DESCRIPTION :  Up for auction is a HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH - signature - Autogramme ,Signed with a pen of the acclaimed and admired JEWISH PIANIST , The child prodigy EUGENE LIST.  The AUTOGRAPH - SIGNATURE is beautifuly and professionaly matted below his reproduction action photo , A stodio photo of young and handsome LIST playing his piano   . The hand signed AUTOGRAPH - signature and the reproduction ACTION PHOTO are nicely matted together , Suitable for immediate framing or display . ( An image of a suggested framing is presented - The frame is not a part of this sale  - An excellent framing - Buyer's choice - is possible for extra $80 ). The size of the decorative mat is around 8 x 12 " . The size of the reproduction photo is around 7 x 5 " . The size of the original hand signed autograph is around 1.5 x 3.5 " . Very good condition of the hand signed autograph, The reproduction photo and the decorative mat . A piece of matching paper was added to the autograph to fit the mat. ( Pls look at scan for accurate AS IS images )  Authenticity guaranteed.  Will be sent inside a protective rigid packaging .

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Eugene List (July 6, 1918 – March 1, 1985) was an American concert pianist and teacher. Contents 1 Early life 2 Concert career 2.1 World War II 2.2 Post-war career 3 Death 4 Notes 5 References Early life[edit] Eugene List was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He spent his formative years in Los Angeles, where his father Louis List (originally Lisnitzer) was a language teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District and his mother, Rose, a pharmacist. Louis Lisnitzer had immigrated to America from Odessa, Ukraine and settled in Philadelphia, where he met and married Rose, whose family had also come from the same region. In 1937, Louis decided officially to change his name and that of his family to "List". The family soon relocated to California.[1] Showing early musical talent, young Eugene studied with Julius V. Seyler who soon proclaimed him a prodigy. His striking musical gifts were obvious. In 1929, at the age of 12, he performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Artur Rodziński, playing Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto. Rodziński recommended that he go to Philadelphia to study with the renowned teacher Olga Samaroff. In 1932 she accepted young List with great enthusiasm. Too young for the Juilliard School, List first studied at the Philadelphia Conservatory under Samaroff's tutelage, transferring a few years later to Juilliard in New York. During his second year with Madam Samaroff at Philadelphia (1934), List entered and won Philadelphia's annual piano competition, giving him the opportunity to perform with Philadelphia's celebrated orchestra. Although he had planned to perform the Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, List was given the most stunning challenge of his career. Six weeks before the scheduled concert, Leopold Stokowski asked him to play the premiere of Piano Concerto No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich that he had just received from the Soviet Union. List accepted the challenge and learned the new concerto within the six-week time frame. Concert career[edit] At the age of sixteen, Eugene List's official concert career began in December 1934 at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. Although under great stress, he delivered a dazzling performance and received rave reviews. He was declared the wunderkind and a mature artist almost immediately. List's performance as the young American who met Stokowski's challenge established him as a star, a status that would stay with him the rest of his fifty-year career. As the only pianist in America who knew Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1, he received many more invitations to appear with major orchestras in the US, including the New York Philharmonic under conductor Otto Klemperer. His celebrity status spanned four continents, including Europe, South America and Asia. In the US, he performed with most all the nation's major orchestras, conductors and leading chamber ensembles. List's personality was known to be personable and unpretentious, uncommon qualities in the performing concert world. Everyone liked him. Conductors, composers, colleagues, students and even presidents valued his modest demeanour, his intellect, and his quick wit. World War II[edit] In December 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, List enlisted in the Army without waiting for his formal call-up, asking only that he be allowed to finish the season, since he was committed to several concert dates. In March 1942, the Army assigned List, aged 26, to the New York Port of Embarkation, Brooklyn, where he was given an office job as a typist. In 1943, he married the well-known violinist, Carroll Glenn, in New York, whom he had met at Juilliard. Like her husband, Glenn was a prodigy. She had already won the prestigious Naumburg Competition, which gave her a New York debut and helped to launch her illustrious career. List was soon assigned to the Special Services, a post he had wanted since his enlistment. He performed concerts in the New York area, where all his fees went to the Army