The Life and Work of Richard Stöhr

Author Archives: Stefan Koch

1. Brochure from Richard Stöhr Exhibition: University of Music & Performing Arts, Vienna

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   This exhibition on the life and works of Richard Stöhr ran at Vienna’s University of Music and the Performing Arts from 14 Dec. 2017 – 30 March 2018.  The link below is to the complete brochure from this exhibition.

   https://www.mdw.ac.at/upload/MDWeb/arc/downloads/TheComposerTeacherRichardStoehr_DerKomponistPaedagogeRichardStoehr.pdf

2. Upcoming Richard Stöhr Concerts and Events

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3. Performances of Richard Stöhr’s works since 2009

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   Christine Lavant Quartett

   String Quartet in D minor, Opus 22 (1910)

   Three Intermezzi for String Quartet, Opus 124 (1948)

    18 Apr. 2009           Alte Schmiede    Vienna        Op. 22

   12 Nov..2010            Alte Schmiede  Vienna        Op. 124

   14 Nov. 2010            Private concert, Vienna      Op. 22, 124

   22 Nov. 2010            Hamakom Centre, Nestroyhof, Vienna      Op. 22, 124

   17 Jan. 2011              Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna         Op. 124

   11 Nov. 2011             Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna         Op. 124

   27 Apr. 2012             Alte Schmiede, Vienna       Op. 124

   14 Jun. 2014             Beim Bahnhof, Eichgraben       Op.  124

   Saint Michael’s College Chorale, Colchester, Vermont USA

   Religious works, including Christmas Cantata, Opus 84 (1942)

   4 Dec. 2009                        Ave Maria; We Sing the Joy of Christmas; A Grace for Christmas

   10 Apr. 2010                       Ave Maria

   3 Dec. 2010                        Christmas Music of Richard Stoehr concert

   9 Apr. 2011                        Psalm 24 (1903)

   Vancouver Chamber Players

   String Quartet in D minor, Opus 22 (1910)

   22 Feb. 2011                        Hycroft                                                Vancouver, BC

   25 Feb. 2011                        Vancouver Art Gallery                        Vancouver, BC

   Stefan Koch, cello, and SunAh Lee, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces, Opus 17 (1907)

   Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor, Opus 49 (1915)

   16 Nov. 2011                        Glacier Hills                                             Ann Arbor, Michigan

   28 Nov. 2011                        University Commons                             Ann Arbor, Michigan

   22 Jan. 2012                         Temple Emanuel                                     Grand Rapids, Michigan

   Stefan Koch, cello, and Emily Lai, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces, Opus 17 (1907)

   Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor, Opus 49 (1915)

   19 Feb. 2012                        Congregation of Moses                        Kalamazoo, Michigan

   21 Mar. 2012                       Kerrytown Concert House                    Ann Arbor, Michigan

   15 Apr. 2012                        MSU Community Music School            Lansing, Michigan

   Billy Hunter, trumpet, New Jersey City University Orchestra, Louis Kosma, Conductor

   Trumpet Concerto, Opus 40 (1914)

   Dec. 9, 2012                           New Jersey City University             Jersey City, New Jersey

   Stefan Koch, cello, and Robert Conway, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces, Opus 17 (1907)

   Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor, Opus 49 (1915)

   2 Dec. 2012                          Chamber Music at the Scarab Club            Grosse Pointe, Michigan

   10 Feb. 2013                        Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center          Skokie, Illinois

   25 Feb. 2013                        Temple Beth Emeth                                    Ann Arbor, Michigan

   13 Oct. 2013                        Grosse Pointe War Memorial                     Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan

   22 Oct. 2013                        Tuesday Musicale                                    Detroit, Michigan

   29 Oct. 2013                        Eastern Michigan University                        Ypsilanti, Michigan

   26 Jan. 2014                        Temple Sinai                                                New Orleans, Louisiana

   18 Sep. 2014                        Moose Meadow Lodge                        Waterbury, Vermont

   14 Oct. 2014                        Grand Valley Univ. Cello Festival            Allendale, Michigan

   15 Mar. 2015                        Holocaust Memorial Center                 Farmington, Michigan

    Stefan Koch, cello, and Adam DeSorgo, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces, Opus 17 (1907)

   July 2013                              USU Performance Hall, Logan Tabernacle                     Logan, Utah

