Karen Tuttle muere a los 90 años
Karen Tuttle, una de las más renombradas pedagogas de la viola en los Estados Unidos, murió el pasado 16 de diciembre en Philadelphia. El New York Times publica lo siguiente:
By Margalit Fox:
Publicado el 24 de diciembre de 2010Karen Tuttle, a violist and teacher whose singular approach to her instrument — which entailed the expression of deep feeling, the attainment of great physical comfort and occasionally the literal rending of garments — drew disciples from around the world, died on Dec. 16 at her home in Philadelphia. She was 90. The cause was complications of Alzheimer’s disease, her daughter, Robin Herskowitz Heald, said.
For decades a ubiquitous soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Tuttle was praised by critics for her incisive musicianship and large, luminous sound. She was variously a member of the Schneider, Galimir and Gotham Quartets. She recorded widely and taught at the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute of Music, the Peabody Institute and elsewhere.
Ms. Tuttle’s students have included some of the best-known violists in the world, among them Kim Kashkashian, Jeffrey Irvine and Carol Rodland. She collaborated with the violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern, the pianist Rudolf Serkin and the cellist Pablo Casals, among other eminent musicians.
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Primrose International Viola Archive (PIVA)
Los Archivos William Primrose de la Brigham Young University en Utah son probablemente la mayor colección de música para viola en todo el mundo. Tienen un excelente website que merece visitar.
Otra fuente útil para el violista que está buscando nuevo repertorio es el libro de Franz Zeyringer (1920-2009) Literatur für Viola, el cual pueden conseguir en bibliotecas de música. El mismo enumera más de 14,000 obras para viola en todo tipo de combinación. Zeyringer fundó además la primera sociedad de violistas, la Viola- Forschungsgssellschaft en 1968, que luego derivó en la International Viola Society y sus todos capítulos nacionales.