Intimate Portrait of Sidney Foster (eBook)

Imelda Delgado earned a master’s degree in piano performance (1960) at Indiana University while studying with Sidney Foster. In addition, she was awarded the coveted Performer’s Certificate for her master’s piano recital. In 1973, the Ford Foundation awarded her a two-year graduate grant to earn her doctorate (1975) at Indiana University, again with her mentor, Sidney Foster.Her solo and chamber music performances have been in the United States, England, Mexico, Switzerland, and Italy. She has held teaching positions at Del Mar College and Corpus Christi State University (currently Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi), the University of Vermont in Burlington, Stephens College in Columbia, MO, and a one-semester guest artist teaching post at Baylor University in Waco, TX. Currently, she performs as pianist with the Camerata del Sol Trio. Her recordings are in collaboration with flutist David Aguilar and oboist Evelyn McCarty.

TABLE OF CONTENTSForeword by Charles H. WebbPreface by Imelda DelgadoAcknowledgementsI. BeginningsEarly YearsComposerThe LeventrittAfter The Leventritt: The Leroy-Foster-Scholz TrioSidney Foster and Norman Dello JoioStages Where Sidney Foster WalkedEvolution of ProgrammingOrchestral SoloistII. Foster’s PianismRussian Roots, Russian LegacyHis HandsHis Piano TeachersWhere He TaughtThe PedagogueCollaborator—Indiana UniversityThe Concert Pianist and the Old World ScholarArchitect of Piano Performance DoctorateIII. PersonalsJohnFive Women in His LifeAnna Diamond Foster and Dorothy Foster DifazioMana-Zucca97Isabelle VengerovaBronjaFrom The Grande Scale to Gourmet DinnersA Little PotpourriIV. Defining PerformancesMemorial to Father (1937)Concerto Highlights (1954)From Fliere to Foster: To Russia with Love(The Russian Tour 1964)The Boston Première of Bartók’sThird Piano Concerto (April 1965)V. Finale1976: A Bicentennial and a CentennialThe Final CurtainA Farewell LetterFebruary 7, 1977AppendicesAppendix A. In His Own Words: Piano WorkshopAppendix B. The Students SpeakAppendix C. Cadenza for the First Movement of the Beethoven Third Piano Concerto (1941)Index About The Author