   Vermont Philharmonic, Louis Kosma, Conductor

   Vermont Suite, Opus 72 (1941)

   1 Feb. 2014                        Elley-Long Music Center                        Colchester, Vermont

   2 Feb. 2014                        Barre Opera House                                  Barre, Vermont

   Beaumont String Quartet

   Priscilla Johnson and Judith Teasdle, violins, Susan Schreiber, viola, Stefan Koch, cello

   String Quartet in E flat, Opus 86 (1942)

   27 Mar. 2013                        University Commons                             Ann Arbor, Michigan

   22 May 2013                        Kerrytown Concert House                     Ann Arbor, Michigan

   2 June  2013                        Grosse Pointe War Memorial                Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan

   3 Mar. 2015                         BBSO Coffee Classics                               West Bloomfield, Michigan

   Scott Faigen, piano

   Piano Pieces, Opus 23 (1911)

   Oct. 18, 2013                        University of Music and Performing Arts                        Mannheim, Germany

   Scott Faigen, piano, and Tonio Geuglin, violin

   Sonata for Piano and Violin, Opus 27 (1911)

   Piano Pieces, Opus 23 (1911)

   2 Mar. 2014                        Liberal Jewish Congregation                        Amsterdam, Netherlands

   David LeDoux, cello and Robert Conway, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces, Opus 17 (1907)

   9 June, 2014                       OK Mozart International Music Festival           Tulsa, Oklahoma

   Scott Faigen, piano, Kamilla Schatz, violin, Stefan Koch, cello

   Sonata for Piano and Violin, Opus 27 (1911)

   Sonata for Piano and Violin, Opus 62 (1922)
   

   Four Fantasy Pieces, Opus 17 (1907)

   5 Dec. 2014                        University of Music and Performing Arts          Mannheim, Germany

   Scott Faigen, piano, Stefan Koch, cello

   Four Fantasy Pieces, Opus 17 (1907)

   Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor, Opus 49 (1915) (2nd Mvt.)

   11 Dec. 2014                         RadioCafe, Austrian National Radio (ORF)             Vienna, Austria

   Scott Faigen, piano, Yoshiko Ueda, violin

   Sonata for Piano and Violin, Opus 27 (1911)

   8 Mar. 2015                          Wilhelm Hack Museum            Ludwigshafen, Germany

   MET Chamber Musicians

   Lesley Heller, violin, Lucian Rinando, flute, Samuel Magill, cello, Mary Lou Vetrano, piano

   Suite for Flute, Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 76 (1941)

   Mar. 27, 2014                        National Opera Center                                    New York. New York

   Bärli Nugent, flute, Victoria Mushkatol, piano

   Flute Sonata, Op. 61 (1919)

   8 Nov. 2014                            The Juilliard School                                                  New York, New York

   Musaica String Quartet

   Yuki Tanaka, violin, Judith Armistead Fitzpatrick, violin, Bruce Owen, viola, Rachel Hsieh, cello

   String Quartet in D minor, Opus 22 (1910)

   27 Jan. 2015                          Mulholland Methodist Church                        New Orleans, Louisiana

   28 Jan. 2015                          First Unitarian Universalist Church              New Orleans, Louisiana

    Eleonore Pameijer, flute and Marianne Boer, piano

   Six Sketches for Piano and Flute (1943)

   13 April 2015  8:15 pm          Uilenburg Concerts                                           Amsterdam

    

   Stefan Koch, cello and Robert Conway, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces Op. 17, Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 49

   24 April 2015  11:00 am            Wayne State University                               Detroit, Michigan

   18 May 2015  2:00pm                Michindoh Conference Center                  Hillsdale, Michigan

   19 May 2015  7:30 pm               All Seasons of  West Bloomfield               West Bloomfield Township, Michigan

   The Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio

   Chamber Symphony Op. 32

   25 April 2015  7:30 pm                The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts          San Antonio, Texas

   Mary Siciliano, piano, Tamara Sherman, violin, Stefan Koch, cello

   Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E flat, Op. 16 (1908) (North American Premiere)

   20 May 2015  5:00 pm               University Commons                                  Ann Arbor, Michigan

   Megan Richards, cello and Liivi Arder, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces Op. 17 (with Barber Cello Sonata)

