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Gold and Fizdale

December 07, 2023

Not to be confused with Arthur Gould (disambiguation) or Artie Gold.
For the Polish violinist and composer, see Artur Gold.

Arthur Gold (6 February 1917 – 3 January 1990) and Robert Fizdale (12 April 1920 – 6 December 1995)[2] were an American two-piano ensemble; they were also authors and television cooking show hosts.

Arthur Gold
Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, 1952
BornFebruary 6, 1917
DiedJanuary 3, 1990 (aged 72)
Resting placeOakland Cemetery (Sag Harbor, New York)[1]
EducationJuilliard School
Robert Fizdale
BornApril 12, 1920
DiedDecember 6, 1995 (aged 75)
Resting placeOakland Cemetery (Sag Harbor, New York)
EducationJuilliard School

Gold and Fizdale met during their student years at the Juilliard School; where Gold was a pupil of Rosina Lhévinne and her husband Josef and Fizdale was a pupil of Ernest Hutcheson.[2][3] They formed a lifelong gay partnership and shared interests in music (forming one of the most important piano duos of the 20th century),[4] travel, and cooking.

Two-piano ensemble edit

Gold and Fizdale made their professional debut in 1944 at the New School for Social Research performing a program of 20th century music that included the world premieres of John Cage’s A Book of Music (one of Cage's earliest experiments in using the prepared Piano) and Cage's Three Dances (first version) for two prepared pianos, both composed for them.[2][5] This was the first of several commissions from American and French composers premièred by the piano duo in the second half of the 20th century. Some of the other composers from whom they commissioned works include Georges Auric, Samuel Barber, Howard Brubeck, Paul Bowles, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Vittorio Rieti, Henri Sauguet, Germaine Tailleferre, Virgil Thomson, and Ned Rorem.[2] In the field of jazz they have collaborated with Dave Brubeck.

Among their friends were American literary and cultural figures such as Truman Capote, James Schuyler, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, among others.[citation needed]

In 1948, they were part of the wave of American artists, musicians and writers who took advantage of the first possibility since the end of World War II to freely travel in Europe. They arrived in Paris with a letter of introduction from Marcelle de Manziarly to Germaine Tailleferre of Les six who invited them to a lunch with Francis Poulenc and Georges Auric. This lunch ended with Auric and Tailleferre taking the score of Thomson's "The Mother of Us All", which Thomson had given as a gift, turning it upside down on the piano and having Poulenc singing all of the roles (including Susan B. Anthony) in nonsense English syllables which were supposedly an imitation of Gertrude Stein's Libretto while Tailleferre and Auric improvised a four-hands version of Thomson's score.[6]

Tailleferre invited the couple to her home in Grasse to spend two months while she was writing her ballet Paris-Magie and her opera Il était Un Petit Navire. She wrote two-piano versions of both works and gave them to the duo as a gift. These manuscripts were later donated to the Library of Congress after the death of Robert Fizdale. Tailleferre later dedicated two other works to Gold and Fizdale: her Toccata for Two Pianos and her Sonata for Two Pianos.[7] Francis Poulenc also wrote his own Sonata for Two Pianos for "the Boyz" (as he called them), a commission which was paid by their mutual friend the American Soprano and arts patron Alice Swanson Esty, according to Poulenc's correspondence.[citation needed]

The duo also recorded a number of recordings featuring works by Les six, Vittorio Rieti, and other composers, as well as a series of Concerto recordings with Leonard Bernstein and The New York Philharmonic, including the Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos, The Mozart Two Piano Concerto and Saint-Saëns's "Carnival of the Animals".

Bobby Fizdale was born Robert Fish, the son of John and Rose Fish of Chicago. Had a brother Walter.

Both Gold and Fizdale were of Russian Jewish descent.[8]

Literary and culinary careers edit

In the late 1970s, Arthur Gold began to have problems with his hands which made it difficult for him to perform, so the duo began to write biographical works, including "Misia: the Life of Misia Sert" (Knopf; 1st edition January 12, 1980), and "The Divine Sarah: a Biography of Sarah Bernhardt" (Knopf 1991).

The duo also began writing food articles for Vogue magazine and began a television cooking show. In 1984 they published "The Gold and Fizdale Cookbook" (Random House 1984), which is dedicated to their friend George Balanchine, "In whose kitchen we spent many happy hours..."

In 1996, after the death of Fizdale, his estate donated the personal papers, recordings and other memorabilia to the Juilliard School, where they are kept in the school's Peter Jay Sharp Special Collections Room in the Juilliard Library [3] Gold and Fizdale are buried alongside each other at Oakland Cemetery in Sag Harbor, New York.

