MUSIC AND THEATER - Swiss conductors and instrumentalist - Lot of ten photographs and concert programs signed - ...

MUSIC AND THEATER - Swiss conductors and instrumentalist - Lot of ten photographs and concert programs signed - Switzerland
ANSERMET Ernest
(Vevey, 11.11.1883 - Geneva, 20.02.1969). A graduate in physical sciences and mathematics from the University of Lausanne, he taught mathematics at the gymnasium. He then studied music in Paris, Munich and Berlin. He discovered the scores of Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Ravel, Debussy, Hindemith, Bartok, Honegger and Frank Martin. He founded the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and premiered L'histoire du soldat by Ramuz and Stravinsky. A committed artist, he had a profound influence on the cultural life of French-speaking Switzerland.
Photograph with autograph dedication signed to Paul Langer; autograph letter signed Geneva, 26.03.1952, to Paul Langer. He politely refuses to take on the distribution of Joseph Lauber and Paul Langer's "Drame de Saül de Tarse" and suggests other people "because it would correspond to their means and also to the taste of their public, which is less sophisticated than that of Geneva".

APPIA Edmond
(Turin, 07.05.1894 - Geneva, 12.02.1961). He made a career as solo violinist, then taught at the Lausanne Conservatoire (1928-1943) and conducted the Geneva radio orchestra after 1938.
Photograph with autograph dedication signed to Paul Langer; Visiting card with autograph lines to Paul Langer.

BAUD-BOVY Samuel
(Céligny, 27.11.1906 - Geneva, 02.11.1986). Studied music in Geneva, Paris and Vienna. A musicologist, he founded the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and directed the Geneva Conservatory as well as the Société de Chant Sacré.
Signed printed photograph applied to cardboard in-16 08.11.1949 to Paul Langer.

DENZLER Robert
(Zurich, 19.03.1892, - Zurich, 25.08.1972). Studied at the Zurich Conservatory, then in Cologne. At the age of 20 he conducted the Lucerne city orchestra and three years later he was Kapellmeister at the Zurich city theatre. In 1927, he went to Berlin and joined the Nazi party, hoping to keep his post in Germany. He returned to Zurich in 1934.
Photograph with autograph dedication signed to Paul Langer.

DESARZENS Victor
(Château d'Oex, 27.10.1908 - Aran, Vilette, 13.02.1986). Studied violin at the Lausanne Conservatoire. Dedicated to his art with all his heart, he founded the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne in 1942, building it into an ensemble of international renown. He revitalised the repertoire of French-speaking Switzerland and introduced audiences to Monteverdi and his friend Frank Martin.
Two photographs signed.

FALLER Robert
(Le Locle, 16.04.1924 - Lausanne, 24.06.1983). Conservatoire in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Berne and Paris. From 1953, professor at the Lausanne Conservatoire.
Programme signed, Lausanne, 01.11.1968.

HAUG Hans
(Basel, 27.07.1900 - Lausanne, 15.09.1967). Trained as a pianist in Basel, Zurich and Munich, he worked intensively as a pianist, conductor and teacher at the Lausanne Conservatoire. By 1951, he had composed almost 200 works in all genres.
Photograph with autograph dedication signed, Lonay, 18.01.1948 to Paul Langer.

JORDAN Armin
(Lucerne, 09.04.1932 - Zurich, 20.09.2006). He grew up in Fribourg. Before studying music, he studied literature, law and theology. He conducted the orchestras of Biel and Solothurn before joining the Zurich Opera. He also conducted the orchestras of St Gallen and Basel, then the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra from 1985 to 1997. Like Ansermet, he turned down prestigious posts in major European cities to stay with the OSR, with which he has recorded most of his music.
Programme signed, Bienne, 20.01.1972.

KLOPFENSTEIN René
(Lausanne, 15.08.1927 - on the plane, 18.12.1984). He began playing the piano in Aigle and wrote his first compositions at the age of twelve. In Basel, he obtained a degree in philosophy in 1950, then studied orchestral conducting in Strasbourg with Igor Markewitch. He was Igor Markewitch's secretary from 1952 to 1954. In 1955 he became general secretary of the Schola Cantorum in Paris. He worked for radio and the press, and in 1968 he returned to Clarens to become artistic director of the Montreux Music Festival, where he brought an innovative spirit. He went on to conduct orchestras all over the world.
Programme signed 24.09.1971.

MERMOUD Robert
(Eclagnens, VD, 13.10.1912 - 2008). Instituteur, il dirige sa première chorale. Il passe le brevet de maître de chant et lance plusieurs chœurs (Yverdon, Montreux, Chailly-sur-Clarens, etc).Il est diplômé chef d'orchestre du Conservatoire de Bâle. Il seconde Carlo Hemmerling pour la Fête des Vignerons de 1955. Le théâtre du Jorat lui donne l'occasion d'exercer la plénitude de ses moyens de directeur de chœurs, chef d'orchestre et compositeur.
Autograph letter on visiting card: “nous sommes heureux si les amis de Monsieur Jacques y trouvent leur compte…”. - This lot is under temporary import in the UK. 5% VAT is due if delivered in the UK. Imnport VAT will be due if delivered within the EU.

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