   29 May 2015  12:35 pm                Royal Conservatoire                                  Glasgow, Scotland

   Stefan Koch, cello and Robert Conway, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces Op. 17, Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 49

   22 Oct. 2015  7:00 pm               Glacier Hills (lecture)                       Ann Arbor, Michigan

   23 Oct. 2015  7:00 pm               Glacier Hills (concert)                      Ann Arbor, Michigan

   26 Oct. 2015  7:30 pm               All Seasons Birmingham (lecture)     Birmingham, Mich.

   27 Oct. 2015  7:30 pm               All Seasons Birmingham (concert)    Birmingham, Mich.

   10 Nov. 2015  7:30 pm              Hillsdale College                                  Hillsdale, Michigan

   Mary Siciliano, piano, Laura Roelofs, violin, Stefan Koch, cello

   Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E flat, Op. 16 (1906)

   8 Nov. 2015  2:00pm           SOAR Wayne St. Univ. Oakland Co.     Farmington Hills, Mich.

   15 Nov. 2015  4:oo pm        Chamber Music at the Scarab Club       Grosse Pointe, Mich.

   19 Nov. 2015  7:30 pm        All Seasons Bloomfield (lecture)           Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

   20 Nov. 2015  7:30 pm        All Seasons Bloomfield  (concert)        Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

   9 March 2016  1:00 pm       Congregation Shaarey Zedek                    Southfield, Mich.

   Gudrun Winkler, soprano and Ilse Schumann, piano
   

   Selected Lieder by Richard Stöhr:

               Six Early Songs:

   Sonnenuntergang (Friedrich Hölderlin), Op. 15/1

   Sommerlied (Ferdinand von Saar), Op. 15/3

   Wenn ich sterbe (Gustav Falke), Op. 15/6

   Schein und Wirklichkeit (Gottfried Keller), Op. 19/1

   Das Mädchen singt in den Abend (Ernst Lothar), Op. 55/1

   Über mir zieht eine Wolke hin (Georg Fridrich Daumer), Op. 55/3

                 Five Late Songs on texts by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   The Rainy Day Op. 96/2

   Curfew Op. 91/6

   Snowflakes Op. 104a/3

   The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls Op. 104a/8

   Nature Op. 104a/10

   2 Dec. 2015  7:00pm                 Gesellschaft für Musiktheater                   Vienna, Austria

   Stefan Koch, cello and Robert Conway, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces Op. 17, Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 49

   19 Feb. 2016  7:30 pm               Utah State University                         Logan, Utah

   15 March 2016  4:30 pm           University of Vermont                       Burlington, Vermont

   16 March 2016  7:00 pm           Wake Robin                                          Shelburne, Vermont

   18 March 2016  7:30 pm           Unitarian Church                                Montpelier, Vermont

   17 April 2016  10:00 am            Congregation B’nai Israel                  Sylvania, Ohio

   16 May 2016                                Calumet Theater                                 Calumet, Michigan

   17 May 2016                                 Northern Michigan University     Marquette, Michigan

   20 May 2016                                Crooked Tree Arts Center               Petoskey, Michigan

   Jacques Thibaud Ensemble: Burkhardt Maiß, Bogdan Jianu, Andrei Banciu, Eleonore Pameijer.

   Suite for Flute, Violin, Violoncello and Piano, Op. 76

   11 April 2016                                  Splendor, Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 116, Amsterdam

   Fran Pepperman-Taylor, violin and Susan Summerfield, organ

   Butterfly and Flower from Suite for Violin and Organ (1944)

   12 June 2016  3:00 pm                     Saint Michael’s College                            Colchester, VT

   Gudrun Winkler, soprano and Ilse Schumann, piano
   

   Selected Lieder by Richard Stöhr:

   Auf den Höhen (Wilhelm Weigand), Op. 14/1

   Der Schwarm (Karl Wilhelm), Op. 14/2

   Die Stadt (Theodor Storm), Op. 14/5

   Lichtgestalten (Ferdinand Avenarius), Op. 19/2

   Sehnsucht nach Stille (Alfons Petzold), Op. 54/3

   „Wir.” (Edeltrud Gräfin Waldersee), Op. 55/9

   25 June 2016  7:00pm                 Gesellschaft für Musiktheater                   Vienna, Austria

   Emily Williams, piano, Seth Keeton, bass-baritone and Stefan Koch, cello

   Three Songs for Piano, Low Voice and Violoncello obbligato

   1.  Gebet (Prayer) (Hebbel)

   2.  Ward der Abend regenmüd (The Evening was tired from rain) (Mark)

   3.  Dem aufgehenden Vollmonde (To the rising full moon) (Goethe)

   24 July 2016 3:00pm                    Utah State Univ. Performance Hall       Logan, UT

   Stefan Koch, cello and Robert Conway, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces Op. 17, Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 49

