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As an avid supporter of new music, Koussevitzky created the Koussevitzky Music Foundations in 1942. The basic aim of the foundations was to assist composers by commissioning new compositions and underwriting the cost of their performance. New works created with the foundations' support include:
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Koussevitzky was a great champion of modern music, commissioning a number of works from prominent composers. During his time in Paris in the early 1920s he programmed much contemporary music, ensuring well-prepared and good quality performances. Among the well-received premieres were
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narrating during the summer of 1950 on magnetic tape; originally issued on a ten-inch LP and three 45 rpm records, it has never been reissued officially by RCA in spite of the popularity of the Camden disc with Hale. Hale was also the narrator for
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Koussevitzky's appointment as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) was the beginning of a golden era for the ensemble that would continue until 1949. Over that 25-year period, he built the ensemble's reputation into that of a
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orchestra at the age of twenty, in 1894, and succeeded his teacher, Rambusek, as the principal bassist in 1901. That same year, according to some sources, he made his début (25 March) as a soloist in Moscow, although his biographer
932:. RCA Victor reissued several other historic orchestral recordings on its Camden label with spurious names to avoid having them in direct competition with newer recordings by the same artists on the upscale Red Seal label. 1216:. Retrieved 5 November 2009.) His surname can be transliterated variously as "Koussevitzky", "Koussevitsky", "Kussevitzky", "Kusevitsky", or, into Polish, as "Kusewicki"; however, he himself chose to use "Koussevitzky". 525:, which was premiered on 19 October that year and quickly became the most famous and celebrated orchestration of the work. Koussevitzky held the rights to this version for many years. In 1940, Koussevitzky commissioned 1212:
Koussevitzky's original Russian forename is usually transliterated into English as either "Sergei" or "Sergey"; however, he himself adopted the French spelling "Serge", using it in his signature. (See
262:, with the composer at the piano. The next year he and his wife returned to Russia, where he founded his own orchestra in Moscow and branched out into the publishing business, forming his own firm, 376:), and provided him with a scholarship to attend Tanglewood. With the Boston Symphony he made numerous recordings, most of which were well regarded by critics. His students and protégés included 415:(1901–1978), Natalie's niece. Naumova had lived with the couple and acted as their secretary for 18 years. Olga Naumova was the daughter of the distinguished politician and civil servant 1537:
The nephew, whose name originally was Koussevitzky, shortened it, he has told reporters, because he didn't want to be accused of trying to 'cash in' on the reputation of his famous uncle.
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ballet dancer Nadezheda Galat, whom he married at an unknown date probably before 1903; he divorced her in 1905 and married Natalya (Natalie) Ushkov on 8 September of that year.
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Copland failed to complete the work in time for the anniversary: the American premiere was given the following season. Koussevitzky also tried to commission Ravel's
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where today the 5,700-seat main performance venue bears his name. In the early 1940s, he discovered a young tenor named Alfred Cocozza (who would later be known as
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In Berlin he continued to give double bass recitals and, after two years practising conducting in his own home with a student orchestra, he hired the
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states he made his solo début earlier in 1896; he later won critical acclaim with his first recital in Berlin in 1903. In 1902 he married the dancer
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for outstanding student conductor. It has been awarded since 1954, but unlike many prizes, it is not awarded annually. Past winners have included
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records were selling for US$ 5.98, in the early 1950s as the "Centennial Symphony Orchestra". One of the later albums featured Prokofiev's
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he played a central role in developing the orchestra's internationally acclaimed summer concert and educational programs at
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Koussevitzky's final recordings, made in November 1950, on magnetic tape using RCA's proprietary RT-21 two-track,
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14 July] 1874 – 4 June 1951) was a Russian and American conductor, composer, and
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from 1937 until 1955. Sevitzky changed his surname in order to mitigate accusations of nepotism against him.
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Several of the Koussevitzky/ Boston Symphony's 78 rpm recordings with were reissued on LP on the bargain
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Following Koussevitzky's 1951 death, his widow, Olga Koussevitzky, presented double-bassist
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by riverboat in 1910, 1912, and 1914. The programs included many new works. After the 1917
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Some of Koussevitzky's later recordings, including performances of the second suite from
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Koussevitzky died in Boston in 1951 and was buried alongside his wife Natalie at the
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For the Boston Symphony Orchestra's 50th anniversary, he commissioned Copland's
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Serge Koussevitzky recorded with the Boston Symphony exclusively for Victor/
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and made his professional début as a conductor in 1908. The concert included
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Koussevitzky was born into a Jewish family of professional musicians in
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Wilfried D'hondt (15 October 2003). "Serge Alexandrovich Koussevitzky"
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Koussevitzky's second wife Natalie died in 1942, and he created the
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until 1929. In 1941 he and his wife became United States citizens.
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His nephew Faviy Adolfovich Koussevitzky, known professionally as
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Musical Directors, State Philharmonic Orchestra of Petrograd
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Double Bass Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 3, 1st movement
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Jesús María Sanromá: an American Twentieth-Century Pianist
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José Bowen, "Koussevitzky , Sergey (Aleksandrovich)" in
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The Koussevitzky Music Foundations official web site
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Allen, Towne & Heath. p. 15. 1194: 1073:(suite) Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1945 771:, except for a live recording made for 411:in her honor. In late 1947, he married 213:. He excelled at the bass, joining the 14: 2256: 1964:at the Koussevitzky Recordings Society 1747: 1745: 1349:"Serge Koussevitzky Discovers America" 671:, a friend of Koussevitzky, wrote his 2085: 1951:at the Koussevitzky Music Foundations 1890:Serge Koussevitzky archive, 1880-1978 1727: 1627: 1337: 1328: 511:. In 1922, Koussevitzky commissioned 151: 1757: 1752:Michael Tilson Thomas at www.bso.org 1548: 935: 564:dedicated the first movement of his 1879:Music Division, Library of Congress 1742: 1708:"En Blanc et Noir / About the Work" 495:Concert Music for Strings and Brass 437:in Lenox. 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Index

Sergei Koussevitsky

Vyshny Volochyok
Tver Governorate
Russian Empire
Boston, Massachusetts

Russian
[sʲɪrˈɡʲejɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕkʊsʲɪˈvʲitskʲɪj]
O.S.
double-bassist
music director
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Vyshny Volochyok
Tver Governorate
Tver Oblast
Musico-Dramatic Institute of the Moscow Philharmonic Society
double bass
Rambusek
music theory
Bolshoi Theatre
Moses Smith
Nadezhda Galat
Reinhold Glière
Arthur Nikisch

Berlin Philharmonic
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2
Éditions Russes de Musique

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