Works written for Gold and Fizdale edit

Recordings edit

References edit

  1. ^ Permanent Residents of Oakland Cemetery. Sag Harbor Partnership.
  2. ^ a b c d Michael Steinberg, revised by Ruth B. Hilton (2001). "Fizdale, Robert". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.09767. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
  3. ^ a b accessed August 25, 2006
  4. ^ Jean-Pierre Thiollet, 88 notes pour piano solo, « Solo de duo », Neva Editions, 2015, pages 97-98. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0
  5. ^ . Archived from the original on October 10, 2006. Retrieved August 25, 2006.
  6. ^ Gold and Fitzdale (sic), Misia, the Life of Misia Sert, William Morrow 1981, cited in Georges Hacquard, "Germaine Tailleferre: la Dame des Six" (L'Harmattan 1997) pages 143-144
  7. ^ Clinton-Narboni Duo Germaine Tailleferre: Music for Two Pianos and Piano Four-hands Elan recordings 1997 - liner notes
  8. ^ http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Pearl%20River%20NY%20Orangetown%20Telegram/Pearl%20River%20NY%20Orangetown%20Telegram%20%201958/Pearl%20River%20NY%20Orangetown%20Telegram%20%201958%20-%200163.pdf#xml=http://fultonhistory.com/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=ffffffffc6bbede3&DocId=4112373&Index=Z%3a\Index%20U-F-P&HitCount=3&hits=3a8+3a9+3aa+&SearchForm=C%3a\inetpub\wwwroot\Fulton_New_form.html&.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  9. ^ Franck Ferraty, La musique pour piano de Francis Poulenc, ou, Le temps de l'ambivalence, Harmattan, Paris, 2009, 313 pages, page 262.

