891 – 1898 Barker, Edwin Bass 1976 – 1977 Barker, Orville W. Violin 1906 – 1945 Barrington, Wayne R. Horn 1954 – 1964 Barthel, Alfred Charles Oboe (Principal) 1903 – 1929 Bartholomew, John Viola 1980 – 2019 Bass, George Violin 1902 – 1929 Basserman, Hans Violin 1944 – 1952 Baum, Carol Harp 1957 – 1962 Baumbach, Curt Flute 1892 – 1919 Baumgärtner (Baumgartner), Violin 1893 – 1902 John Beckel, Joseph (Josef) Bass (Principal 1895-1908) 1891 – 1908 Becker, Ludwig Violin (Concertmaster May 1909-1910) 1896 – 1910 Beidel, Richard Cello 1928 – 1961 Beilschmidt, William (Wilhelm) Bass Trombone 1918 – 1920 Bejcek, Joseph C. Trombone 1947 – 1954 Bekefi, George Cello 1957 – 1963 Bendix, Max Violin (Concertmaster) 1891 – 1896 Benfield, Warren Bass (Principal 1949-1951) 1949 – 1987 Benge, Elden Trumpet (Principal) 1933 – 1939 Bennett, Joane Flute 1958 – 1968 Beresina, Theodore Violin 1891 – 1893 Page 2 of 27 Bertram, Adolph Oboe / Violin 1893 – 1896 Beyer, Carl Horn / Wagner Tuba 1891 – 1898 Bichl, Joseph Peter, Jr. Violin 1901 – 1925 Oboe (Interim Assistant Principal, Permanent Bittar, Jeannette 1994 – 1995 Substitute) Bjornson, Charles Violin 1925 – 1932 Bleck, Phyllis Trumpet 1964 Bloom, J. Lawrie Clarinet / Bass Clarinet 1980 - 2020 Blum, Philip Cello 1955 – 2009 Boegner, Eugene (Eugen) Violin 1891 – 1897 Bolognini, Ennio, Jr. (Francisco) Cello (Principal) 1929 – 1930 Bolognini, Remo Violin 1927 – 1929 Boos, Fred Bass / Tuba / Librarian 1932 – 1956 Borch, Gaston Cello 1899 – 1900 Borodkin, Jacob Trumpet (Principal) 1911 – 1912 Bottero, Alessandro Violin 1956 – 1959 Bour, Felix Oboe (Principal) 1891 – 1893 Bour, Felix Oboe 1903 – 1907 Brabec, Harry Joseph Percussion (Principal 1952-1956) 1951 – 1956 Brabec, Harry Joseph Librarian / Stage Manager 1966 – 1971 Braker, Ella Violin 1976 – 2003 Bramhall, John Violin 1913 – 1946 Brauer, Walter Cello 1921 – 1929 Braun, Herman, Jr. Violin 1891 – 1922 Braun, Herman, Sr. Bass Trombone 1891 – 1898 Braun, William Cornet 1891 – 1892 Braunsdorf, Eugene Bass 1916 – 1918 Breines, Gilbert Percussion (Principal 1956-1957) 1956 – 1958 Brenner, Leon Violin (Principal Second 1969-1970) 1944 – 1988 Britt, Horace Cello 1904 – 1907 Brody, Clark Clarinet (Principal) 1951 – 1978 Brostoff, Arnold Violin 1964 – 2011 Brouk, Frank J. Horn (Principal 1962-1963, 1965-1966) 1961 – 1978 Page 3 of 27 Brown, Harold Bass 1934 – 1944 Brueckner (Brückner), Carl Cello 1893 – 1934 Bruus, Carl Bass 1893 – 1896 Buchheim, A. Flute (Principal) 1895 – 1896 Bunge, Carl Percussion 1893 – 1895 Busse, Adolf F. Violin 1891 – 1892 Busse, Adolf F. Violin / Clarinet 1897 – 1934 Busse, Hermann Violin 1891 – 1892 Busse, Hermann Violin 1896 – 1897 C Carnes, Harold Bass 1950 – 1956 Cerney, Edward Bass 1921 – 1934 Chapek, Frank P. Horn / Wagner Tuba 1891 – 1893 Chapek, Frank P. Horn / Wagner Tuba 1896 – 1898 Chapek, Joseph Horymir Violin 1894 – 1910 Charbulak, Victor Violin 1922 – 1967 Cello (Assistant Principal 1964-1993, Assistant Chausow, Leonard 1956 – 2003 Principal Emeritus 1993-2003) Chausow, Oscar Violin 1938 – 1946 Chickering, David Cello 1978 – 1986 