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She made her debut in Town Hall in New York City in 1934. About that evening the [[New York Times]] wrote, "Miss Field's playing is that of a thoughtful, sensitive and fastidious musician." She went on to perform with major orchestras in the United States, including the [[American Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Detroit Symphony]], the [[St. Louis Symphony]], the [[Boston Symphony]], the [[Cincinnati Symphony]], the [[Cleveland Orchestra]] and the Washington Symphony; and five solo performances with the [[New York Philharmonic]] at [[Lewisohn Stadium]] and [[Carnegie Hall]]. |
She made her debut in Town Hall in New York City in 1934. About that evening the [[New York Times]] wrote, "Miss Field's playing is that of a thoughtful, sensitive and fastidious musician." She went on to perform with major orchestras in the United States, including the [[American Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Detroit Symphony]], the [[St. Louis Symphony]], the [[Boston Symphony]], the [[Cincinnati Symphony]], the [[Cleveland Orchestra]] and the Washington Symphony; and five solo performances with the [[New York Philharmonic]] at [[Lewisohn Stadium]] and [[Carnegie Hall]]. |
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In 1937 she played in recital for President and Mrs. [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] at the [[White House]]. [[File:Joan Field poster 1.jpg|thumb|Joan Field.]] |
In 1937 she played in recital for President and Mrs. [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] at the [[White House]]. [[:File:Joan Field poster 1.jpg|thumb|Joan Field.]]<!--Non free file removed by DASHBot--> |
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During the 1940s Field was a regular on the New York City music scene. She was concertmistress for the U.S. tour of the [[Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo]] during World War II, reprising that position for the original Broadway production of [[Brigadoon]] in 1947. |
During the 1940s Field was a regular on the New York City music scene. She was concertmistress for the U.S. tour of the [[Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo]] during World War II, reprising that position for the original Broadway production of [[Brigadoon]] in 1947. |
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Joan Field (Long Branch, NJ, April 28, 1915 – Miami Beach, FL, March 18, 1988) was an American violinist.
Biography and Career
Field began violin studies at the age of 5. She was a pupil of Franz Kneisel, Albert Spalding and Michel Piastro in the United States and spent 4 years in Paris during her teens studying with Marcel Chailley, Jacques Thibaud and George Enescu at the École Normale de Musique.
She made her debut in Town Hall in New York City in 1934. About that evening the New York Times wrote, "Miss Field's playing is that of a thoughtful, sensitive and fastidious musician." She went on to perform with major orchestras in the United States, including the American Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Washington Symphony; and five solo performances with the New York Philharmonic at Lewisohn Stadium and Carnegie Hall.
In 1937 she played in recital for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House. thumb|Joan Field.
During the 1940s Field was a regular on the New York City music scene. She was concertmistress for the U.S. tour of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo during World War II, reprising that position for the original Broadway production of Brigadoon in 1947.
In 1944 she began a succesful radio career at New York classical station WQXR, writing and producing more than 200 episodes of her own performance-interview progam on Sunday afternoons.
She gave the first performance of the Charles Ives Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, and made the first recording of the piece along with the 3rd Sonata with pianist Leopold Mittman. She also gave first performances of the violin concertos of Nicolai Berezowsky, Mana Zucca and Dai-Keong Lee, and the first American performance of the Prokofiev Sonata in D for violin and piano.
Her annual Town Hall recital in 1956 elicited this comment in the New York Times: "Miss Field is a rare combination, an extremely facile technician who also comprehends that the task of the performer is to make music rather than to set a new record for the track. It is true that in bravura playing Miss Field is by no means found wanting; but mere technique is never allowed to get in the way of the music."
Field performed and recorded extensively in Europe during the 1950s and early 1960s, notably with ex-patriot American conductor Dean Dixon. Her instrument during those years was a 1698 "long pattern" Stradivarius once owned by Joseph Joachim.
A longtime resident of Miami Beach, FL, she retired from the concert stage in 1965.
Discography
Charles Ives Sonatas 1 and 3 for violin and piano (with Leopold Mittman) Lyrichord Records, LL 17.
Dvorak Violin Concerto in a minor/ Beethoven Romances for Violin and Orchestra; Berlin Symphony, Artur Rother, Conductor. Telefunken TCS 18046
Bruch Concerto #1 in g minor/Mendelssohn Concerto in e minor; Berlin Symphony, Rudolf Albert, Conductor. Telefunken 6.41308 AG and n.t. 196.
Bruch Concerto #1 in g minor/Spohr Concerto "Gesangszene" in a minor; Berlin Symphony, Rudolf Albert, Conductor. Telefunken LT 6634 and TCS 18031.
Mozart Concerto #5 in A/ Mendelssohn Concerto in e minor; Berlin Symphony, Rudolf Albert, Conductor. Telefunken TC 8044.
note: all recordings out of print.
References
Roth, Henry (1982) Master Violinists in Performance; TFH Publications; P-278.
Oka Doner, Michelle and Wolfson Jr., Mitchell (2007) Miami Beach: Blueprint of an Eden. New York: HarperCollins; Pp. 176-7. ISBN: 978-0-06-134616-3.
New York Times articles:
"Music in Review", Oct. 25, 1934.
"Concert Planned For Native Music", July 18, 1938.
"An American Bill By Philharmonic", Aug. 1, 1938.
"Music Notes", Sept. 26, 1942.
"Barzin Presents Two New Concerti", Jan. 9, 1945.
"Joan Field In Violin Program", Mar. 7, 1945.
"Joan Field Gives A Violin Recital", Oct. 18, 1954.
"Joan Field Is Heard in Violin Program", Nov. 12, 1955. "Joan Field Heard In Violin Recital", Oct. 31, 1956.
External links
Cozio fine stringed instruments: http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=474