Unseen video: Richard Strauss at lunch, Szymanowski in his dressing gown

Unseen video: Richard Strauss at lunch, Szymanowski in his dressing gown

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norman lebrecht

October 24, 2014

Xander Rodzinski has just uploaded his grandfather’s (pictured) 1930s home movies on Youtube…. and fascinating viewing it makes.

Several immortals are caught at their leisure, including George Gershwin refusing to kiss a man on his lips.

Another world.

rodzinski time

Comments

  • François Dru says:

    Who knows another footage introducing Maurice Ravel ? It is so rare !

  • Steven Ledbetter says:

    Who else can be recognized here?

  • chris says:

    Does anyone know who the “Unidentified Composer” is at 12:40?

  • William Hughes says:

    “A man” being Paweł Kochański…

  • Joel V. says:

    Not a Finn. Other countries, I wouldn’t know about.

  • Joel V. says:

    Apropos, there is really a fine 30 second clip of Ravel at 9:43.

    There are not that many film clips with Ravel. During my life I’ve seen only two other shorter clips (one at the balcony of Montfort-l’Amaury and one playing the piano, both in the 1987 documentary by Weinstein).

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