Christensen, Thomas Violin 1915 – 1918 Church, Stanley Violin 1928 – 1929 Cichowicz, Vincent Trumpet 1952 – 1974 Clebanoff, Herman Violin 1937 – 1939 Clevenger, Dale Horn (Principal) 1966 – 2013 Cline, Roger Bass 1973 – 2018 Clusmann (Clusman), Edward Cello 1891 – 1892 Clusmann (Clusman), Edward Cello 1896 – 1911 Cobb, Timothy Baker Bass 1985 – 1986 Cole, Nathan Violin 2002 – 2012 Coleman (changed from Viola 1930 – 1936 Goldman), Alfred Coleman, Robert Viola 1952 – 1964 Combel, Armand Violin 1903 – 1905 Page 4 of 27 Clarinet (Assistant Principal 1974-1978, Principal Combs, Larry 1974 – 2008 1978-2008) Comerford, Matthew Trumpet (Permanent Substitute) 1993 – 1994 Conti, Amelia Harp (Principal) 1922 – 1923 Cooley, Floyd Tuba (Permanent Substitute) 1992 – 1993 Corell, Ludwig Cello 1891 – 1892 Corell, Ludwig Cello 1898 – 1914 Covone, Fortunato Flute (Principal) 1922 – 1922 Covone, Fortunato Flute (Principal) 1931 – 1931 Cowden, Hugh Horn 1951 – 1954 Crafton, Perry Violin 1948 – 1989 Cras, Romain Horn 1904 – 1907 Crisafulli, Frank Trombone (Principal 1939-1945, 1946-1955) 1938 – 1989 Culp, Sigmund Violin 1908 – 1913 Cuneo, Juan Violin 1953 – 1956 Czerny, J. Violin 1891 – 1893 D Da Prato, Adrian Violin 1946 – 1996 D’Antonio, Franklyn Violin 1981 – 1987 Dasch, George Violin / Viola (Principal Second Violin 1922-1923) 1898 – 1923 De Caprio, Domenico Clarinet 1922 – 1923 de Maré, Adrian Horn 1896 – 1897 de Maré, Leopold (Leopoldus Horn (Principal 1896-1922) 1891 – 1922 Echhentus) De Vaux, Eugene Oboe 1893 – 1894 Del Missier, Aldo Violin 1930 – 1938 DeLamarter, Eric Keyboard 1918 – 1924 Demange, Fernand [Marie Oboe 1942 – 1946 Joseph] Demuth, Frederick Violin 1909 – 1911 Denov, Sam Percussion (Assistant Principal Timpani 1968-1985) 1954 – 1985 DeRoche, Julie Clarinet (Permanent Substitute) 2000 – 2001 Diestel, Herman Cello 1893 – 1897 Diestel, William Violin 1895 – 1897 Diestel, William Viola 1905 – 1908 Page 5 of 27 Dietrich, William G. Viola 1891 – 1895 Dietrichs, William (Wilhelm Tuba / Bass (Principal Tuba) 1917 – 1920 Heinrich Gustav) Dietz (Diez), Frederick, Jr. (Fritz, Trumpet / Cornet 1891 – 1902 sometimes Friedhold) Dimond, Harry Violin 1898 – 1899 Dirks, Karen Viola 1997 – 2013 Dixon, Louise Flute 1973 – 2015 Dodson, Glenn Trombone / Bass Trumpet / Baritone 1965 – 1968 Dolnick, Samuel Violin 1922 – 1950 Donati, Richard Violin / Percussion 1891 – 1893 Dreibrodt, Frederick (Friedrich Bass 1891 – 1903 Emil [Christian?]) Druzinsky, Edward Harp (Principal) 1957 – 1997 Du Moulin, Gaston Violin 1909 – 1948 Du Moulin, Georges Violin 1891 – 1902 Du Moulin, Theodore Cello (Principal 1918-1919) 1912 – 1923 Dufour, Mathieu Flute (Principal) 1999 – 2014 Dufresne, Gaston Bass (Principal) 1951 – 1952 Dutschke, Hermann Horn (Principal) 1891 – 1895 Dye, Ralph Flute/Piccolo 1932 – 1934 E Eck, Emil Flute/Piccolo 1923 – 1952 Eichheim, Meinhard Cello 1891 – 1892 Eichheim, Meinhard Cello 1897 – 1899 Eigenschenk, Edward Keyboard 1929 – 1930 Elander, Charles Viola 1903 – 1904 Elander, Charles Viola 1914 – 1919 Eldred, Earle Violin 1943 – 1946 Elliot, Willard