Tim Bosworth

We Knocked Their Socks Off (eBook, ePUB)

The First American-Trained String Quartet (1927-1981) The Curtis String Quartet An Original Biography

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What if one of the greatest musical legacies in American history had been nearly forgotten?

We Knocked Their Socks Off tells the extraordinary true story of the Curtis String Quartet, the first American-trained string quartet and a pioneering force in 20th-century classical music. Formed in 1927 at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, this powerhouse ensemble toured internationally, broke cultural barriers, and set the gold standard for chamber music performance.

Under the leadership of original members like Orlando Cole and Max Aronoff, the Quartet became the first American quartet to perform in England and to tour Europe. They played to acclaim in major concert halls, on college campuses, and in the quiet corners of small-town America. In many places, they introduced listeners to string quartet music for the very first time. Their influence extended far beyond performance. Through their recordings and teaching, they helped shape generations of classical musicians and filled principal chairs in orchestras across the country.

Yet despite their remarkable contributions, their story has been largely erased. It has been overshadowed by the false narrative that serious American quartets did not emerge until after World War II. Author Tim Bosworth, PhD, sets the record straight with a meticulously researched and emotionally resonant biography that revives their place in history.

This book is perfect for classical music enthusiasts, music educators, students, and readers who appreciate rediscovered American legacies. We Knocked Their Socks Off is both a revelatory music history and a stirring tribute. It is not just a biography. It is a cultural reclamation.

Discover the Quartet that helped define American classical music and reclaim a legacy nearly lost.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris US
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798369432501
• Artikelnr.: 72720073

Autorenporträt

Tim Bosworth was born in 1946 in Pittsfield, MA. He is a trained historian, writer and playwright, avid violist and quartet player, playwright, and novelist. He resides in Orleans, MA, on Cape Cod. He earned his Ph. D. in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1980. In addition to his dissertation, "Those Who Moved. Internal Migrants in America from 1620 to 1840" and numerous scholarly papers. He has also written novels, short stories, and plays, one of which has been published and has been seen from Massachusetts south to North Carolina and west to Ohio and Wisconsin. He began studying piano and violin at the age of five, and took up the viola around the age of12. He has been playing quartets since high school. As a member of the family of the Quartet's only cellist while writing this book, he was privy to information and insights not available to other writers.