   12 January 2017  7:00pm            Cedarbrook of Bloomfield Hills               Bloomfield Hills, MI

   Tamara Keshecki: flute, Wen Yi Lo: piano

   Flute Sonata, Op. 61

   8 April, 2017         Staten Island Museum         1000 Richmond Terrace          Staten Island, NY

   Bella Voce Women’s Chorus of Vermont

   Armseelchen (Op. 39 No. 1) and Schneeflocken

   20 May 2017 8:00 p.m.           First Baptist Church             81 St. Paul St.  Burlington, VT

   21 May 2017 3:00 p.m.            South Hero Con. Church    24 South Rd. in South Hero, VT

   World Premiere Recording Sessions and Concert Announced: Op. 21 Songs

   We are pleased to welcome Bass-Baritone Seth Keeton (University of Utah) to Michigan to perform and record Richard Stöhr’s Three Songs for Low Voice, Cello and Piano (with Mary Siciliano and Stefan Koch).

   Performance:

   22 May 2017  5:00 p.m.          University Commons            Ann Arbor, MI

   Recording Sessions:

   24 & 25 May                              Brookwood Studio                Plymouth, MI

   Stefan Koch, cello, and Robert Conway, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces, Opus 17 (1907)

   4 June 2017    2:00 pm             Shaarey Zedek CongregationEast Lansing, MI

   Suite for Flute, Violin, Violoncello and Piano, Op. 76

   Jacques Thibaud Ensemble: Burkhardt Maiß, Bogdan Jianu, Andrei Banciu, Eleonore Pameijer.

   28 Nov. 2017                                    Alkmaar, Theater De Vest, Alkmaarse Chamber Music Society

   30 Nov. 2017                                    Amsterdam, Portugese Synagogue

   15 Dec. 2017                                    Bussum, Spieghelkerk

   Richard Stöhr Memorial Concert

   Bärli Nugent, flute; Students of the Joseph Haydn Institute for Chamber Music, Early Music and Contemporary Music of the mdw

   Chamber Symphony in F-Major, op. 32 (Nonett), Flute Sonata op. 61, Piano Quartet in d-minor, op. 63

   14 Dec. 2017 6:00 p.m. (18:00)     Joseph-Haydn-Saal      mdw – Univ. of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

                                                                                                                     1030 Vienna, Anton-v-Webernplatz 1.

   Stefan Koch, cello and Robert Conway, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces Op. 17, Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 49

   17 December 2017  2:00pm            Grand Rapids Art Museum               Grand Rapids, MI

   Choral Works of Richard Stoehr

   Counterpoint (Nathaniel Lew, director),  Bella Voce Women’s Chorus and Solaris Vocal Ensemble

   (Dawn Willis, director)

   18 Feb. 2018, 3:00pm            McCarthy Arts Center at Saint Michael’s College           Colchester, VT

   • Nachtlied von Emanuel Geibel (1903)
   • Psalm 24 (1903)
   • Psalm 62 (1903)
   • Psalm 67 (1903)
   • Schneeflocken (1919?)
   • Armseelchen, op. 39 no. 1 (1919?)
   • Excerpts from Five choruses for women’s voices, op. 78 (1942)
   • Excerpts from Four choruses, op. 83 (1942)
   • A Grace for Christmas (1950)
   • Ave Maria (1954)

   Mary Siciliano, piano, Laura Roelofs, violin, Stefan Koch, cello

   Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E flat, Op. 16 (1906)

   17 Jan. 2018  7:30 pm           Grand Valley St. Univ. (Van Solkema Hall)        Allendale, MI

   21 Jan. 2018  3:00 pm          Steinway Piano Gallery           2700 E. West Maple Road
   Commerce Township, MI 48390

   20 April 2018  12:00 pm       Wayne St. University              Detroit, MI

   Mary Siciliano, piano, Laura Roelofs, violin, Stefan Koch, cello, Seth Keeton, bass-baritone

   Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E flat, Op. 16 (1906), Three Songs for Piano, Low Voice and Violoncello obbligato

   23 April 2018  8:00 pm         Kerrytown Concert House     Ann Arbor, MI

   Richard Stöhr Exhibition:

   “nun bin ich Musiker mit Ernst und ohne Reue” – Der Komponist und Pädagoge Richard Stöhr.

