Jascha Zayde
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Jascha Zayde (October 25, 1911 – September 3, 1999) was an American pianist, composer, and conductor.[1] From the 1930s, he was the first staff musician hired by WQXR. From 1954, he was the staff keyboard player of the New York City Ballet.
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- ^ Kozinn, A. (1999). "Jascha Zayde, 87, Pianist on New York Radio". New York Times.
External links[edit]
- Jascha Zayde playing pieces by Myaskovsky, Griffes, MacDowell, Bartók, Hindemith, Prokofiev et al. on YouTube
- Jascha Zayde's recording of "The Piano Prodigy" (from Morton Gould's Caricatones) on YouTube
- Jascha Zayde's and John Strauss's recording of Strauss's New York in Ten Hours for two pianos on YouTube
- Jascha Zayde's recordings of "Lullaby in the Park" and "Man-about-town" on YouTube (from Ulric Coles's Metropolitones: Three Compositions for the Piano)
- Jascha Zayde's recordings of "Chimes of Saint Patrick's" and "Pell Street" on YouTube (from Emerson Whithorne's New York Days and Nights, op. 40)
- Jascha Zayde et al.'s recording of Symphonic Paraphrases on Russian Chopsticks on YouTube (composed by Borodin, Cui, Liadov and Rimsky-Korsakov)
- Jascha Zayde's recordings of four of Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances on YouTube
- Jascha Zayde's recording of "The White Peacock" on YouTube (from Four Roman Sketches by Charles Tomlinson Griffes)
- Jascha Zayde's recordings of piano pieces written for children on YouTube (composed by Villa-Lobos, Khachaturian, Prokofiev, et al.)
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