Philipp Naegele
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Philipp Otto Naegele was a United States
-based violin
ist, violist and scholar.
He was born on January 22, 1928, the youngest son of the well-known painter Reinhold Naegele in Stuttgart
, Germany
. After emigration to escape from the Hitler-regime, the family moved to New York
where Naegele studied violin privately and attended the High School of Music and Arts, Queens College, and finally completed a doctorate in musicology at Princeton University
in New Jersey
. As a Fulbright Scholar, Naegele attended the Vienna Academy of Music for an additional year of study with Franz Samohyl.
Naegele died Jan 31, 2011 in his home. He was 83.
His mother, Alice Naegele née Nordlinger, who was Jewish, was a physician; his father, Reinhold Naegele, who was not Jewish, was a well-known painter. Faced with the terror of the Nazi regime, Philipp was able to emigrate to England via the "Kindertransport
," in 1939. With his parents, he then made his way to the United States, via wartime naval convoy, in 1940.
He attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City and seriously pursued the study of the violin. After completing his undergraduate degree at Queens College in 1949, he undertook a doctorate in musicology at Princeton University
, and after completing the coursework and spending a year of study on a Fulbright Fellowship at the Vienna Academy of Music, he was awarded the Ph.D. in 1954, with a dissertation on the celebrated music historian August Wilhelm Ambros.
In 1950, Naegele had the good fortune to go to Marlboro, Vt., where he was privileged to play chamber music with the violinist Adolf Busch, the flutist Marcel Moyse, and the pianist Rudolf Serkin during what soon became the Marlboro Music Festival. The encounter in 1950 led to a remarkably long-lived participation in the celebrated summer festival, for some 60 years, as violinist, violist, chamber music coach, translator, and, in recent years, éminence grise.
Drafted into the United States Army after completing his graduate studies, Naegele served from the spring of 1955 to the fall of 1956 as the concertmaster of the Seventh Army Symphony, then based in his native city of Stuttgart, Germany.
In 1956 Naegele became a member of the Cleveland Orchestra, where he played for eight years under the distinguished leadership of Georg Szell.
In 1964 he joined the faculty of Smith College
, and in 1978 was appointed to the William R. Kenan Jr. chaired professorship. He retired from Smith in 2000. At Smith, and later Amherst, he taught violin and viola
, gave occasional courses on Bach and Mozart, and directed countless thoughtfully programmed concerts of chamber music at a level of excellence, due to his rigor and professionalism, that was uncommon for such a liberal-arts-college organization.
During his tenure at Smith College, Naegele regularly performed and toured with such ensembles as Music From Marlboro, the Cantilena Piano Quartet, and the Vegh String Quartet. As soloist or chamber musician, with these groups and others, he made some 50 recordings that feature works by Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Dvorak, Handel, Sibelius, and by his much admired Georg Philipp Telemann, Louis Spohr, and Max Reger.
"Musicians of Philipp's stature," one of his Smith colleagues opined, "are rare in the extreme. He combined technical expertise as a violinist with a deep knowledge of the history and practice of music and an exceedingly broad general culture founded on wide reading, extensive travel, and rich and sometimes tragic life experience. He could be sharply opinionated and conspicuously generous, like some of the musicians whom he admired - Rudolf Serkin, Gustav Mahler - and to a degree resembled."
Philipp Naegele is survived by his wife, Barbara Wright, and his daughter Olivia Naegele, of Northampton; his son, Matthias Naegele; daughter-in-law Els van Oldenburgh, and grandchildren Emma and Katja Naegele, of Utrecht, Holland; and his brother, Thomas F. Naegele, of New York.
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United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist, violist and scholar.
He was born on January 22, 1928, the youngest son of the well-known painter Reinhold Naegele in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. After emigration to escape from the Hitler-regime, the family moved to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
where Naegele studied violin privately and attended the High School of Music and Arts, Queens College, and finally completed a doctorate in musicology at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. As a Fulbright Scholar, Naegele attended the Vienna Academy of Music for an additional year of study with Franz Samohyl.
