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| Paul Neubauer, Samuel Rhodes, Walter Trampler, Emile Simonel, Meredith Snow, David Harding, Daniel Thomason, and Kristen Linfante performed Gordon Jacob’s Suite for Eight Violas during a memorial tribute to Paul Doktor. (Photo by Laury A. Egan) |
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The following events occurred in Juilliard's history in October:1905 October 11, the Institute of Musical Art, Juilliard's predecessor institution, opened for classes in the former Lenox Mansion on Fifth Avenue and 12th Street. The Institute of Musical Art was established by Frank Damrosch, Music Supervisor for New York City's Public Schools and godson of Franz Liszt, with funding provided by philanthropist James Loeb. In its first year of existence, enrollment rose from 281 at the opening to more than 450 by the end of the academic year. 1951 Juilliard President William Schuman established the Dance Division with the appointment of Martha Hill as director. Miss Hill created an innovative curriculum at Juilliard that required studies in ballet, modern dance, folk idioms, and musical training for all students. In so doing, Juilliard became the first major teaching institution to combine equal dance instruction in both modern and ballet techniques. An extraordinary faculty was assembled during the department's initial years, including some of the most prominent performers and teachers of the century: Alfredo Corvino, Margaret Craske, Agnes de Mille, Martha Graham, Louis Horst, Doris Humphrey, Ann Hutchinson, José Limón, Jerome Robbins, Anna Sokolow, Antony Tudor, and Miss Hill herself.
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Beyond Juilliard
1905 October 15, Claude Debussy's La Mer received its world premiere in Paris with Camille Chevillard conducting the Lamoureux Orchestra.1951 October 7, the Colosseum in Rome reopened as a public theater after 19 centuries of inactivity. The first performance featured excerpts from Verdi's operas performed by the chorus and orchestra of the Opera House of Rome.
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1989 October 2, a memorial tribute was held for Paul Doktor, a member of Juilliard's viola faculty from 1971 to 1989. The program included Gordon Jacob's Suite for Eight Violas, Brahms's String Sextet No. 2, Marin Marais's Two French Dances (arranged by Doktor), and J.S. Bach's "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 6. Among the participants were Margo Garrett, Paul Neubauer, Samuel Rhodes, Emile Simonel, Walter Trampler, and Blanche Winogron. Jeni Dahmus is Juilliard's archivist.
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