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Not to be confused with Arthur Gould disambiguation or Artie Gold For the Polish violinist and composer see Artur Gold Arthur Gold 6 February 1917 3 January 1990 and Robert Fizdale 12 April 1920 6 December 1995 2 were an American two piano ensemble they were also authors and television cooking show hosts Arthur GoldArthur Gold and Robert Fizdale 1952BornFebruary 6 1917DiedJanuary 3 1990 aged 72 Resting placeOakland Cemetery Sag Harbor New York 1 EducationJuilliard SchoolRobert FizdaleBornApril 12 1920DiedDecember 6 1995 aged 75 Resting placeOakland Cemetery Sag Harbor New York EducationJuilliard SchoolGold and Fizdale met during their student years at the Juilliard School where Gold was a pupil of Rosina Lhevinne and her husband Josef and Fizdale was a pupil of Ernest Hutcheson 2 3 They formed a lifelong gay partnership and shared interests in music forming one of the most important piano duos of the 20th century 4 travel and cooking Contents 1 Two piano ensemble 2 Literary and culinary careers 3 Works written for Gold and Fizdale 4 Recordings 5 References 6 External linksTwo piano ensemble editGold and Fizdale made their professional debut in 1944 at the New School for Social Research performing a program of 20th century music that included the world premieres of John Cage s A Book of Music one of Cage s earliest experiments in using the prepared Piano and Cage s Three Dances first version for two prepared pianos both composed for them 2 5 This was the first of several commissions from American and French composers premiered by the piano duo in the second half of the 20th century Some of the other composers from whom they commissioned works include Georges Auric Samuel Barber Howard Brubeck Paul Bowles Darius Milhaud Francis Poulenc Vittorio Rieti Henri Sauguet Germaine Tailleferre Virgil Thomson and Ned Rorem 2 In the field of jazz they have collaborated with Dave Brubeck Among their friends were American literary and cultural figures such as Truman Capote James Schuyler George Balanchine Jerome Robbins among others citation needed In 1948 they were part of the wave of American artists musicians and writers who took advantage of the first possibility since the end of World War II to freely travel in Europe They arrived in Paris with a letter of introduction from Marcelle de Manziarly to Germaine Tailleferre of Les six who invited them to a lunch with Francis Poulenc and Georges Auric This lunch ended with Auric and Tailleferre taking the score of Thomson s The Mother of Us All which Thomson had given as a gift turning it upside down on the piano and having Poulenc singing all of the roles including Susan B Anthony in nonsense English syllables which were supposedly an imitation of Gertrude Stein s Libretto while Tailleferre and Auric improvised a four hands version of Thomson s score 6 Tailleferre invited the couple to her home in Grasse to spend two months while she was writing her ballet Paris Magie and her opera Il etait Un Petit Navire She wrote two piano versions of both works and gave them to the duo as a gift These manuscripts were later donated to the Library of Congress after the death of Robert Fizdale Tailleferre later dedicated two other works to Gold and Fizdale her Toccata for Two Pianos and her Sonata for Two Pianos 7 Francis Poulenc also wrote his own Sonata for Two Pianos for the Boyz as he called them a commission which was paid by their mutual friend the American Soprano and arts patron Alice Swanson Esty according to Poulenc s correspondence citation needed The duo also recorded a number of recordings featuring works by Les six Vittorio Rieti and other composers as well as a series of Concerto recordings with Leonard Bernstein and The New York Philharmonic including the Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos The Mozart Two Piano Concerto and Saint Saens s Carnival of the Animals Bobby Fizdale was born Robert Fish the son of John and Rose Fish of Chicago Had a brother Walter Both Gold and Fizdale were of Russian Jewish descent 8 Literary and culinary careers editIn the late 1970s Arthur Gold began to have problems with his hands which made it difficult for him to perform so the duo began to write biographical works including Misia the Life of Misia Sert Knopf 1st edition January 12 1980 and The Divine Sarah a Biography of Sarah Bernhardt Knopf 1991 The duo also began writing food articles for Vogue magazine and began a television cooking show In 1984 they published The Gold and Fizdale Cookbook Random House 1984 which is dedicated to their friend George Balanchine In whose kitchen we spent many happy hours In 1996 after the death of Fizdale his estate donated the personal papers recordings and other memorabilia to the Juilliard School where they are kept in the school s Peter Jay Sharp Special Collections Room in the Juilliard Library 3 Gold and Fizdale are buried alongside each other at Oakland Cemetery in Sag Harbor New York Works written for Gold and Fizdale editPaul Bowles Concerto for Two Pianos 1946 47 Sonata for Two Pianos 1947 Night Waltz for Two Pianos 1949 A Picnic Cantata for Two Pianos 1953 John Cage A Book of Music for Two Pianos Francis Poulenc 9 L embarquement pour Cythere 1951 Sonate for Two Pianos 1952 53 Elegy for Two Pianos 1959 Vittorio Rieti Suite Champetre for Duo Pianos 1948 Germaine Tailleferre Il etait un Petit Navire Suite for Two Pianos Paris Magie version for Two Pianos Toccata for Two Pianos Sonata for Two Pianos Samuel Barber Souvenirs Op 28Recordings editModern Waltzes for Two Pianos Columbia 1951 works by Georges Auric Paul Bowles Vittorio Rieti Henri Sauguet Germaine Tailleferre Virgil Thomson 1900 1952 Music For 2 Pianos Columbia 1954 ML 4853 works by Igor Stravinsky Paul Hindemith Vittorio Rieti Mendelssohn The Two Concertos for Two Pianos and Orchestra Columbia 1964 ML6081 MS6681 Felix Mendelssohn Eugene Ormandy Philadelphia Orchestra Gold amp Fizdale play Dave Brubeck s Jazz Ballet Points on Jazz Columbia 1961 works by Dave BrubeckReferences edit Permanent Residents of Oakland Cemetery Sag Harbor Partnership a b c d Michael Steinberg revised by Ruth B Hilton 2001 Fizdale Robert Grove Music Online 8th ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 09767 ISBN 978 1 56159 263 0 a b accessed August 25 2006 Jean Pierre Thiollet 88 notes pour piano solo Solo de duo Neva Editions 2015 pages 97 98 ISBN 978 2 3505 5192 0 accessed August 26 2006 Archived from the original on October 10 2006 Retrieved August 25 2006 Gold and Fitzdale sic Misia the Life of Misia Sert William Morrow 1981 cited in Georges Hacquard Germaine Tailleferre la Dame des Six L Harmattan 1997 pages 143 144 Clinton Narboni Duo Germaine Tailleferre Music for Two Pianos and Piano Four hands Elan recordings 1997 liner notes http fultonhistory com Newspaper 2014 Pearl 20River 20NY 20Orangetown 20Telegram Pearl 20River 20NY 20Orangetown 20Telegram 20 201958 Pearl 20River 20NY 20Orangetown 20Telegram 20 201958 20 200163 pdf xml http fultonhistory com dtSearch dtisapi6 dll cmd getpdfhits amp u ffffffffc6bbede3 amp DocId 4112373 amp Index Z 3a Index 20U F P amp HitCount 3 amp hits 3a8 3a9 3aa amp SearchForm C 3a inetpub wwwroot Fulton New form html amp pdf bare URL PDF Franck Ferraty La musique pour piano de Francis Poulenc ou Le temps de l ambivalence Harmattan Paris 2009 313 pages page 262 External links editArthur Gold and Robert Fizdale Papers General Collection Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Yale University Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gold and Fizdale amp oldid 1187270463, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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