Naegele died Jan 31, 2011 in his home. He was 83.
His mother, Alice Naegele née Nordlinger, who was Jewish, was a physician; his father, Reinhold Naegele, who was not Jewish, was a well-known painter. Faced with the terror of the Nazi regime, Philipp was able to emigrate to England via the "Kindertransport
Kindertransport
Kindertransport is the name given to the rescue mission that took place nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The United Kingdom took in nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Free City of Danzig...
," in 1939. With his parents, he then made his way to the United States, via wartime naval convoy, in 1940.
He attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City and seriously pursued the study of the violin. After completing his undergraduate degree at Queens College in 1949, he undertook a doctorate in musicology at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, and after completing the coursework and spending a year of study on a Fulbright Fellowship at the Vienna Academy of Music, he was awarded the Ph.D. in 1954, with a dissertation on the celebrated music historian August Wilhelm Ambros.
In 1950, Naegele had the good fortune to go to Marlboro, Vt., where he was privileged to play chamber music with the violinist Adolf Busch, the flutist Marcel Moyse, and the pianist Rudolf Serkin during what soon became the Marlboro Music Festival. The encounter in 1950 led to a remarkably long-lived participation in the celebrated summer festival, for some 60 years, as violinist, violist, chamber music coach, translator, and, in recent years, éminence grise.
Drafted into the United States Army after completing his graduate studies, Naegele served from the spring of 1955 to the fall of 1956 as the concertmaster of the Seventh Army Symphony, then based in his native city of Stuttgart, Germany.
In 1956 Naegele became a member of the Cleveland Orchestra, where he played for eight years under the distinguished leadership of Georg Szell.
In 1964 he joined the faculty of Smith College
Smith College
Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...
, and in 1978 was appointed to the William R. Kenan Jr. chaired professorship. He retired from Smith in 2000. At Smith, and later Amherst, he taught violin and viola
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
, gave occasional courses on Bach and Mozart, and directed countless thoughtfully programmed concerts of chamber music at a level of excellence, due to his rigor and professionalism, that was uncommon for such a liberal-arts-college organization.
During his tenure at Smith College, Naegele regularly performed and toured with such ensembles as Music From Marlboro, the Cantilena Piano Quartet, and the Vegh String Quartet. As soloist or chamber musician, with these groups and others, he made some 50 recordings that feature works by Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Dvorak, Handel, Sibelius, and by his much admired Georg Philipp Telemann, Louis Spohr, and Max Reger.
"Musicians of Philipp's stature," one of his Smith colleagues opined, "are rare in the extreme. He combined technical expertise as a violinist with a deep knowledge of the history and practice of music and an exceedingly broad general culture founded on wide reading, extensive travel, and rich and sometimes tragic life experience. He could be sharply opinionated and conspicuously generous, like some of the musicians whom he admired - Rudolf Serkin, Gustav Mahler - and to a degree resembled."
Philipp Naegele is survived by his wife, Barbara Wright, and his daughter Olivia Naegele, of Northampton; his son, Matthias Naegele; daughter-in-law Els van Oldenburgh, and grandchildren Emma and Katja Naegele, of Utrecht, Holland; and his brother, Thomas F. Naegele, of New York.
Professional stages
- Violinist with the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell from 1956 to 1964;
- since 1964 Professor of Violin at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
- Naegele has been active as violinist and violistViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont continuously since its founding in 1950 by Adolf Busch and Rudolf Serkin. - He has played concerts widely in Europe and America with the "Cantilena Piano Quartet", the "Végh QuartetVégh QuartetThe Végh Quartet was a Hungarian string quartet founded in 1940 and led by its first violinist Sándor Végh for 40 years. The quartet was based in Budapest until it departed Hungary in 1946. It is particularly known for its recordings of the Beethoven and Bartók cycles...
", the "Boccherini Ensemble" and many "Music from Marlboro" touring groups. - He has made many recordings for Columbia RecordsColumbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
, Marlboro Recording Society, Da Camera, RBM, Arabesque, Nonesuch, Spectrum and Musical Heritage Society.
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