Jascha Zayde

Jascha Zayde (October 25, 1911 – September 3, 1999) was an American pianist, composer, and conductor.^[1] From the 1930s, he was the first staff musician hired by WQXR. From 1954, he was the staff keyboard player of the New York City Ballet.

Notes

1. Kozinn, A. (1999). "Jascha Zayde, 87, Pianist on New York Radio". New York Times.

External links

• Jascha Zayde's recording of "The Piano Prodigy" on YouTube (from Morton Gould's Caricatones)
• Jascha Zayde's and John Strauss's recording of Strauss's New York in Ten Hours for two pianos
• Jascha Zayde's recordings of "Lullaby in the Park" and "Man-about-town" on YouTube (from Ulric Coles's Metropolitones: Three Compositions for the Piano)
• Jascha Zayde's recordings of "Chimes of Saint Patrick's" and "Pell Street" on YouTube (from Emerson Whithorne's New York Days and Nights, op. 40)
• Jascha Zayde et al.'s recording of Symphonic Paraphrases on Russian Chopsticks on YouTube (composed by Borodin, Cui, Liadov and Rimsky-Korsakov)
• Jascha Zayde's recordings of four of Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances on YouTube
• Jascha Zayde's recording of "The White Peacock" on YouTube (from Four Roman Sketches by Charles Tomlinson Griffes)
• Jascha Zayde's recordings of piano pieces written for children on YouTube (composed by Villa-Lobos, Khachaturian, Prokofiev, et al.)
• Jascha Zayde and Leah Bolivar's recording of I Hate Music! on YouTube (composed by Leonard Bernstein)