Joachim Stutschewsky
Joachim-Yehoyachin Stutschewsky, (Hebrew: יהויכין סטוצ'בסקי, Russian: Иоахим Стучевский, b. 7 February 1891, Romni (Ukrainian: Romny), guberniya of Poltava, Ukraine - d. 14 November 1982, Tel Aviv, Israel) was a Ukraine-born Austrian and Israeli cellist, composer, musicologist.
Biography[]
Joachim-Yehoyachin Stutschewsky was born on 7 February 1891 in Romny, in a family of klezmer musicians. His father, Kalmen-Leyb Stutschewsky was a clarinetist.[1] Stutschewsky started playing the violin at the age of five but soon started playing the cello. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Leipzig from 1909 to 1912.
He moved to Vienna in 1924 where he joined the Kolisch Quartet. He was spending a lot of time studying Jewish folklore and wrote several musical pieces. He moved to Palestine in 1938.
Throughout his life he was collecting examples of Jewish folklore, especially hasidic melodies. He has written multiple musical pieces for cello and piano. He has also adapted numerous piano pieces for the cello.
Stutschewsky was married twice. His first wife was the Swiss cellist (1908 - 1999).
Stutschewsky's archive can be found in the Felicja Blumental music library in Tel Aviv.
References[]
- http://www.musica-judaica.com/stut_e.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060614003005/http://www.imi.org.il/composerInfo.asp?num=164
- http://www.schoenberglaw.com/exiles/stutschewsky.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070928205208/http://www.computerjazz.ch/Pages/Family%20Report/WC01/WC01_010.HTM
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