Eda Rapoport

Eda Rothstein Rapoport (25 December 1890 – 9 May 1968 in New York City[1]) was a Jewish American composer and pianist of Latvian origin.

Biography

Rapoport was born in Daugavpils, Latvia, into a Jewish family.[2] She emigrated to the United States, where she married noted anesthetist Boris Rapoport (1888–1948) and lived much of her life in New York City.

Rapoport studied composition with Walter Piston, Aaron Copland and Arnold Schoenberg.[1] She composed several hundred works including music for piano, violin, voice and symphony orchestra.[2] In 1943 she presented a program of her own compositions in Carnegie Chamber Music Hall (now Weill Recital Hall), and was also accompanist for her songs.[1]

The Columbia University Department of Music sponsors the Boris and Eda Rapoport Prize in Composition.

Selected works

Several of Rapoport's compositions have been published by Transcontinental Music, White-Smith Music Publishing, Maxwell Weaner, Axelrod Publications, Associated Music Publishers, and El. Cantor Music.

Stage
Orchestral
  1. At the Sea
  2. A Starry Night (after Van Gogh)
  3. Valse
  1. A Weeping Willow
  2. The Boatman
  3. In the Garden
Concertante
Chamber music
  1. Berceuse
  2. Perpetuum Mobile
Organ
Piano
  1. Out for a Stroll
  2. By the Sea
  3. Sunset
  4. Dance of the Fireflies
  1. The Old Castle
  2. Lake Louise
  3. The Grand Canyon
  1. In the Forest
  2. Nocturne
  3. The Brook
  1. A Weeping Willow
  2. The Boatman
  3. In the Garden
Vocal
  1. A Little Madness
  2. Autumn Leaves
  3. Foolish Birds
  4. If Plot Is Not
  5. To an Air Cadet

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Eda Rapoport Dies at 81; A Composer and Pianist". The New York Times. 12 May 1968.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Columbia University Libraries Archival Collections: Eda Rothstein Rapoport papers, ca.1915–1968. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

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