   “now I am a musician and and I carry this solemn responsibility without regret”. The composer and pedagogue Richard Stöhr.

   14 Dec. 2017 – 30 March 2018                   mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna                                                                                      Anton-von Webernplatz 1, 1030 Wien,

   Mary Siciliano, piano, Conor Nelson, flute, Velda Kelly, violin, Stefan Koch, cello

   Suite for Flute, Violin, Violoncello and Piano, Op. 76

   4 Jan. 2019, 6:30 pm                                  University Commons            Ann Arbor, Michigan

   7 Jan. 2019, 2:45 pm                                   Glacier Hills                           Ann Arbor, Michigan

   7 Feb. 2019, 4:00 pm                                  Botsford Commons               Farmington Hills, Michigan

   Mary Siciliano, piano, Florina Petrescu, violin, David Schultz, viola, Stefan Koch, cello

   Piano Quartet in d-minor, op. 63

   10 Nov. 2022, 3:00 pm                                Glacier Hills                           Ann Arbor, Michigan

   13 Nov. 2022, 3:00 pm                                Molly Grove Chapel              Lansing, Michigan

   Stefan Koch, cello and Robert Conway, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces Op. 17, Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 49

   12 April 2023, 7:00 pm                                Hillsdale College     Hillsdale, MI

   Mary Siciliano, piano, Dennis Carter, flute, Velda Kelly, violin, Stefan Koch, cello

   Suite for Flute, Violin, Violoncello and Piano, Op. 76

   23 April 2023, 4:00 pm                               Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church    Grosse Pointe, Michigan

   Stefan Koch, cello and Robert Conway, piano

   Four Fantasy Pieces Op. 17, Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 49

   20 November 2023, 7:00 pm                        Glacier Hills     Ann Arbor, MI

   2 December 2023, 7:00 pm                           Steinway Piano Gallery     Commerce Township, MI

   Richard Stöhr 150th Birthday Celebration: Vermont

   Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra, Lou Kosma, conductor, Billy Hunter, trumpet.

   Trumpet Concerto in B minor, Op. 40

   27 April 2024, 7:30 pm                 Chandler Center for the Arts     Randolph, VT

   28 April 2024, 2:00 pm                Barre Opera House     Barre, VT

   Stefan Koch, cello and Robert Conway, piano, Erik Kroncke, bass vocal, Sofia Hirsch, violin and Alison Cerutti, piano
   

   Four Fantasy Pieces Op. 17, Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 49

   Three Songs for Piano, Low Voice and Violoncello obbligato, Op. 21

   Selected works for Violin and Piano

   3 May 2024, 7:00 pm                        Saint Michael’s College     Colchester, VT

   Celebrations at Saint Michael’s College will also include an exhibition from the Archive and a self-guided Walking Tour of Richard Stöhr sites.

   Richard Stöhr 150th Birthday Celebration: Vienna

   Christine Lavant Quartett (Vienna), Ulrike-Anima Mathé, violin (Detmold, Germany), Scott Faigen, piano (Mannheim, Germany), Steven Scheschareg, bass-baritone (Vienna) and Gardiner von Trapp, cello (Vienna).

   String Quartet in D minor, Opus 22 (1910)

   Sonata for Piano and Violin in A major, Opus 62 (1922)

   Three Songs for Piano, Low Voice and Violoncello obbligato, Op. 21

   13 June 2024, 6:00 pm                    Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musik    Vienna, Austria                   

4. Vienna Reading List

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   There are many fine books about Richard Stöhr’s Vienna.  Here are a few.  We would welcome submissions of other titles to add to this list.

