Composers' Forum Laboratory: Eda Rapoport

A program of the Composers' Forum Laboratory broadcast from the New York World's Fair. This is the 5th broadcast. Compositions by Eda Rapoport.

The first composition is a piano sonata composed in 1938 by Rapoport. This is followed by a group of four violin compositions composed between 1934 and 1936. The violinist is Carmela Epolito with Rapoport at the piano. Then there are four songs written between 1935 and 1938. The structure of these compositions is modern in style and treatment. The soprano is Gretchen Gonfort with Kennedy Freeman at the piano. The last group of works by Eda Rapoport is a cello sonata. The cellist is Herman Kaplan.

From Wikipedia: Eda Rapoport was born in Daugavpils, in the Vitebsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Latvia), into a Jewish family.[2] She emigrated to the United States, where she married noted anesthetist Boris Rapoport (1888-1948) and lived much of her life in New York City.

Rapoport studied composition with Walter Piston, Aaron Copland and Arnold Schoenberg.[1] She composed several hundred works including music for piano, violin, voice and symphony orchestra.[2] In 1943 she presented a program of her own compositions in Carnegie Chamber Music Hall (now Weill Recital Hall), and was also accompanist for her songs.[1]

The Columbia University Department of Music sponsors the Boris and Eda Rapoport Prize in Composition.

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