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Prokofiev never carried out his plan to revise it for both hands and the work was not performed until 1956 He lost his arm in combat in Poland, was detained by the Russian army and interned as a prisoner in Omsk One-Arm Pianist's Manuscripts Auctioned May 14, 12:07 PM EST An important archive of works commissioned by the one-handed Viennese pianist Paul Wittgenstein from composers including Prokofiev, Britten and Ravel will be sold on May 22, auctioneers Sotheby's said Wednesday The Sotheby's sale includes a full score manuscript of Maurice Ravel's piano concerto for the left hand, as well as manuscripts for works by Richard Strauss, Prokofiev and Benjamin Britten Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Fourth Piano Concerto op sothebys The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was a younger brother Back in Austria in 1916, he worked hard and acquired a virtuosity remarkable even in a two-handed pianist Y Using his considerable inheritance, Wittgenstein commissioned a concerto repertory from several composers, resulting in more than 20 pieces of orchestral and chamber music between 1920s and 1940s , in 1961, was born into a wealthy and creative family But he also needed a repertoire The seller has chosen to remain anonymous, Sotheby's said Paul Wittgenstein played his first piano concert in 1913 at the comparatively late age of 26 and seemed set for a glittering career 53 (1931) for Wittgenstein, but the pianist rejected it The archive documents the evolution of some of the great piano concertos of the 20th century and is an important source of music by Wittgenstein's contemporaries, Sotheby's said in a statement The auction house said the collection, commissioned after Wittgenstein lost his right arm in action on the Russian front during World War I, is expected to fetch up to $240,000 at the London auction In 1938, Wittgenstein left Vienna for New York, taking with him his musical library and resuming his concert career and commissioning activities While a prisoner in Siberia, he found a piano and began practicing "The little known archive (also) reveals a great deal about Wittgenstein's working methods, his commissions, the way in which he performed his works and reorganized sections to his liking, and how he always sought to expand the range of music for the left hand," it said The extensive biographical material includes a large number of concert program and photographs as well as thousands of pages of Wittgenstein's musical writings Wittgenstein, who died in Manhasset, N com â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: Sotheby's, http://www , and looking at his grandfather's collection of history books and old photographs According to Karen Brown, the society's director of marketing, the society had an estimated attendance of 209,264 in 2002 â€â€? a bit down from its record of 262,760 in 2000 History is too important to be left to the historians But to change directions at something as large as the Smithsonian is a bit like trying to turn the Queen Elizabeth II He first achieved prominence as founding curator of the California Afro-American Museum in Los Angeles in 1983, and held that position until 1989, when he moved on to an even higher-profile position at the Smithsonian Institution, where he served as associate director of curatorial affairs at the National Museum of American History Bunch was co-curator of the exhibition for the Smithsonian, and in 2001 made sure it made its first traveling stop in Chicago But Bunch says that's just the point "I would point to people â€â€? usually poor people â€â€? in those photographs, and ask him who they were," Bunch recalls "I learned long ago," he says, "that I loved history so much I didn't want to leave it in the hands of the academic historians Another is a history of black churches in Chicago "I love the Smithsonian, I love having the chance to paint on the broadest possible canvas ' I didn't realize it at the time, but I'd found my calling; trying to make the invisible visible and make the anonymous known "And although Chicago doesn't have as long a history as, say, Philadelphia, it has most of America in a microcosm â€â€? the Gilded Age, industrialization, the immigrant experience, the black experience " As president, Bunch supervises an organization that has $120 million in assets with a budget of $10 million "He'd tell me, 'We don't know, they're anonymous Bunch plans to use teenagers as co-curators of that show " In the world of America's museums, Bunch, 49, is far from anonymous C Innovation is necessary in the museum world these days, and sometimes innovation is easier in smaller institutions J One exhibit is a history of Chicago in the turbulent 1960s It's a long way from the academic history Bunch learned when he was studying for his bachelor's and master's degrees at American University in Washington, D " Bunch knew little about Chicago when he decided to move Chicago Historian Sets Innovative Course Jan 15, 1:14 PM EST Lonnie Bunch, the president of the Chicago Historical Society, has academic and professional credentials aplenty, but he says his most important historical education came from his grandfather on a living room sofa in Belleville, N He found his first answers sitting with his grandfather, Lonnie Griffith Bunch Sr As a child growing up in that New York suburb, he was curious about his origins â€â€? about how things came to be ' "I thought to myself, 'Isn't it a shame that people could live their lives, die and just be known as anonymous Also in the works are a history of Roman Catholic Chicago, and a history of being a teenager in Chicago for the past 100 years " " Bunch says that history and culture are "more popular than they've been in the past 30 years, but you've got this blurring of the roles between our educational roles and our entertainment roles But Brown noted that museum attendance nationwide took a deep dip in 2002 Edward Able, president of the American Association of Museums, said Chicago is extremely lucky to get Bunch, one of the most highly respected people in the profession "My main mental picture of Chicago back then was of the McCormick reaper," he says, laughing The Chicago Historical Society was founded in 1856, and Lincoln was an honorary board member "I discovered after I arrived here that we have one of the stronger collections in America," Bunch says "And there's nothing more Byzantine and fascinating than the political history of Chicago "At this museum, I'm trying to find the appropriate tension between the two all of it " The first traveling exhibition he brought in, "The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden," was the second-most popular in the history of the historical society For its display, the exhibition was supplemented by the historical society's own highly regarded collection of Abraham Lincoln material A number of the exhibitions Bunch is developing reflect the community-based trend in modern museums Many were surprised late in 2000 when Bunch suddenly agreed to leave his Smithsonian post to take over the Chicago job, which was being vacated by Douglas Greenberg I want to give them what they want, but also give them what they need He has a full-time staff of 150 The Chicago Historical Society, Able added, is "definitely one of the top museums in the country in the historical field |
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