Eleanor Aller
Eleanor Aller (Slatkin) (May 20, 1917 – October 12, 1995)
Life and career
Born in New York City, she was the daughter of cellist Gregory Aller (né Grisha Altschuler), a
Eleanor Aller became principal cellist in the
Aller won a Grammy Award in 1958 as a member of the Hollywood String Quartet for Beethoven's Op. 130.[6] After Slatkin's death in 1963, in addition to her work with orchestras for movies, Aller played in orchestras for recordings done by Frank Sinatra, who had become a family friend over the years.[4]
Aller continued to work as principal cellist for movie soundtracks, including a solo specially written for her by composer/conductor John Williams for the soundtrack to the 1977 Steven Spielberg movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind.[2][7]
Her two sons are the conductor Leonard Slatkin and the cellist Frederick Zlotkin.[2] She has three grandchildren, including film composer Daniel Slatkin.[8]
References
- ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
- ^ a b c James R. Oestreich (October 13, 1995). "Eleanor Aller, 78, A Cellist and Part of a Musical Family". The New York Times.
- ^ "Fred Zlotkin Reminisces: about growing up in the Slatkin household with parents Felix and Eleanor Slatkin and brother Leonard Slatkin". The Independent. London. September 9, 2003. Retrieved January 5, 2008.[dead link] "My grandfather Gregory Aller's name, prior to his coming to America at the turn of the century, was Grisha Altschuler. He changed the named to "Aller" because (or so I was told) there were so many Altschulers – indeed, it is a very common name. The Altschuler side of the family is really rife with musicians. Grisha's uncle, Modest Altschuler, was a cellist (making me 4th generation) and he had quite a career. Among other things, he did the St. Petersburg premiere of Tchaikowsky's Souvenir de Florence Sextet. When he came to America he formed the Russian Symphony Orchestra (early 1900s)."
- ^ a b c Margaret Campbell (November 13, 1995). "Obituary / Eleanor Aller". The Independent.
- ^ Brad Hill, Classical (American Popular Music series) New York, 2006.[full citation needed]
- ^ "Artist: Eleanor Aller Slatkin". www.grammy.com. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ "The Slatkin Family Collection (Summary)" (PDF). Glenn Miller Archive. University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
- ^ McCollum, Brian. "Son of DSO's Leonard Slatkin composed score for new Detroit bankruptcy documentary". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved June 2, 2022.