Emergency Relief. In 1945, he was sent overseas along with other enlisted entertainers. He was sent to the Paris suburb of Chatou, where he joined a collection of GI talent, including Mickey Rooney, violinist Stuart Canin, modern dancer José Limón, Bobby Breen and Josh Logan. Later, both Canin and List were ordered to start an orchestra. This eventually became the famous Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra. In June 1945, Canin and List were ordered to Potsdam, Germany where they were told to play for the President and his staff at the Potsdam Conference. Soon they learned the occasion was to play for President Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill, including their large entourage at the Big Three conference. Both musicians performed for the President and the conference members for the next few weeks, with President Truman even turning the pages for List when he was asked to play the Chopin Waltz in A-flat, Op. 42, a work he did not have memorized. Both musicians were astounded at the headlines in the papers and the star-studded celebrity status they had acquired. List soon became known as the "Pianist of the Presidents" or "The Potsdam Pianist." List would perform many more times at the White House, the last in 1980 for President and Mrs. Carter.[2][3] Post-war career[edit] List's post-war concert career flourished, even gaining him a role in a movie, The Bachelor's Daughter.[3][4] In 1964, he and his wife Carroll Glenn joined the faculty at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Both husband and wife would teach in Rochester until 1975 before they returned to New York, where Glenn taught violin at Queens College and the Manhattan School of Music. List joined the faculty at NYU as a part-time teacher, and for two years—1983–85—traveled by plane twice a month to teach at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. Like his former teacher Olga Samaroff, List guided his students to form their own sound and interpretation as long as it was valid to the score and intent of the composer. He stimulated their imagination and urged them to explore the vast piano repertoire. In addition to his advocacy for playing and recording American music, List also recorded the Carlos Chávez Concerto with the composer conducting. In 1975, he recorded Shostakovich's two concertos in Russia, with the composer's son, Maxim, conducting. List's great interest in Louis Moreau Gottschalk's music led to his recreation of the composer's Monster Concerts, where he featured many pianos and pianists playing together on stage. List recreated the Monster Concerts at Eastman in 1970. They were televised on The Ed Sullivan Show with 10 pianos, nine student pianists and List. He continued the Monster Concert agenda through the 1970s and into the early 1980s, including a performance at UCLA in collaboration with Henri Temianka and some 36 pianists, and a performance at Brooklyn College in 1980 in collaboration with students of Agustin Anievas.[5] He served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition in 1980.[6] Death[edit] This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) In April 1983, Carroll Glenn's earlier bout with cancer suddenly returned. Several days later, she slipped into a coma. At that same time, List was scheduled to perform the Vincent Persichetti Concerto in Carnegie Hall. The next morning, after the Carnegie Hall concert, Carroll Glenn died. Only two years later, on March 1, 1985, while at home planning his own 50th anniversary concert in Carnegie Hall, List accidentally fell on the stairway of his New York brownstone and was killed. An autopsy revealed he died instantly of a broken neck. During their forty-two year marriage, Eugene List and Carroll Glenn raised two daughters, Rachel and Allison, while actively pursuing their respective concert and teaching careers. *****  Court Pianist Monday, Apr. 22, 1946 ARTICLE TOOLS Print Email Reprints Sphere AddThis RSS On stage in Washington's Constitution Hall, the Philadelphia Orchestra was playing the first number. In his dressing room, 27-year-old Eugene List nervously paced up & down. A secret-service man knocked on the door. "Would you like to see the Boss?" he asked. RELATED ARTICLES Pianist List was led to the Presidential Box, shook hands with Harry Truman. He bowed to Mrs. Truman and the ten ladies of her Independence, Mo. Tuesday Bridge Club (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). Then he walked on stage, played a serviceable if somewhat flashy Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. Said he, afterwards: "My foot shook on the pedals. When you're playing for the President . . . you're really about ready to pass out." About four years ago Eugene List gave a concert in Constitution Hall, which lost money. Wrote a Washington critic: "He makes me nervous." List was just one of half a dozen promising young pianists. Then he was drafted. He spent a year as a G.I. misfit, in the Transportation Corps, before he got a transfer to Special Services as a one-man entertainment unit. One night at a G.I. concert in Munich he got special traveling orders. It turned out to be the Potsdam Conference. When List played from the Tchaikovsky concerto, Stalin jumped up to propose a toast in vodka, and List had a chance to talk to