COENRAAD VALENTIJN BOS (LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS, 7 DECEMBER, 1875 – CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, 5 AUGUST, 1955)
He was a Dutch pianist, most notably as an accompanist to singers of lieder. His peers such as Gerald Moore considered him the doyen of accompanists in his day. He studied under Julius Röntgen and at the Berlin High School for Music. He decided early to become an accompanist, a field of which he made a special study. On 9 November 1896, in the presence of the composer, and still a month shy of his 21st birthday, he accompanied the Dutch baritone Anton Sistermans at the premiere of Brahms’ Vier ernste Gesänge in Vienna. For many years he worked with singers such as Raimund von zur-Mühlen, Elena Gerhardt (USA tour 1920, Spanish tour 1928), Julia Culp, Frieda Hempel, Alexander Kipnis, Gervase Elwes, Ludwig Wüllner and Helen Traubel (he accompanied Traubel on a world tour in 1945-46). He appeared with the 13-year-old Yehudi Menuhin in Berlin on 23 April 1929, and they exchanged inscribed photographs of themselves in commemoration of the event (Bos’s gift to Menuhin is now in the Museum of the Royal Academy of Music). He recorded lieder of Brahms, Reger, Schubert, Schumann and Wolf with Elena Gerhardt (1927–32). He figures prominently in the Hugo Wolf Society’s Complete Edition 1931-38, accompanying Gerhardt, Herbert Janssen, Gerhard Hüsch, Alexandra Trianti and Elisabeth Rethberg.
TRACKLIST
Hungarian Dance No8 in a (Brahms arr Joachim) with d’Arányi (violin) Columbia 2061
Jota (M de Falla arr Kochanski) with d’Arányi (violin) Columbia 2061
Orfeo ed Euridice Melodie (Gluck arr Kreisler) with d’Arányi (violin) Columbia 5427
Rondino on a Theme of Beethoven (Kreisler) with d’Arányi (violin) Columbia 5427
Abschied (Schubert) ES400 (2-043100) with Elena Gerhardt (soprano) HMV, London 1928-05-09
Schlummerlied (Schubert) ES400 (2-043101) with Elena Gerhardt (soprano) HMV, London 1928-05-09
Suleikas zweiter Gesang (Schubert) with Elena Gerhardt (soprano) DB1544 (32-964) HMV, Berlin 1929-09-24
Myrthen (Schumann) Zum Schluss; Liederkreis (Schumann) Frühlingsnacht with Elena Gerhardt (soprano) DB1544 (32-965) HMV, Berlin 1929-09-24
Mariä Wiegenlied (Reger) with Elena Gerhardt (soprano) DB1030 (2-043068) HMV, London 1927-03-11
Geistliches Wiegenlied (Brahms) with Elena Gerhardt (soprano) DB1030 (2-043070) HMV, London 1927-03-11
Muss es eine Trennung geben (Brahms) with Julia Culp (soprano) 043274, 72556 Grammophon, Berlin 1914-09
Der Musensohn (Schubert); Das Rosenband (Schubert) with Elena Gerhardt (soprano) ES402 (2-043104) HMV, London 1928-05-11
Im Frühling (Schubert) with Elena Gerhardt (soprano) ES402 (2-043105) HMV, London 1928-05-11
Mignonette (Weckerlin) with Julia Culp (soprano) 64403 B14535 Victor, Camden NJ 1914-03-04
Sapphische Ode (Brahms) with Julia Culp (soprano) 2-43456, 70533 Grammophon, Berlin 1914-09
Ave Maria (Schubert) with Julia Culp (soprano) 2-43454, 70531 Grammophon, Berlin 1914-09
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (Brahms) 64553 B16943 Victor, Camden NJ 1915-12
Epiphanias (Wolf) DB1827 (32-3401) with Gerhard Hüsch (baritone) HMV, Berlin 1932-10-25
Genialisch Treiben (Wolf); Der Rattenfänger (Wolf) with Gerhard Hüsch (baritone) DB1827 (32-3402) HMV, Berlin 1932-10-25
Wohl kenn’ ich Euren Stand (Wolf); Man sagt mir, deine Mutter wollt’ es nicht (Wolf); Wenn du, mein Liebster, steigst zum Himmel auf (Wolf) with Elisabeth Rethberg (soprano) DB2370 2RA93
Sterb’ ich, so hüllt in Blumen meine Glieder (Wolf) with Alexander Kipnis (bass) DB2374 2RA189 HMV, Berlin 1934-11
Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt (Wolf) with Herbert Janssen (baritone) 32-3398 HMV, Berlin
An die Türen will ich schleichen (Wolf) with Herbert Janssen (baritone) 32-3395 HMV, Berlin
Rat einer Alten (Wolf); In dem Schatten meiner Locken (Wolf) with Elena Gerhardt (soprano) DB1616 (32-2521) HMV, London 1931-11-09
Heimweh (Wolf) DB1616 (32-2516) with Elena Gerhardt (soprano) HMV, London 1931-11-06
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