Before he left Russia in 1918, Sergei Prokofiev drove a huge Ballot car.
Pictured with the composer: Vladimir Sofronitsky, Vladimir Dukelsky, and Lina Prokofiev.
Hat-tip: Aaron Trager
We’ve been given to understand that tonight’s Lebrecht…
Pablo Casals conducts a gloriously old-fashioned 1971 performance…
From the last Lebrecht Album of the Week…
Message received: January 24th marks the 50th anniversary…
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Perhaps an obvious observation to readers of this blog, but Vladimir Dukelsky was a serious composer under that name, often linked with Prokofiev in terms of style, but in American as “Vernon Duke” (Gershwin suggested the Americanization of his name) he composed many hit songs including April in Paris, Taking a Chance on Love, I Can’t Get Started, and other standards.