Samuel Antek
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Samuel Antek was a violinist in the NBC Symphony Orchestra
under conductor
Arturo Toscanini
. He joined at the orchestra's inception in 1937 and played with it until its dissolution in 1954.
Antek was also a conductor and served as music director for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra from
1947 to 1958.
Antek wrote a series of essays about Toscanini describing the famed Italian
conductor from the point of view of an orchestral musician. They were collected in a book entitled This Was Toscanini, accompanied by renowned photographs of Toscanini by Robert Hupka
; it was published posthumously by the Vanguard Press
in 1963.
Antek died of a heart attack in 1958, one year after Toscanini's own death. http://www.njsymphony.org/aboutus/historicaltimeline.htm
NBC Symphony Orchestra
The NBC Symphony Orchestra was a radio orchestra established by David Sarnoff of the National Broadcasting Company especially for conductor Arturo Toscanini...
under conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini was an Italian conductor. One of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 19th and 20th century, he was renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his photographic memory...
. He joined at the orchestra's inception in 1937 and played with it until its dissolution in 1954.
Antek was also a conductor and served as music director for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra from
1947 to 1958.
Antek wrote a series of essays about Toscanini describing the famed Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
conductor from the point of view of an orchestral musician. They were collected in a book entitled This Was Toscanini, accompanied by renowned photographs of Toscanini by Robert Hupka
Robert Hupka
Robert Hupka was a recording engineer for RCA and later for Columbia Records and, until his retirement, a cameraman for CBS Television in New York. He was born in Vienna, and emigrated to the U.S. at the onset of World War II to escape the Nazi persecution which took his parents' lives...
; it was published posthumously by the Vanguard Press
Vanguard Press
The Vanguard Press was a United States publishing house established with a $100,000 grant from the left wing American Fund for Public Service, better known as the Garland Fund. Throughout the 1920s, Vanguard Press issued an array of books on radical topics, including studies of the Soviet Union,...
in 1963.
Antek died of a heart attack in 1958, one year after Toscanini's own death. http://www.njsymphony.org/aboutus/historicaltimeline.htm
External Links
- Samuel Antek papers, 1905-1975 Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.