Cornelia Rider-Possart
Cornelia Rider-Possart | |
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 Cornelia Rider-Possart, from a 1923 publication | |
| Born | Cornelia Rider December 14, 1865 Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | July 1963 (age 97) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Pianist |
| Relatives | Ernst von Possart (father-in-law) |
Cornelia Rider-Possart (December 14, 1865 – July 1963) was an American pianist.
Early life and education
Rider was born in Dubuque, Iowa, the daughter of John V. Rider and Viola Gertrude Smead Rider. She studied piano at the Sherwood School of Music in Chicago, and with Varette Stepanoff, a follower of Theodor Leschetizky, in Germany.[1]
Career
Rider-Possart was a concert pianist in Germany in the early 1900s. She accompanied Johanna Gadski in 1904, and performed with Ernst Kunwald in Berlin in 1908. "Madame Possart is one of the most legitimate, most musical, and most satisfactory women pianists for the public," reported Musical Courier about that event. "Her technic is clean, sure, and pearly, and her tone has a beautiful singing quality."[1]
Rider-Possart played at the Maine Music Festival in 1913.[2] She joined violinist Lili Petschnikoff at a series of three musicale events at Petschnikoff's Hollywood home in 1919.[3][4] She played in a quintet at the Hollywood Bowl in 1921,[5] and gave concerts at New York's Aeolian Hall in 1913,[6] 1922,[7] and 1924.[8] In 1923, she played with both the New York Philharmonic[9] and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.[10] She was a social friend of many musicians in Los Angeles, including Leopold Stokowski.[11]
Rider-Possart recorded some player piano rolls for the Wilcox & White Company.[12][13]
Personal life
Rider married German theater censor Hermann Ludwig Possart, son of actor Ernst von Possart, in 1902. He died in 1912. She lived in Los Angeles for much of her later life, though she also lived in New York City with her niece, artist Viola Burden Lange.[14] She died in 1963, at age 97, in New York City.[13][15]
References
- ^ a b "Berlin" Musical Courier 56(19)(May 6, 1908): 5.
- ^ "Maine Music Festival Brilliant and Largely Attended". Musical Courier. 67: 27. October 15, 1913.
- ^ Lindsey, Margie Manning. "Petschnikoff Series" Holly Leaves 8(November 8, 1919): 8.
- ^ Cover illustration, Holly Leaves 8(November 29, 1919): 1.
- ^ Smith, Catherine Parsons (2007-10-16). Making Music in Los Angeles: Transforming the Popular. University of California Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-520-25139-7.
- ^ "A Calendar of Concerts" The New Music Review 13(145)(December 1913): 29.
- ^ "Music, Opera, and Concerts to Come" The New York Herald (March 5, 1922): 6. via Chronicling America, Library of Congress.
- ^ "Forthcoming Events". Musical News and Herald: 444. May 10, 1924.
- ^ "Mme. Rider-Possart, Soloist Tomorrow's Concert". The Pacific Coast Musician. 12: 7. November 10, 1923.
- ^ Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (1924). Descriptive Programs: Symphony Concerts.
- ^ "Guests of Cornelia Rider-Possart" Holly Leaves 8(October 11, 1919): 15.
- ^ "The Artrio-Angelus (advertisement)". Yale Alumni Weekly. 26: 494. January 1917.
- ^ a b "Recordings by Cornelia Rider Possart". Naxos. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ "Viola Burden Lange". Telegraph Herald. 2016-10-29. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ "Iowa Deaths". Des Moines Tribune. 1963-07-11. p. 33. Retrieved 2024-06-18 – via Newspapers.com.
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