Broadus Erle
Broadus Erle (March 21, 1918 - April 6, 1977) was an American violinist.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he began his violin studies at age 3, taught by his mother, Brownie Earl. By age 6, he was concertizing extensively. He was a scholarship student at Curtis Institute at age 10. He was also a student at Rollins College, where he was concertmaster of its orchestra. [1] [2] Erle's teachers include Pasquale Briglia, Alexander Bloch, and Ysaye. According to Erle, his most important teacher was Alexander Bloch, a violinist, conductor, and composer who was once a student and assistant of Leopold Auer. [3] Erle was in the class of 1940 at the Curtis Institute. [4] In the 1940's, Erle was concertmaster of the MGM Symphony Orchestra and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. [5] In 1947, he became a member of the highly regarded [6] [7] New Music Quartet, which specialized in performing and recording modern music. He was the first violinist in this quartet for 8 years. From 1956 to 1960, he served as concertmaster of the newly founded Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo.
Erle became a faculty member in the music school at Yale University in 1960, and made several recordings as first violinist of the Yale Quartet. He died of cancer at age 59 at his home in Guilford, CT. [8]
References
- ^ Sarasota Herald-Tribune, February 22, 1955 [1]
- ^ Sarasota Herald-Tribune, January 26, 1937 [2]
- ^ Sarasota Herald-Tribune, March 10, 1940 [3]
- ^ Curtis graduates [4]
- ^ Broadus Erle biography http://computertutorinc.net/SW-AboutBroadusErle.htm
- ^ Musicweb International [5]
- ^ Montreal Gazette, December 12, 1969 [6]
- ^ New York Times, April 8, 1977, page 19