him. "I said 'I like Tchaikovsky,' and he said, 'Good, I do too.' I said, 'I played the first American performance of Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto in 1934,' and Stalin said 'Good.' " Winston Churchill requested Missouri Waltz, and "fortunately, I knew the tune." At another dinner Truman turned the pages while List played Chopin. An hour of piano playing was all Churchill's ears could stand. List remembers the Prime Minister turning to Truman and growling: "Mr. President, why don't you go home? I can't stand this noise much longer." Since then Eugene List has become the President's unofficial court pianist. He played five times at Potsdam, has played at two Truman dinners in Washington since his Army discharge in January. This presidential patronage has made List a big box-office draw. He now gets up to $2,500 for every concert performance, is earning $7,500 a week in his first Hollywood movie (Bachelor's Daughters). The President last week invited List and his talented young wife, Concert Violinist Carroll Glenn, to play in the White House, but List will have a hard time working it into his schedule. Next month he and his wife will fly to Prague to represent the U.S. in an international music festival. Then they will give concerts in Paris, Budapest, Berlin and Vienna, before taking a vacation in Connecticut. Says List, a very earnest young man: "I am looking forward to the summer as an oasis in the great sea of turmoil. Life is very exciting these days. So exciting I can hardly stand it." ******“To play the Steinway is to have your musical dreams come true. With its range, beauty and brilliance it surpasses all others.” EUGENE LIST Eugene List (1918-1985) gained fame when he was summoned to play for Winston Churchill, Harry Truman and Josef Stalin at the Potsdam Conference. At the 1945 Potsdam performance, Stalin gave then Staff Sgt. List a standing toast. Before the conference was over, Mr. List was asked to play four more times. He played the Tchaikovsky B-Flat Minor Concerto, as well as an assortment of works by American and Russian composers. President Truman sat next to Mr. List during several of these recitals. Mr. List was also known for "monster concerts," scheduling pieces that required a number of pianos on stage. In 1970, Mr. List and nine of his students from the Eastman School of Music appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show performing a Gottschalk piece on ten pianos.  *** Eugene List, the prominent American pianist who introduced several major works to the United States, who was in the forefront of the Gottschalk renaissance and whose playing commanded respect for its wide range of repertory and stylistic knowledge, was found dead yesterday in his home on West 83d Street. He was 66 years old. Although Mr. List had already established a solid reputation by the mid- 40's, it was in 1945 at the Potsdam conference that he first won international fame. Staff Sgt. Eugene List, who had enlisted in 1942, was selected to play for Truman, Churchill and Stalin, the three Allied leaders who attended the conference. Truman Turned Pages for Him He performed the Tchaikovsky B flat minor Concerto, and in his solo pieces he played American and Russian music. Later, he gave private concerts for President Truman, who sat next to him and helped turn the pages. Sergeant List's picture appeared in many newspapers and magazines around the world and he became known as ''the Potsdam pianist.'' Mr. List was born in Philadelphia on July 6, 1918, and his family moved to California when he was a child. He started playing the piano at 5 and at 12 played a concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Then he returned to Philadelphia to study with Olga Samaroff. He made his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski, playing the American premiere of the Shostakovich Piano Concerto. In 1935 he made his New York debut, first with the New York Philharmonic and then at a Town Hall recital. Numerous concerts and appearances with orchestras throughout the United States followed. Well Received by Critics The young pianist was very well received. In 1940 Olin Downes in The New York Times characterized his approach as ''ardent,'' saying that he played ''with fervor, Romantic impulse and youth, wrapping his heart around every note, performing with the sure instinct of the artist born to speak through the medium of his special instrument.'' In 1943, Mr. List married the American violinist Carroll Glenn, and they made many appearances together throughout the world. They also participated in many recordings. Miss Glenn died two years ago. Mr. List was active as a teacher. He was for some years the head of the piano faculty at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. He also taught at New York University and Carnegie- Mellon in Pittsburgh, in addition to having many private pupils. Close Ties to Gottschalk His repertory was wide-ranging, from Mozart through the moderns. But he was especially associated with the music of the 19th-century American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk. In 1956, Mr. List recorded the first LP disk of Gottschalk music and followed it with several more. Editors’ Picks ‘Space Jam,’ My Dad and Me Harry deLeyer, 93, Dies; He Saved a Horse and Made Him a