Samuel Simons Sanford(15 March 1849[1]– 6 January 1910) was an American pianist and educator.

Early life

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He was born inBridgeport, Connecticut.

Education

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He studied piano in New York withWilliam Mason(son ofLowell Masonand student ofFranz LisztandIgnaz Moscheles). He went to Paris and studied withAlfred Jaëll,Louis Plaidy(teacher ofHans von Bülowand many others),Théodore Ritter(another student of Liszt), andÉdouard Batiste.In 1869, he became acquainted withAnton Rubinstein,and later studied with him.

Career

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He travelled with Rubinstein during his first American tour in 1872–73.Ignacy Jan Paderewskichanged his execution of octave playing after hearing Sanford play, and once described Sanford as the most musically gifted person he ever knew.

Sanford brought SirEdward Elgar's music to American attention through the brothersWalterandFrank DamroschandTheodore Thomas.He was instrumental in having Elgar awarded an honorary doctorate in music fromYale Universityin 1905; at the conferral ceremony on 28 June, Elgar'sPomp and Circumstance March No. 1was played, instituting the tradition of playing noble processional music at graduation ceremonies. Later that year, Elgar returned the compliment by dedicating hisIntroduction and Allegroto Sanford.[2]

Sanford joined the Yale Music Faculty as Professor of Applied Music in 1894, along withHoratio Parkeras Professor of Theory.[3][4]During the sixteen years he worked at Yale, he refused to be paid any salary as he was independently wealthy.

He died at home on 6 January 1910 after a long illness.[5]

Sanford Medal

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In 1972 Yale University instituted theSamuel Simons Sanford Medal(usually referred to as theSanford Medal), to honour celebrated concert artists and distinguished members of the music profession. Recipients have included:

Notes

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  1. ^"Samuel Simons Sanford".ancestry.com.Ancestry.Retrieved24 February2014.
  2. ^Whitehead, James Beswick (2 July 2001)."Elgar's English Twilight, an Idyll, or Dream Interludes of a Knightly Character: Esoteric strands in a Nationalist composer with some new light on the text of the Nazarene Oratorios".Archived fromthe originalon 11 January 2009.
  3. ^"History of the Yale School of Music".Yale University. Archived fromthe originalon 7 January 2008.
  4. ^"History".Yale School of Music, Yale University.Retrieved27 February2015.
  5. ^"S. S. Sanford Dead: Yale Professor of Music Succumbs to Long Illness".New York Tribune.7 January 1910. p. 7.
  6. ^abcd"Naxos Founder Klaus Heymann Wins Sanford Medal".ClassicsToday.com(Press release). Classics Today. 26 May 2015.Retrieved11 July2018.
  7. ^"Eugene Ormandy papers".University of Pennsylvania.Retrieved13 September2018.
  8. ^"Doriot Anthony Dwyer: Flute Faculty".The Boston Conservatory.Retrieved4 March2013.
  9. ^"Krasner, Louis, 1903–1995. Louis Krasner papers, 1917–1995: Guide".OASIS: Online Archival Search Information System.Houghton Library, Harvard College Library,Harvard University.11 February 2015.
  10. ^Sleeman, Elizabeth, ed. (2001).The International Who's Who of Women 2002.Psychology Press.ISBN1857431227.
  11. ^Lumley, Elizabeth, ed. (2003).Canadian Who's Who 2003.University of Toronto Press.ISBN9780802088659.
  12. ^"Richard French, musicologist who supported music libraries".Yale Bulletin & Calendar.29(32). Yale University. 15 June 2001. Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2009.
  13. ^"Richard F. French, Musicologist: 1915–2001".Newsletter.1(2). Harvard University Department of Music. Summer 2001. Archived fromthe originalon 6 July 2010.
  14. ^"Transitions: Dorothy DeLay, beloved violin teacher".FanFaire webzine.FanFaire LLC.
  15. ^"Dean honors music-loving Thai king".Yale Bulletin & Calendar.28(22). Yale University. 25 February 2000. Archived fromthe originalon 29 May 2012.
  16. ^"School of Music, 2002–2003"(PDF).Bulletin of Yale University.98 (4). Yale University: 61. 20 July 2002.
  17. ^"Litton to be awarded Sanford Medal during Walton Centenary Celebration"(Press release). AndrewLitton.com. 11 October 2003.
  18. ^"Robert Blocker, Henry and Lucy Moses Dean of Music & Professor of Piano".Yale School of Management, Yale University.Retrieved27 February2015.
  19. ^"Leading clarinetist to receive Sanford Medal: Richard Stoltzman will receive the award at a ceremony on September 1".TourDates.Co.UK. 31 August 2005. Archived fromthe originalon 29 July 2012.
  20. ^"VIVIAN PERLIS".Oral History of American Music (OHAM).Yale University. 3 February 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 5 September 2015.
  21. ^"Joseph Polisi '80DMA awarded Sanford Medal".Yale School of Music.New Haven: Yale University. 21 May 2012.Retrieved11 May2018.
  22. ^"Willie Ruff receives Sanford Medal".Yale School of Music, Yale University. 24 May 2013.
  23. ^"Peter Gelb receives Sanford Medal at Convocation".Yale School of Music.New Haven: Yale University. 12 September 2013.Retrieved11 July2018.
  24. ^"Yo-Yo Ma performs at Yale, awarded Sanford Medal".Yale School of Music.New Haven: Yale University. 16 January 2015.Retrieved11 May2018.
  25. ^abcdefgh"Tokyo Quartet, Peter Oundjian receive Sanford Medals".Yale School of Music, Yale University. 23 January 2013.Previous recipients of the Sanford Medal include Georg Solti, Pierre Boulez, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sherrill Milnes, Marilyn Horne, Emanuel Ax, and Richard Stoltzman.
  26. ^Brock, Wendell (26 January 1999)."Passing of a musical giant: Robert Shaw's genius created place for Atlanta on world stage".Atlanta Journal and Constitution.

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