LESTER DONAHUE (1892 – 1964)
He was born
into a family of Charles E. and Jennie Margaret (McCarthy) Donahue. A protégé
of the actress Madame Helena Modjeska, Donahue studied piano in Los Angeles,
Berlin, and Switzerland. His teachers included Martin Krause, Egon Petri and
Rudolph Ganz. His first concert tour was in the United States, with the
coloratura soprano Ellen Beach Yaw; this was only the first of many tours
throughout the United States and also Europe for Donahue in the 1910s and
1920s. He was a member of Los Angeles Municipal Art Commission (served as
president 1948-1953).
TRACKLIST
5931 DUO-ART
BRAHMS – Ballade, Op. 10, No. l, d “Edward”
6194 DUO-ART
BORTKIEWICZ – Etude, Op. 15, No. 8
6310 DUO-ART
MENDELSSOHN – Wedding March; Elfin Chorus (“Midsummer Night’s”)
61713 AMPICO
Rhapsodie No. 3 C Major (Dohnanyi)
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