Legend Ed Atkins and His Mum Are Starring in a Museum Show Continue reading the main story In recent years, Mr. List toured with ''monster concerts,'' following the exploits of Gottschalk in the Civil War period. A typical monster concert would have 10 or more pianos on stage, each played by two pianists in such music as Gottschalk's multipiano transcription of Rossini's ''William Tell'' Overture. Audiences were vastly entertained. At the time of his death, Mr. List was preparing for his 50th anniversary concert, scheduled for Carnegie Hall on April 28. He is survived by two daughters, Rachel List, a dancer in New York, and Alison Werner List of Rochester. **** A pianist who has reshaped the repertory of the instrument, Eugene List manifested his gifts early and at age 12 had already made his orchestral debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A teacher-imposed hiatus led to a more disciplined approach to his art and thereafter his progress was steady and sustained. His comprehensive musical interests led him to program the works of many composers outside the mainstream, as well as little-known works by already established composers. His devotion to the piano oeuvre of Louis Gottschalk was documented by several recordings. Born to parents who were Russian émigrés, List lived his childhood in Los Angeles, where his family had moved when he was a year old. At age five, List began piano studies with his mother, later entering the Sutro-Seyler Studios in Los Angeles for more advanced training. His successful debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic was followed by a family bus trip back to Philadelphia, where the young pianist was entered in a competition for a scholarship to study with Olga Samaroff. List won the competition and was accepted as Samaroff's pupil with the agreement that he would be withdrawn from further public performances until she felt he was ready. Meanwhile, his enrollment at the advanced Philadelphia High School provided an outstanding academic education. During his final year at the school, List entered a Philadelphia Orchestra competition, performing Beethoven and Schumann concertos and winning by unanimous vote. His award included a performance with the orchestra during a December 12, 1934, youth concert, an occasion on which he gave the American premiere of the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1. After a summer in Austria devoted to further study with Samaroff, List entered Juilliard's graduate school and on December 19, 1935, made his New York debut with the New York Philharmonic, once more performing the Shostakovich concerto. The reviews were complimentary, but were stronger still for his New York recital debut in January. Praising the comprehensiveness of his art, Samuel Chotzinoff noted his "naturally beautiful" tone and his assured and often brilliant technique. List subsequently toured extensively, appearing with leading orchestras and in recital. He became a popular figure in radio broadcasting and won first prize in the Rising Musical Star series. In 1942, he played the United States premiere of Carlos Chávez's piano concerto with the New York Philharmonic directed by Dimitri Mitropoulos. The same year, he entered the Special Services Division of the United States Army. During his tour of duty, he was called upon to perform at the postwar Potsdam conference when Harry Truman served as his page turner. Upon discharge from the Army in 1946, List toured seven European countries and, together with his wife, violinist Carroll Glenn, made tours of the occupied countries under United States Army auspices. The couple helped organize the American Music Center in Berlin, a project created to foster better relations through music. An advocate for many non-repertory works, List became an especially eloquent proponent of the music of Edward MacDowell and Louis Gottschalk; for the latter composer, he performed, collated, and recorded works (some very obscure), leading a Gottschalk revival. List was also a compelling performer of the grand Romantic-age works and the music of George Gershwin. In addition to his performing career, List edited the complete works of Stephen Foster and taught at both the Eastman School of Music and New York University.   *** Eugene List, 66, a pianist who gained fame when he was summoned to play for Winston Churchill, Harry Truman and Josef Stalin at the Potsdam Conference, was found dead March 1 at his home in New York City. The cause of death was not reported. He had been scheduled to perform a concert in Carnegie Hall at the end of April and had an active season of concerts planned throughout the country. At the 1945 Potsdam performance, Stalin gave then Staff Sgt. List a standing toast. Before the conference was over, Mr. List was asked to play four more times. He played the Tchaikovsky B-Flat Minor Concerto, as well as an assortment of works by American and Russian composers. President Truman sat next to Mr. List during several of these recitals. Pictures of the commander-in-chief turning the music score pages for the noncommissioned officer appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world, and Mr. List became famous as "the Postsdam pianist." Later, President Truman frequently invited him to play at the White House. .[273].   ebay 5448