Rita's Entry: Tuesday, April 4, 1911
Home and practice. Fran home for lunch. Rained. Tin and I went to Chamber Music Recital. Hugo Kortschak and Arthur Rech. Played a sonata by Adolf Brune that was perfectly great. Poor man was so fussed he didn't know what to do.
IN RITA'S DAY: Hugo Kortschak (above) was the assistant concert master of the Chicago Symphony at the time and a popular violinist who later had quite a career in many places and ended up the Dean of Music at Yale. Arthur Rech was at the piano and the composer, Adolf Brune, was Rita's harmony instructor.
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TODAY: One of the reasons Kortschak remembered today is that he owned at different time some of the finest violins. He owned a Stradivarius in the 1920s. There are around 700 Stradivarius violins (see above). Some say they are such fine instruments because they were made during the Little Ice Age, which was around 1600. Others say it was the varnish Stradivarius used. But it is true that virtually all of them have been refurbished with new bridges, strings, etc. so the modern changes have also improved them. One sold at public auction for 3.5 million. Others have probably been sold for more but they were private sales.
Judy's Entry: Monday, April 4, 2011
Went out to Kohl's and HOme Depot this morning and then had to wait around for the plumber who was to come between noon and four. Of course, he showed up a little after three. Then had to go to the store. Goulash for supper. My son came over.
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