Louis Octave Bailly (1882-1974)
Obituary:
Louis Bailly, violist and teacher at Curtis Institute, died Thursday at a nursing home near Montreal. He was 92. Born in Valenciennes, France, Mr. Bailly won first prize at the Paris Conservatory for viola in 1899. He joined the Flonzaley Quartet in 1917 and toured with them until 1924. His departure was acrimonious and he took the quartet to court and forced a settlement .before allowing the quartet to continue with another violist. Mr. Bailly joined the faculty of Curtis Institute in 1926 Bailly, Violist, Teacher, 92 and directed chamber music and taught many violists who now are prominent in American orchestras. Joseph de Pasquale, principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra, began with Mr. Bailly. Leonard Mogill and Max Aranoff also , studied with Mr. Bailly. Ara-noff succeeded him at Curtis. Mr. Bailly appeared frequently as soloist with orchestras in this country, and worked to show the viola, as a solo instrument. Ernest Bloch wrote his Suite for Mr. Bailly, who recently gave the manuscript of that work to Leonard Mogill. Mr. Bailly was a stern taskmaster and his students remember him with admiration, love and bitterness. "Everybody hated him," Aranoff said, "but he was a great teacher and did a lot for the viola. He was the first in this country to treat the viola as a special instrument instead of playing it as if it were a violin with a lower voice. He made the viola a real contralto voice in the orchestra through his students. He played a big viola we all played big ones because before Bailly, people played little toy violas." During his years in Philadelphia, Mr. Bailly lived in Haverfoid, He directed the free chamber music concerts at the Museum of Art from 1929 to 1935. His career in chamber music also included years with the Capet Quartet, the Celoso Quartet, the Elman Quartet and the Curtis Quartet. When he left Curtis in 1937, he meant to return to Paris but was persuaded by Pierre Monteux to go to Montreal to teach. He had been living in a nursing home in Cowansville at the time of his death. (Source: Philadelphia Enquirer on November 23, 1974)
Obituary:
Louis Bailly, violist and teacher at Curtis Institute, died Thursday at a nursing home near Montreal. He was 92. Born in Valenciennes, France, Mr. Bailly won first prize at the Paris Conservatory for viola in 1899. He joined the Flonzaley Quartet in 1917 and toured with them until 1924. His departure was acrimonious and he took the quartet to court and forced a settlement .before allowing the quartet to continue with another violist. Mr. Bailly joined the faculty of Curtis Institute in 1926 Bailly, Violist, Teacher, 92 and directed chamber music and taught many violists who now are prominent in American orchestras. Joseph de Pasquale, principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra, began with Mr. Bailly. Leonard Mogill and Max Aranoff also , studied with Mr. Bailly. Ara-noff succeeded him at Curtis. Mr. Bailly appeared frequently as soloist with orchestras in this country, and worked to show the viola, as a solo instrument. Ernest Bloch wrote his Suite for Mr. Bailly, who recently gave the manuscript of that work to Leonard Mogill. Mr. Bailly was a stern taskmaster and his students remember him with admiration, love and bitterness. "Everybody hated him," Aranoff said, "but he was a great teacher and did a lot for the viola. He was the first in this country to treat the viola as a special instrument instead of playing it as if it were a violin with a lower voice. He made the viola a real contralto voice in the orchestra through his students. He played a big viola we all played big ones because before Bailly, people played little toy violas." During his years in Philadelphia, Mr. Bailly lived in Haverfoid, He directed the free chamber music concerts at the Museum of Art from 1929 to 1935. His career in chamber music also included years with the Capet Quartet, the Celoso Quartet, the Elman Quartet and the Curtis Quartet. When he left Curtis in 1937, he meant to return to Paris but was persuaded by Pierre Monteux to go to Montreal to teach. He had been living in a nursing home in Cowansville at the time of his death. (Source: Philadelphia Enquirer on November 23, 1974)
Louis Octave Bailly (1882-1974)
