Broadus Erle
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Broadus Erle was an American violinist.
Born in Chicago and reared in Toronto, Erle began his violin studies at age 3, taught by his mother, Brownie Earl. (She herself was a violin student of Broadus Farmer, after whom she named her son.) At age 5, he started taking lessons from Pasquale Briglia, concertmaster of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
. By age 6, he was concertizing extensively. He briefly attended the Curtis Institute twice, the first time at age 10, and the second time as a member of the class of 1940. He was also a student at Rollins College
, where he was concertmaster of its orchestra.
According to Erle, his most important teacher was Alexander Bloch, a violinist, conductor, and composer who was once a student and assistant of Leopold Auer
.
In the 1940s, Erle was concertmaster of the MGM Symphony Orchestra and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra
.
Along with violist Walter Trampler
, cellist Claus Adam
, and violinist Matthew Raimondi, Erle formed in 1948 the highly regarded
New Music Quartet, which specialized in performing and recording modern music. He was the first violinist in this quartet for 8 years. From 1956 to 1960, he served as concertmaster of the newly founded Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
in Tokyo. During this period, he also taught at the Toho School of Music in Tokyo.
Erle became a faculty member in the music school at Yale University
in 1960, and made several recordings as first violinist of the Yale Quartet
. Erle married violinist Yoko Matsuda in 1966 and he subsequently married violinist Syoko Aki in 1968. Both were his former violin students at Yale whom he had met at the Toho School.
His other students at Yale have included Marin Alsop
,
Ralph Evans
,
Hu Nai-yuan
,
Takako Nishizaki
,
Peter Salaff,
and Daniel Stepner.
Erle died of cancer at age 59 at his home in Guilford, CT.
Born in Chicago and reared in Toronto, Erle began his violin studies at age 3, taught by his mother, Brownie Earl. (She herself was a violin student of Broadus Farmer, after whom she named her son.) At age 5, he started taking lessons from Pasquale Briglia, concertmaster of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Detroit, Michigan. Its main performance center is Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood...
. By age 6, he was concertizing extensively. He briefly attended the Curtis Institute twice, the first time at age 10, and the second time as a member of the class of 1940. He was also a student at Rollins College
Rollins College
Rollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Winter Park, Florida , along the shores of Lake Virginia....
, where he was concertmaster of its orchestra.
According to Erle, his most important teacher was Alexander Bloch, a violinist, conductor, and composer who was once a student and assistant of Leopold Auer
Leopold Auer
Leopold Auer was a Hungarian violinist, teacher, conductor and composer.-Early life and career:...
.
In the 1940s, Erle was concertmaster of the MGM Symphony Orchestra and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
The Columbia Symphony Orchestra was an orchestra formed by Columbia Records. It provided a vehicle for some of Columbia's better known recording artists to record using only company resources.-Bruno Walter:...
.
Along with violist Walter Trampler
Walter Trampler
Walter Trampler was a German musician and teacher of the viola and viola d'amore.Born at Munich, he began to study music at the age of 6, learning from his father, a violinist. In his youth, he toured Europe performing as the violist of the Strub String Quartet...
, cellist Claus Adam
Claus Adam
Claus Adam was an influential American cellist and cello teacher as well as a composer. He served as the second cellist of the Juilliard String Quartet, replacing Arthur Winograd in 1955. Joel Krosnick, a former student of his, replaced him as cellist of the quartet in 1974...
, and violinist Matthew Raimondi, Erle formed in 1948 the highly regarded
New Music Quartet, which specialized in performing and recording modern music. He was the first violinist in this quartet for 8 years. From 1956 to 1960, he served as concertmaster of the newly founded Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
The , is an orchestra based in Tokyo, Japan.-History:The Japan Philharmonic Orchestra was founded on June 22, 1956, as the exclusive subsidiary orchestra under the Nippon Cultural Broadcasting. Akeo Watanabe served the first Chief conductor of the orchestra...
in Tokyo. During this period, he also taught at the Toho School of Music in Tokyo.
Erle became a faculty member in the music school at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 1960, and made several recordings as first violinist of the Yale Quartet
Yale Quartet
The Yale Quartet is a string quartet based at Yale University composed of musicians in the Yale School of Music and originally led by Broadus Erle from the time he arrived in Yale in 1960...
. Erle married violinist Yoko Matsuda in 1966 and he subsequently married violinist Syoko Aki in 1968. Both were his former violin students at Yale whom he had met at the Toho School.
His other students at Yale have included Marin Alsop
Marin Alsop
Marin Alsop is an American conductor and violinist. She is the music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.In 2012, Alsop will replace Yan Pascal Tortelier as principal conductor of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra....
,
Ralph Evans
Ralph Evans (violinist)
Ralph Evans is an American violinist, best known as first violinist of the Fine Arts Quartet.The son of Jewish refugees from Russia and Germany, Evans began his musical studies at the age of five at the Vienna Academy of Music....
,
Hu Nai-yuan
Hu Nai-yuan
Hu Nai-yuan is a Taiwanese violinist. He was the first prize winner of the 1985 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.Nai-Yuan has recorded the Goldmark Violin Concerto and Bruch Violin Concerto #2. He plays the Ex-Hubay Stradivarius....
,
Takako Nishizaki
Takako Nishizaki
Takako Nishizaki is a Japanese violinist.She was the first student to complete the Suzuki Method course, at age nine.Nishizaki came to the United States from Japan in 1962...
,
Peter Salaff,
and Daniel Stepner.
Erle died of cancer at age 59 at his home in Guilford, CT.