Arnold Volpe
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Arnold Volpe (July 9, 1869- February 2, 1940) was a Lithuanian-born American composer and conductor who came to the United States in 1898. He composed mainly chamber music, including a string quartet, as well as a mazurka for violin and orchestra. He founded both the Lewisohn Stadium Concerts in New York City and the symphony orchestra at the University of Miami, and he conducted five productions for the Washingtion National Opera, a semi-professional company founded in 1919 and not associated with its current namesake, beginning late in its first season.[1] He was related to the composer Stefan Wolpe.
[edit] References
- ^ McPherson, Jim, "Mr. Meek Goes to Washington: The Story of the Small-Potatoes Canadian Baritone Who Founded America’s 'National' Opera," The Opera Quarterly, volume 20, no. 2, Spring 2004
- Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
[edit] Literature
- Volpe, Marie (1950). Arnold Volpe, Bridge between Two Musical Worlds. Coral Gables, Fla.: University of Miami Press.
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