Juliusz Wertheim

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Juliusz Edward Wertheim (24 September 1880 – 6 May 1928), sometimes known as Julius or Jules Wertheim, was a Polish[

conductor and composer, a member of a prominent family, who had a significant influence on the career of Arthur Rubinstein
.

Origins, training, career

Juliusz was born into a prominent

Warsaw Philharmonic. For some years he became professor of instrumentation at the Warsaw Conservatory, and later lived independently as a composer in Berlin. By 1924 he had written and published 4 Symphonies, many piano works including sonatas and variations, and many songs (N. Simrock).[2]

Association with Arthur Rubinstein

The Wertheims maintained an important

Paweł Kochański. Rubinstein made numerous sexual conquests among women who had initially set their sights on the homosexual (and thus unattainable) Wertheim.[3] Rubinstein was drawn into the individual lives of the Wertheim family, and described these complicated relationships in his earlier autobiography, My Young Years, using the pseudonyms 'Paul and Magdalena Harman' for Piotr and Aleksandra Wertheim.[4]

Rubinstein was deeply influenced by Wertheim's approach to the playing of

Roman Jasiński, Bolesław Kon and Aleksander Kagan.[6]

Juliusz Wertheim died of a heart attack while conducting

Wagner's Meistersinger Prelude with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra in a broadcast concert, on 6 May 1928.[7]
He is buried at the Lutheran cemetery in Warsaw in the family tomb.

Discography

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Harvey Sachs, Arthur Rubinstein - A Life (Phoenix Paperback, London 1997), 57-66.
  2. ^ See Eaglefield-Hull, A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924).
  3. ISBN 9780802115799
    .
  4. ^ Harvey Sachs, Arthur Rubinstein - A Life (Phoenix Paperback, London 1997), 57-66.
  5. ^ Sachs, ibid.
  6. ^ J. Methuen-Campbell, Chopin Playing from the Composer to the Present Day (Gollancz, London 1981), 103-104.
  7. ^ Harvey Sachs, Arthur Rubinstein - A Life (Phoenix Paperback, London 1997), 237.

Sources

  • Arthur Eaglefield Hull, A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924).
  • J. Methuen-Campbell, Chopin Playing from the Composer to the Present Day (Gollancz, London 1981).
  • Harvey Sachs, Arthur Rubinstein - A Life (Phoenix Paperback, London 1997), 57-66.
  • A. Rubinstein, My Young Years (Jonathan Cape, London 1973).

External links

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