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Jacques Singer (notes)[a]


Singer's name

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Symphony Conductor Is Spiewakowski
The flyleaf in a book sent from New Jersey to Jacques Singer, new conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, disclosed the real name of the local maestro. It is Kuba (Zdziszek) Wacław Śpiewakowski. The Spiewakowski is Polish for the English word "singer."
Mr. Singer, born in Galicia or Austrian Poland, said that his family Anglicized the name before they realized how much Spiewakowski sounds like Stokowski. As for his first name the Jacques is a professional refinement of Jack, by which he is known in this country. He started being Jacques when he made his debut as a violinist in Town Hall, New York, at the age of 15.
"I have worn Jacques Singer as a label since I was 15 years old, so I guess I am he and he is I," Mr. Singer commented.
Editors, compositors and proofreaders of Dallas newspapers thank Mr. Singer for dropping the Spiewakowski.
"Symphony Conductor Is Spiewakowski," Dallas Morning News, December 23, 1937, p. 10
Notes
Śpiewak is Polish for "Singer." The suffix "owski" has a possessive meaning (i.e., :Śpiewakowski" translates to "of the Śpiewak family"). Kuba is a Polish diminutive of Jakub.

Town Hall debut

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Addresses

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  • 1922: 14 Newark Avenue, Jersey City
Meyer is listed as a violin teacher
Rose if wife

Other violin instructors =

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Singer, before attending Curtis, studied violin with Jacob Mestechkin (1880–1953), former assistent to Leopold Auer[2]

Music criticisms

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  • Vol. 51; New York: January 1, 1925 – January 22, 1926
  • Vol. 42; Boston: December 20, 1925 – September 30, 1926

Early violin performances

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  • Moiscel Agranov, pianist and composer, Jacques Singer, violinist, gave a joint recital January 11, 1930, in the ballroom of the Park Lane Hotel. The recital was sponsored by the New History Society. The program featured two of Agranov's compositions.[3][4]
Mendelssohn, Concerto
Beethoven, Variations in C minor, arranged by Agranov
Chopin, ""Revolutionary Etude"
Gluck, "Melodie," arranged by Fritz Kreisler
Grieg, Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45 (one movement)

New works performed by the Dallas Symphony

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In collaboration with Carlos Chávez and the U.S. State Department, in an effort to warm relations with Mexico, Singer led a series of Goodwill concerts during the 1941-1942 season with the Dallas Symphony in a series of concerts feather a young Mexican soprano and three composers. North American debuts

Then she sang, in a North American premieres

The Attack on Pearl Harbor began 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Time, December 7, 1941 (in 1941, Hawaiian time was a half-hour difference from most other time zones); 18:13 GMT; 12:13 p.m. Dallas time.[5]

  • During one of Singer's visits to Mexico City to tour, hold conferences on music, meet composers and performing artists, and audition composers and performers to introduce in Dallas, the artist José Clemente Orozco drew three portraits of Singer.[6] Singer also visited Guadalajara to interview artists with the assistance of Professor Ramón Serrato of the Conservatorio de Guadalajara.
  • Vol. 18, No. 24, December 15, 1941, Newsweek: Picture of Jacques Singer and Irma González and gave an account of the Dallas Symphony's hands-across-border concert of December 7, 1941, her first of two appearances with the orchestra. The attack on Pearl Harbor occurred the morning of December 7, 1941.[7]

Other guest conduction

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January 26, 1958, Singer conducted the Havana Philharmonic Orchestra (ru) (Orquesta Filarmónica de la Habana).

  1. Paul Csonka Cubanese Violin Concerto No. 2, violin soloist was Ángel Reyes, Chairman of the Northwestern University School of Music
  2. Sibelius Symphony No. 1
  3. Works by Ernest Chausson

Discography

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Jacques Singer conducting the Orquesta de las Américas, featuring violinist Ruggiero Ricci.

Ruggiero Ricci; Lalo

  1. Fantaisie Norvégienne in A Major
    1. Allegretto non troppo
    2. Andante
    3. Allegro
    Orchestra of the Americas, Singer, conductor
  1. Concerto Russe in G Minor, Op. 29
    1. Prelude-Allegro (Andante)
    2. Chanto Russe (Lento)
    3. Intermezzo (Allegro non troppo)
    4. Introduction - Chanto Russe (Andante)
    Orchestra of the Americas, Singer, conductor
  1. Concerto in F Major, Op. 20
    1. Andante
    2. Andantino (Romance)
    3. Allegro con fuoco
    Orchestra of the Americas, Singer, conductor
  1. Guitare In B Minor, Op. 28
    Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
    T Woytowicz, conductor

Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Édouard Lalo, composer
One-Eleven, Ltd. (Hong Kong)
P.O. Box 92147, TST
Kowloon, Hong Kong
EPR-95040 (catalog no.) (CD)
(EPR = Essential Performance Reference)
(released July 1, 1997)[8]
OCLC 57036212

Artist management

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In 1974, Jacques Singer was represented by Hurok Concerts, Inc. Sol Hurok, the name principal, died in 1974.[9]

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ Singer's American debut, in this case is defined as his first performance outside of an educational institution, in an established concert venue that is open to the the general public and media – particularly music critics. In New York City, especially during the 1920s, Town Hall was a notable venue for debuts.

References

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  1. ^ "Boy Violinists Give Recital, by William James Henderson, February 12, 1925
    Dramatic and Musical Criticisms (Vol. 51 of 57), New York clippings: January 1, 1925 – January 22, 1926, compiled by Philip Hale (1854–1934), p. 44
    Digital source: Boston Public Library; OCLC 52493225
    (retrieved via Internet Archive)
  2. ^ "May Day Celebration" (event advertisement by the Socialist Labor Party of America), The Weekly People, May 2, 1925, p. 6
  3. ^ "Various Music Doings," New York Sun, January 4, 1930, p. 7, col. 2 (accessible via fultonhistory.com)
  4. ^ "Concert and Dance January 11 for New History Society," New York Evening Post, January 10, 1930, p. 11, col. 2 (accessible via fultonhistory.com)
  5. ^ "Ten Years Ago the Japanese Also Blasted a Great Idea," Dallas Morning News, December 8, 1951, p. 5
  6. ^ "Good Will Engendered in Mexico by Gesture of Dallas Symphony," by Curtis Vinson (né Eugene Curtis Vinson; 1893–1956), Dallas Morning News, September 2, 1941, pps. 14 & 15
  7. ^ "National Spotlight," by F.N. (aka "Faxie," née Fairfax Winston Nisbet; 1901–1979), Dallas Morning News, December 11, 1941
  8. ^ By Steven J. Haller, American Record Guide; Vol. 60, Iss. 5, September/October 1997, p. 158; ISSN 0003-0716; Accession Number: 9710181991
  9. ^ (Hurok advertisement), Billboard, March 30, 1974, Sec. 2, p. 30