A little photo quiz

DFO · May 10, 2009, 12:40:30 PM

Prof.Auer and pupils.
Now:
Who was standing?
Who was playing the violin?
Who was at the piano?

Guido · May 10, 2009, 01:39:14 PM

I would have guessed Elgar and Menuhin, but I don't think Menuhin had curly hair...

Brian · May 10, 2009, 02:00:15 PM

The fellow at the piano has a pretty large head...

DFO · May 10, 2009, 02:10:49 PM

Quote from: Guido on May 10, 2009, 01:39:14 PM
I would have guessed Elgar and Menuhin, but I don't think Menuhin had curly hair...

So, you think that Elgar and Menuhin were Auer's pupils?.

Wanderer · May 10, 2009, 02:40:49 PM

Heifetz and Milstein were Auer's pupils, but I have no idea whether they're in that picture.

mahler10th · May 10, 2009, 05:42:08 PM

The bloke on the far left looking down is Alberic Magnard. Definite.
The boy at the piano - young Ravel?

Guido · May 11, 2009, 12:51:46 AM

Quote from: DFO on May 10, 2009, 02:10:49 PM
So, you think that Elgar and Menuhin were Auer's pupils?.

Oops, didn't read the first line!!

DFO · May 11, 2009, 03:38:56 AM

Guys, guys, please. Can't you read? Auer's pupils!! Elgar,Menuhin,
Magnard, Ravel?. You can add Shostakovich, Copland, Bliss, Villa-Lobos
or any one more you want. If you don't know, you don't know, but please do not invent.

Opus106 · May 11, 2009, 07:34:56 AM

Heifetz at the piano?

DFO · May 11, 2009, 07:51:17 AM

Quote from: opus67 on May 11, 2009, 07:34:56 AM
Heifetz at the piano?

YES SIR!!. He was also a good pianist when he wont to.

Two clues:
The gay with the violin was an american, born in Chicago. Nearly
nobody remembers him.
The gay standing to the left had one of the most powerful and vibrant
sounds in the history of violin playing, but he couldn't made a career.
His few early recordings are just fantastic.

Opus106 · May 11, 2009, 07:55:32 AM

YIPEE!

I want to say the one with the violin is Papa Oistrakh, even though I'm aware he wasn't one of Auer's pupils. (Or was he?)

DFO · May 11, 2009, 08:03:36 AM

No, Oistrakh was a Stoliarsky pupil, not Auer. Milstein also. He
said that he didn't learn nothing useful from Auer, except that
he won listening to his fellows pupils.

Oistrakh was the first kid to the left of the prof.

Opus106 · May 11, 2009, 08:15:08 AM

Cute pic. I can imagine all the scratchy playing those kids would've produced.

vandermolen · May 11, 2009, 08:19:17 AM

Quote from: John on May 10, 2009, 05:42:08 PM
The bloke on the far left looking down is Alberic Magnard. Definite.
The boy at the piano - young Ravel?

I thought that there was only one photo of Magnard taken from the back!

mahler10th · May 16, 2009, 10:54:00 AM

Quote from: DFO on May 11, 2009, 03:38:56 AM
Guys, guys, please. Can't you read? Auer's pupils!! Elgar,Menuhin,
Magnard, Ravel?. You can add Shostakovich, Copland, Bliss, Villa-Lobos
or any one more you want. If you don't know, you don't know, but please do not invent.

Och, away wi' ye.
I am forced to invent...

Heifetz, Zimbalist, Elman?

Opus106 · May 16, 2009, 10:58:47 AM

Quote from: DFO on May 11, 2009, 07:51:17 AM
Two clues:
The gay with the violin was an american, born in Chicago. Nearly
nobody remembers him.
The gay standing to the left had one of the most powerful and vibrant
sounds in the history of violin playing, but he couldn't made a career.
His few early recordings are just fantastic.

Two homosexual students of Auer who didn't make it big. Hmm...

DFO · May 16, 2009, 12:38:17 PM

Ok,OK, wrong letter. Well, the fellow with the violin was Eddy Brown, and american from Chicago. Nothing happens with him, and today only Roland an I remember him.
The other standing is known but not famous. He had one of the most powerful and vibrant sounds of all 20th.century violinists. Few recordings, but the early ones are fantastic. Remember the tittle of the Gershwin's satiric song "Mischa, Jascha, Toscha, Sascha".

Brian · May 16, 2009, 01:00:04 PM

Quote from: DFO on May 16, 2009, 12:38:17 PM
Ok,OK, wrong letter. Well, the fellow with the violin was Eddy Brown, and american from Chicago. Nothing happens with him, and today only Roland an I remember him.
The other standing is known but not famous. He had one of the most powerful and vibrant sounds of all 20th.century violinists. Few recordings, but the early ones are fantastic. Remember the tittle of the Gershwin's satiric song "Mischa, Jascha, Toscha, Sascha".

Well, that narrows it down to Elman, Seidel and Jacobsen.

mahler10th · May 16, 2009, 03:32:38 PM

This isn't a very good quiz, is it?

DFO · May 16, 2009, 04:27:40 PM

I'd my quiz, but if you don't like it, I can change it.

Who rather controversial conductor wrote a String Quartet op.1 nearly
nobody knows?