Commemorative Collection of Vincenzo Pezzi Performances
Total Duration: 54:53 – C.D. Liner Notes are HERE
(left-to-right): Rufus Arey, clarinet, Joe Mariano, flute, Robert Sprenkle, oboe, Vincent Pezzi, bassoon, Bill Osseck, clarinet
A letter from Diana C. Pezzi-Kade answering a question @ http://www.idrs.org/IDRSBBS/viewtopic.php?id=3352 about who Vincenzo Pezzi studied bassoon from . . . .
Dear Norma,
You and I have never met. My father was Vincenzo Pezzi, bassoon professor at Eastman and principal bassoonist with the Rochester Philharmonic from 1932 to 1954. The first newsletter of IDRS was published shortly after Pa died and [was] dedicated to his memory.
One of my niece’s grandchildren, while looking up information on one of my father’s pupils, stumbled upon a post by
Amelia [www.idrs.org/IDRSBBS/viewtopic.php?id=3352]:
I’m working on my pedagogical family tree for an exam question. I’ve found a lot of good information through IDRS articles etc and can trace back at least to the first teachers at the major American Conservatories. This may be as far as it goes, but I thought I see if any of you have suggestions. Here’s what I still haven’t been able to find: Who did Vincenzo “Vincent” Pezzi of Eastman study bassoon with? Did he study in Italy?
This is something Pa never spoke about, at least to me, and [it is] probably way too late to be of any use to Amelia but, if nobody else has furnished an answer (or anyone else should ever wonder), the answer (from The 1936 Score — the Eastman School of Music yearbook) is:
Arduino Pucciarelli at the G. Verdi School of Music in San Severo, Italy (where his father, he, and his siblings were born)
and
Eduardo Buccini at the Royal Conservatory at Naples. He toured Italy before coming to the US in 1908.
If the above information is ever of any use to Amelia or anyone else, I am delighted. (Perhaps this response might be posted to the above URL?)
Best wishes, always, for the continued success of IDRS.
Diana C. Pezzi-Kade
Sunnyvale, CA
1) Recorded message by VBP (and Mr. DeWitt) to Preziosa and Diana – 1:36
From the album, American Works for Solo Winds
2) BERNARD ROGERS: Soliloquy – 4:03
Joseph Mariano, flute
3) WAYNE BARLOW: Rhapsody The Winter’s Past – 4:53
Robert Sprenkle, oboe
4) BURRILL PHILLIPS: American Dance – 4:04
Vincent Pezzi, bassoon
5) HOMER KELLER: Serenade – 4:50
Rufus Arey, clarinet, Recorded 21 December 1941 at the Eastman Theater, Rochester, NY
Strings of the Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra – Howard Hanson, conductor
Deems Taylor – Through the Looking Glass, Op. 12
6) 1a. Dedication – 4:55
7) 1b. The Garden of Live Flowers – 3:46
8) 2. Jabberwocky – 8:55
Solo Cadenza: Vincenzo Pezzi, bassoon
9) 3. Looking-Glass Insects – 2:45
10) 4. The White Knight – 8:43
Recorded 21 November 1953 at the Eastman Theater, Rochester, NY
Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra – Howard Hanson, conductor
11) Emmanuel Chabrier – España Rhapsody – 6:14
Recorded (probably) in 1928 – Detroit Symphony Orchestra – Ossip Gabrilowitsch, conductor