S. Bassoon (Principal) 1964 – 1996 Elson, Joseph Viola 1929 – 1935 Elson, Joseph Viola 1956 – 1959 Erickson, Frank O. Horn 1930 – 1944 Violin/Viola (Principal Viola 1898-1926; Principal Esser, Franz 1892 – 1945 Second Violin 1926-1939) Page 6 of 27 Evans, Clarence Viola (Principal 1926-1939) 1920 – 1947 Evans, Donald M. Viola 1948 – 1988 Evans, Margaret (née Cree) Cello 1951 – 1988 Evenson, Samuel Clarinet 1923 – 1946 F Faerber, Josef Violin (Principal Second Violin 1962-1963) 1939 – 1986 Fahsbender, Rudolf Julius Bass 1927 – 1964 Robert Fako, Nancy Lee Jordan Horn 1964 – 1968 Faldner, William Violin 1956 – 1994 Fantozzi, William Violin 1922 – 1935 Farkas, Philip Horn (Principal) 1936 – 1941 Farkas, Philip Horn (Principal) 1947 – 1960 Feinzimer, Samuel Viola 1945 – 1988 Felber, Herman, Jr. Violin 1911 – 1916 Felber, Herman, Sr. Cello / Trumpet / Cornet 1900 – 1933 Ferner, Walter Cello 1915 – 1919 Fernschild, Frederick A. Bassoon 1894 – 1896 Ferrin, Richard Violin/Viola 1967 – 2006 Fiala, Rudolph Viola 1917 – 1920 Fiala, Rudolph Viola 1922 – 1952 Fiatarone, Frank Violin 1948 – 1996 Filerman, David Cello 1944 – 1946 Finerman, Aaron J. Violin 1923 – 1956 Fink, Albert Violin 1893 – 1895 Fischer, Gotthold Violin 1901 – 1902 Fischer, Irwin L. Keyboard 1944 – 1966 Fishman, Joseph Oboe 1940 – 1948 Fitzek, Joseph Viola / Violin 1891
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  • Music for the Piano Session Five

    Music for the Piano Session Five

    MUSIC FOR THE PIANO SESSION FIVE: “MOST LIKE AN ORCHESTRA,” 1860-1890 The above illustration for our fifth session a photograph of a modern concert grand piano – a full nine feet in length. By 1860 the piano was a fully developed instrument capable of filling large auditoriums with a wide range of sounds from very low to very high pitches, from very thin to very thick textures, and with many different kinds of sounds – all of which could be made softer or sustained over time by the use of foot pedals. PIANO DUET IMAGES We’re going to begin today’s session by looking at some images of piano duet playing – two people at one piano. As we have seen, this very popular genre of piano music began with Mozart and continued through the 19th century. Over time the image of two people making music at one piano became a powerful cultural image that illustrated, not only music-making, but social status, friendship and family solidarity as well. Here are some images that show various aspects of this once-popular kind of music-making. “MOST LIKE AN ORCHESTRA” There are many reasons why the piano became, and remained, the musical instrument of choice throughout the nineteenth century. We have already discussed several reasons: its reliability; its unique versatility to function as a solo instrument, to blend with other instruments, and to hold its own when contrasted with a full symphony orchestra. Add to this the simple fact that, by 1860, there were thousands of pianos in private homes and places of entertainment, and a vast repertoire of music of many types for both amateur and professional pianists to play.