    

   Vienna and the Jews, 1867-1938 by Steven Beller

   Vienna: Jews and the City of Music, 1870-1938 by Leon Botstein

   Last Waltz in Vienna by George Clare

   The Viennese by Paul Hofmann

    A Nervous Splendor by Frederic Morton

   Fin-De-Siecle Vienna by Carl Schorske

   Pushing Time Away by Peter Singer

   Composers of Classical Music of Jewish Descent by Lewis Stevens

   The Wittgensteins: A House at War by Alexander Waugh

   The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig

   The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal

5. Welcome to Richard Stöhr’s website

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   Greetings!  We hope that this website helps you to learn more about this relatively unknown composer, teacher and author.  If you have questions, suggestions for improvement, or information that might help us make the site better, please get in touch with us through the Contact page.

   We will be posting updates of various kinds through these blog posts, as well as adding new content to the site from time to time, so please check back again in the future.

   Thank you!

6. Richard Stöhr: Teacher

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   Dozens of photographs of Stöhr with his classes still exist, mostly taken in Austria, both formal and informal.  Here are just a few.

   

   Richard Stöhr class photograph, Vienna Academy of Music, late 1920’s?

   

   Harmonielehre class, Vienna Academy of Music, March 1937.

   

   Stöhr with summer school students at Ötz, 1936.

   

   Stöhr with summer school students at Ötz, 1937.

   

   Stoehr was guest lecturer at Howard University, Washington DC in 1945.

7. In Memoriam: Richard Stöhr (Stoehr), 1874-1967

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   Richard and Marie’s gravesite, Colchester VT, June 2012.

   

   Plaque on the site of the Stöhr home, 14 Karolinengasse, Vienna.

   

   Stefan Koch, Hedi Stoehr Ballantyne, Bärli Nugent (daughter of one of Stöhr’s students) and Robert Conway at a September 2014 performance of Stöhr’s cello and piano music in Vermont.

8. The 1950’s

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   Stoehr in his room in Prevel Hall, 1950’s.  Photo by Wilhelm Raab.

   

   Richard Jr, Marie, Richard and Hedi (with two of her children), 1954 or 55.

   

   1950’s

9. Saint Michael’s College, Winooski Park (now Colchester), Vermont: the 1940’s

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   Richard Stoehr came to Saint Michael’s College in the spring of 1941.  He taught there until 1950 and continued to live there into the mid 1950’s.

    

   

   Prevel Hall on the campus of Saint Michael’s College.  Stoehr lived for many years in a single room behind the dark French doors on the ground floor.

    

   

   Prevel Hall in June 2012. Stoehr’s old room is now an office.

    

   

   Richard Stoehr in his room in Prevel Hall, 23 June 1942.

    

   

    Richard Stoehr outside Prevel Hall after a concert, 24 July 1949.  Photo by Wilhelm Raab.

10. Richard Stoehr in Philadelphia (Curtis Institute of Music) and Detroit, 1939-41

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    Richard Stoehr taught at the Curtis Institute at the personal invitation of Mrs. Mary Bok Curtis from 1939-1941.  This class photo was taken during those years (Leonard Bernstein standing in the last row, left).  Many thanks to Kristina Wilson, Archivist at the Curtis Institute, for identifying Bernstein’s classmates in this photo.  Class members are listed below the photo.

    

    Class photo from the Curtis Institute, Stoehr last row center, Leonard Bernstein last row left.

     

    Front row from left: Veda Reynolds (Violin ’42), Virginia Parker (Piano ’42), True Chappell (Cello ’41)

    Second row from left: Phyllis Moss (?) (Piano ’41), Leo Gomberg (Trumpet ’41), Florence Caplan (?) (Piano ’41), Jane Tyre (Double Bass ’42)

    Third row from left: Noah Bielski (Violin ’40), Hershy Kay (Cello ’40), Benjamin Altman (Violin ’43), Eleanor Mitchell (?) (Flute ’42)

    Fourth row from left: Robert Cornman (Piano ’41), Reba Robinson (Harp ’49), Waldemar Dabrowski (Accompanying ’41), Annette Elkanova (Piano ’41), Richard Purvis (?) (Organ ’40)

    Back row from left: Leonard Bernstein (Conducting ’41), Leo Luskin (Accompanying ’41), Unknown, Dr. Richard Stoehr, John Simms (Piano ’47), Harry Safstrom (?) (Double Bass ’40), Irvin Duer (Percussion ’42)

     

    Stoehr spent his first Christmas in the US visiting former students in Detroit, where he met the mayor of that city.

    

    Richard Stoehr with the outgoing mayor of Detroit Richard Reading (right), December 1939.