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Abram Chasins

p, 1903-1987 US
Musician / Composer of Classical

Abram Chasins (August 17, 1903 – June 21, 1987) was an American composer, pianist, piano teacher, lecturer, musicologist, music broadcaster, radio executive and author.Born in Manhattan, New York, he attended the Ethical Culture schools and undertook additional studies through the Columbia University Extension School. He studied piano with Ernest Hutcheson and composition with Rubin Goldmark at the Juilliard School of Music before proceeding to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he undertook further piano studies with Józef Hofmann. In 1931 he studied music analysis with Sir Donald Tovey in London.

     
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Melody from "Orpheus" - Live on Rarities of Piano Music 1989 - Live Recordings from the Husum Festival by Various Artists
6 Piano Preludes, Op. 13: No. 3 in B-Flat Major "Chorale" on Chasins: Complete Music for Solo Piano by Abram Chasins & Margarita Glebov
3 Chinese Pieces: No. 3, Rush Hour in Hong Kong on Chinese Dreams by Lydia Maria Bader
3 Chinese Pieces: No. 2, Flirtation in a Chinese Garden on Chinese Dreams by Lydia Maria Bader
Three Chinese Pieces: No. 3, Rush Hour in Hong Kong on Shura Cherkassky: The Nimbus Recordings by Shura Cherkassky
Preludes, Op. 12: No. 3 in B-Flat Minor on Elective Affinities - Die Wahlverwandtschaften by Cyprien Katsaris
6 Piano Preludes, Op. 12: No. 2 in E-Flat Minor on Chasins: Complete Music for Solo Piano by Abram Chasins & Margarita Glebov
3 Chinese Pieces, Op. 5: No. 3. Rush Hour in Hong Kong on A Grand Romance by Jeffrey Biegel
3 Chinese Pieces, Op. 5 on Shura Cherkassky Piano Masterpieces by Shura Cherkassky, Herbert von Karajan, Anatole Fistoulari, Leopold Ludwig, Richard Kraus, Herbert Menges & Sir Adrian Boult
3 Chinese Pieces: No. 1, A Shanghai Tragedy on Chinese Dreams by Lydia Maria Bader

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Partita No. 4 / Suite In A Minor / Children's CornerJohann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy, Domenico Scarlatti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Isaac Albéniz, Abram Chasins, Robert Moffat Palmer - William Kapell2005Compil.
Sanlúcar De Barrameda / Guernica / Fantasy On "The Last Rose Of Summer", Op. 15 / Fantasy On Themes From "Shvanda"Joaquín Turina / Seymour Bernstein / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Abram Chasins - Joseph Smith1981Album
Constance Keene Plays American MusicConstance Keene - Charles Griffes / Abram Chasins1981Album
A Chopin CollectionAbram Chasins1961Album
Concerto In C Major For Two Pianos And Orchestra Concerto In C Minor For Two Pianos And OrchestraJohann Sebastian Bach - Abram Chasins And Constance Keene, The Kapp Sinfonietta1961Album
Duo-Pianists Take You On A Sentimental JourneyAbram Chasins, Constance KeeneAlbum
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