Thomas Scherman
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Thomas Kielty Scherman (February 12, 1917 – May 14, 1979) was an American conductor and the founder of the Little Orchestra Society.
Biography
He was a son of Bernardine (née Kielty) and Harry Scherman, founder and president of the Book of the Month Club. His father was Jewish and his mother was of Irish and Welsh descent.[1] His sister is Katharine Scherman Rosin (married to Axel Rosin). He attended Columbia University and then studied piano with Isabelle Vengerova and conducting with Carl Bamberger and Otto Klemperer.[2] He served in the U.S. Army (1939–1941), reaching the rank of captain.[2]
References
- ^ "It's Good to Remember". The New York Times. September 20, 1964.
Bernardine Kielty. of half‐Irish, half-Welsh descent and very much the individualist plunged into social work for underprivileged Jewish children although in her small town environment she had hardly known a Jew. Gradually, she became a part of a young New York intellectual group and married one of its members an earnest writer named Harry Scherman. They had two children and lived happily ever after.
- ^ a b The New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts. "Thomas Scherman papers". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
Categories:
- Articles with FAST identifiers
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
- Articles with BNF identifiers
- Articles with BNFdata identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with NTA identifiers
- Articles with PLWABN identifiers
- Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers
- 1917 births
- 1979 deaths
- American male conductors (music)
- 20th-century American conductors (music)
- 20th-century American male musicians
- American people of Jewish descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Welsh descent
- Columbia University alumni
- All stub articles
- American conductor (music) stubs