MUSIC AND THEATER - Music in Switzerland - Lot of thirty-two concert programs, autograph letters and printed ...

MUSIC AND THEATER - Music in Switzerland - Lot of thirty-two concert programs, autograph letters and printed photograph signed
CHAMBER MUSIC
Concert given at the Temple d'Orbe, on Tuesday 28 January 1958, with soprano Basia RETCHITZKA, flute Raymond MEYLAN, violin Pascal GRIZONI, violin Francis ZANLONGHI, viola Daniel REICHEL, violin Raymond Baudat, double bass Félix DUCOMMUN, harpsichord Paulette GELPE.

QUINTETTE A VENT ROMAND
Concert organised by the CONCERTS DE BERGERE given in the church of Corsier on 17 March 1970 with flute Jean-Louis SENN, oboe Bernard SCHENKEL, clarinet Anthony MORF, horn Jozsef MOLNAR, bassoon Assaf BAR-LEV.

IN MEMORIAM HASKILS
Program signed of the concert given at the Théâtre de Vevey on 07.12.1970 by violinist Koji Toyoda, altists Georges Janzer ad Gerard Ruymen, cellists Eva Czako and Esther Nyffenegger.

IN MEMORIAM ZOLTAN KODALY
Concert given with the orchestra of the Tonhalle Zurich on 30.03.1967 with violinist Johanna MARTZY, pianist Tamas VASARY, mezzosoprano Maria BEREI, baritone Mokolos TOTH.
Programme signed, Zurich, 30.03.1967.

BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
Concert organised by ARTS ET LETTRES at the theatre in Vevey on 17 March 1971 with flute Jean-Pierre RAMPAL, oboe Pierre PIERLOT, violin Robert GENDRE, bassoon Paul HONGRE, harpsichord Robert VEYRON-LACROIX.

AEOLIAN STRING QUARTET
Concert organised by South Place Sunday Concerts at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square in Holborn, W.C.1 on 5 January 1969 with Sydney HUMPHREYS, violin Raymond KEENLYSIDE, viola Margaret MAJOR, cello Derek SIMPSON.

SAMSON AND DALILA
French opera in three acts by Camille Saint-Saens to a libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire organised by the PITTSBURGH OPERA at the Syria Mosque on 5 and 7 December 1968 withSamson William OLVIS, Dalila Mignon DUNN, High Priest of Dagon Chester LUDGIN, etc.

THE STARS OF FAITH
Concert probably given in Vevey with Frances STAEDMANHenrietta WADDY, Kitty PARHAM, Wille DE JOHN, Sadie FRANCES KEY Johnny THOMPSON, pianist.

CONCERT SPIRITUEL HONGROIS
Concert given at the Temple de St-Gervais in Geneva on Friday 16 April 1971, with: pianist Gyula VACZI from St Gallen, Arpad BECK from Geneva, pianist Sébastien RISLER from Geneva, Eva Sophie REMPORT from Geneva, organist François DESBAILLET, horn player Joseph MOLNAR, cellist Gyorgy Adam, singers Eva-Sophie Remport, Annette Charmot and Colette Alliot-Lugaz.

CONCERTO DI MUSICA BAROCCA
Concert organised by the ACCADEMIA MUSICALE CHIGIANA in Siena on 3 September 1969 with Amore Elena ZILIO, Bellezza Valeria MARICONDA, Cortesia and Capriccio Ille STRAZZA and Dora GATTA, Accademico I Italo D'AMICO, Accademico II Robert EL HAGE, conductor Ennio GERELLI.

I MUSICI DI ROMA
Concert organised by DAS ALTE WERK, Studiokonzerte des Norddeutschen Rundfunks in Hamburg on 19 and 21 November 1965 with violin Felix AYO, violin Italo COLANDREA, violin Anna Maria COTOGNI, violin Walter GALLOZZI, violin Francesco TAMPONI, violin Luciano VICARI, viola Carmen FRANCO, viola Cino GHEDIN, cello Enzo ALTOBELLI, cello Mario CENTURIONE, double bass Lucio BUCARELLA, cymbal Maria Teresa GARATTI.

QUARTETTO DI ROMA
Concert organised by ARTS ET LETTRES given at the Vevey theatre on 1 December 1972 with violin Arrigo PELLICCIA, viola Guido MOZZATO, cello Massimo AMFITHEATROF, piano Ornella SANTOLIQUIDO.

MORF Anthony
(Geneva, 16.06.1944 - 26.05.2016). He studied at the Geneva Conservatory, where he obtained a teaching and soloist diploma with honours. Winner of several international competitions, he is principal clarinettist of the Basel Symphony Orchestra and also teaches at the Lucerne Conservatory.
Programme signed with the Quintette à Vent Romand, 17.05.1970.

JACOTTET Christiane
(Lausanne, 18.05.1937 - Rivaz, 26.10.1999). She studied piano at the Conservatoire de la Chaux-de-Fonds, then at the Vienna Academy. In 1962, she taught at the Lausanne Conservatoire, where she created the harpsichord and early music classes. From 1975 she taught these same classes at the Geneva Conservatoire. She has given over 800 concerts in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and Japan.
Programme signed, Corsier, 14.03.1969.

BARBÉ Henriette
Born in Holland. Studied in Zurich, Amsterdam, Freiburg im Breisgau and Lucerne. She obtained her piano and harpsichord diplomas with distinction in Zurich and Lucerne.
Document signed on a programme by 12.03.1968.