Obituary:
Louis Bailly, violist and teacher at Curtis Institute, died Thursday at a nursing home near Montreal. He was 92. Born in Valenciennes, France, Mr. Bailly won first prize at the Paris Conservatory for viola in 1899. He joined the Flonzaley Quartet in 1917 and toured with them until 1924. His departure was acrimonious and he took the quartet to court and forced a settlement .before allowing the quartet to continue with another violist. Mr. Bailly joined the faculty of Curtis Institute in 1926 Bailly, Violist, Teacher, 92 and directed chamber music and taught many violists who now are prominent in American orchestras. Joseph de Pasquale, principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra, began with Mr. Bailly. Leonard Mogill and Max Aranoff also , studied with Mr. Bailly. Ara-noff succeeded him at Curtis. Mr. Bailly appeared frequently as soloist with orchestras in this country, and worked to show the viola, as a solo instrument. Ernest Bloch wrote his Suite for Mr. Bailly, who recently gave the manuscript of that work to Leonard Mogill. Mr. Bailly was a stern taskmaster and his students remember him with admiration, love and bitterness. "Everybody hated him," Aranoff said, "but he was a great teacher and did a lot for the viola. He was the first in this country to treat the viola as a special instrument instead of playing it as if it were a violin with a lower voice. He made the viola a real contralto voice in the orchestra through his students. He played a big viola we all played big ones because before Bailly, people played little toy violas." During his years in Philadelphia, Mr. Bailly lived in Haverfoid, He directed the free chamber music concerts at the Museum of Art from 1929 to 1935. His career in chamber music also included years with the Capet Quartet, the Celoso Quartet, the Elman Quartet and the Curtis Quartet. When he left Curtis in 1937, he meant to return to Paris but was persuaded by Pierre Monteux to go to Montreal to teach. He had been living in a nursing home in Cowansville at the time of his death. (Source: Philadelphia Enquirer on November 23, 1974)
Obituary:
Louis Bailly, violist and teacher at Curtis Institute, died Thursday at a nursing home near Montreal. He was 92. Born in Valenciennes, France, Mr. Bailly won first prize at the Paris Conservatory for viola in 1899. He joined the Flonzaley Quartet in 1917 and toured with them until 1924. His departure was acrimonious and he took the quartet to court and forced a settlement .before allowing the quartet to continue with another violist. Mr. Bailly joined the faculty of Curtis Institute in 1926 Bailly, Violist, Teacher, 92 and directed chamber music and taught many violists who now are prominent in American orchestras. Joseph de Pasquale, principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra, began with Mr. Bailly. Leonard Mogill and Max Aranoff also , studied with Mr. Bailly. Ara-noff succeeded him at Curtis. Mr. Bailly appeared frequently as soloist with orchestras in this country, and worked to show the viola, as a solo instrument. Ernest Bloch wrote his Suite for Mr. Bailly, who recently gave the manuscript of that work to Leonard Mogill. Mr. Bailly was a stern taskmaster and his students remember him with admiration, love and bitterness. "Everybody hated him," Aranoff said, "but he was a great teacher and did a lot for the viola. He was the first in this country to treat the viola as a special instrument instead of playing it as if it were a violin with a lower voice. He made the viola a real contralto voice in the orchestra through his students. He played a big viola we all played big ones because before Bailly, people played little toy violas." During his years in Philadelphia, Mr. Bailly lived in Haverfoid, He directed the free chamber music concerts at the Museum of Art from 1929 to 1935. His career in chamber music also included years with the Capet Quartet, the Celoso Quartet, the Elman Quartet and the Curtis Quartet. When he left Curtis in 1937, he meant to return to Paris but was persuaded by Pierre Monteux to go to Montreal to teach. He had been living in a nursing home in Cowansville at the time of his death. (Source: Philadelphia Enquirer on November 23, 1974)
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