PICHT-AXENFELD Edith
(Freiburg im Breisgau, 01.01.1914 - Freiburg im Breisgau, 19.04.2001). A pianist and harpsichordist, in addition to her work as a soloist she taught music at the Freiburg University of Music. She was a specialist in Johann Sebastian Bach.
Programme signed 13.02.1973.

HEYNA Siegfried
(1938 - Lausanne, 27.07.2009). Cornist with the OCL from 1964 to 1998.
Programme signed, Territet, 26.05.1969.

MOLNAR Jozsef
(Debrecen, Hungary, 1931 - ). At the age of fourteen, he began playing the French horn and two years later joined a military brass band. In 1956, he joined the Philarmonia Hungarica in Vienna, and in 1958 he answered an advertisement from the OCL, where he played until his retirement in 1996. Since then he has played the Alpine horn.
Autograph card signed; programme signed in Montreux 04.06.1967.

GRAF Peter-Lukas
(Zurich. 05.01.1929 - ). He studied the flute with André Jaunet, then at the Paris Conservatoire, where he was awarded the 1st flute prize and a conducting diploma. Since 1962, he has been the first conductor of the Lucerne Opera. He teaches the flute at the Basel Academy of Music and lives in Binningen.
Programme with autograph musical quotation signed, Vevey, 11.01.1971. At the verso: Programme signed dated 12.01.1971 by Graf and pianist Edith Fischer.

PEPIN André
(1907-04.06.1985). Romanian flautist, pedagogue and composer. He was a soloist with the OSR and taught at the Geneva Conservatoire.
Programme signed by Pepin and Ernest Ansermet.

GODEFROID Félix Dieudonné
(Namur, 1818 - 1897). Studied the harp at the Paris Conservatoire. After his first concerts, the young virtuoso embarked on a tour of Europe which led H. Berlioz to consider him the best harpist in Europe. He wrote a method for learning to play the harp.
Autograph letter signed Paris, 29.09.1886 to Mme Ambroise Thomas: "... Allez au fond de votre excellent cœur et trouvez y un bon mouvement, ou plutôt un bon battement pour une famille qui a bien souffert…”.

SHANN Edgar
(Zurich, 1919 - Grand vaud, 23.02.1984), oboist and teacher from Vaud, studied at the conservatories of Zurich, Geneva and Paris. Around 1950, he became principal oboist of the Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne, where in 1965 he became the first English horn player.
Signature on a programme page with photograph. Also signed by Victor Desarzen.

MONTMOLLIN Paul de
On 02.08.1921, he married Marthe Esther de Coulon.
Autograph letter signed Cortaillod le 21 Juin 1950: “…un cordial meri pour l’envoi de ton ouvrage “Le Drame de Saul de Tarse”. J’éspère que M. Joseph Lamber a su écrire une musique adéquate…”. 1 p. In-8. Archive holes.

GOGNIAT Joseph
(La Chaux de Fonds, 17.05.1881 - Mont Pèlerin, 27.05.1954). He attended the Ecole cantonale de Porrentruy, then the Collège St Michel in Fribourg and the Ecole Niedermeyer in Paris to perfect his organ playing. In 1915, he was offered the post of music teacher and organist at the Collège St Michel in Fribourg. From 1927 to 1953 he was titular organist at St Nicolas Cathedral in Fribourg.
Signed printed photograph applied to cardboard in-16 on the back to Paul Langer.

LUY André
(Tramelan, 12.01.1927 - Lutry, 06.04.2005). After La Chaux-de-Fonds, Morges and St Imier, he was organist at Lausanne Cathedral from 1957 to 1992. He has played all over the world and recorded concerts with Maurice André on trumpet. He teaches at the Musikhochschule in Saarebrucken and at the Conservatoire in Lausanne. He has an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne.
Concert programme signed.

BISCHOFF Justin
(24.05.1845 - 04.1927). Organist. He was a professor at the Lausanne Conservatoire. He married Maria Ghilionna.
Autograph letter signed to 15.03.1889: "... je m'adresse à Monsieur Chappuis, comme vous me le conseillez…”.

CREUTZBURG Klaus
(1936 - Oberweinmar, 09.12.2009). Organist from Weimar, he gave concerts at the Schlosskappelle in Altenburg. Programme dedicated in Nyon, 25.07.1965.

KOÏTO Kei
(Kyoto, 04.01.1950 - ). First prize in organ at Tokyo University of the Arts. She also studied psychology, philosophy and the aesthetics of music. She was awarded first prize with distinction for virtuosity and improvisation on the organ at Geneva Conservatoire. She teaches organ at the Lausanne Conservatoire.
Autograph letter signed to Mme Odette Noir.; Autograph letter in Japanese signed.

AUBERT Johnny
In 1926, he married Germaine Tournier, a cellist. He taught at the Geneva Conservatory of Music for 43 years. With his wife, he founded the Maison Mainou in Vandoeuvres, which became a refuge for artists in difficulty.
Signature with photograph applied.

BINET Jean
(Geneva, 17.10.1893 - Trélex, 24.02.1960). Musical training at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, then in Paris. In 1919, he founded the first Jaques-Dalcroze rhythm school in New York. In 1923, he taught in Brussels and returned to Trélex in 1929. By this time, he was only composing. He wrote music for the stage and for ballets. In 1951, he chaired the Société Suiise des Droits d'auteurs musicaux (Suisa) and in 1955, he was awarded the first Swiss composer prize.
Autograph letter signed: “… ces souvenirs vivent en nous, et leur action continue à exercer ses bien faits…”.

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