Music of Elmer Schoettle
From the collection of Karl Miller.These tracks are from radio broadcasts and personal recordings. To the best of my knowledge, none of them have been commercially released in digital form. Fantasy for StringsHouston Symphony Orchestra/John Barbirolli
[18/19 January 1965]
Intro
Concerto GrossoComposer, piano; Ray Weaver, oboe; Richard Pickar, clarinet; Paul Tucci, bassoon; Austin, trumpet; Tonkersly, French Horn; Fleigal, violin, Orchestra and conductor not specified.
Concerto Grosso
OutroComposer, piano; Okalhoma City Symphony Orchestra/Guy Frasier Harrington
Intro
Sontantina for Percussion and Piano
OutroVirginia Walker, Ferrell Morris, David Walliger, Composer on Piano
Concerto for Two Pianos and OrchestraMr. and Mrs. Schoettle, pianos.
Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra,
Guy Fraser Hamilton
Divertimento for Oboe and PianoAndante, Little Scherzo, Gigue
Michael Sanchez, Oboe
Randy A Earles, Piano
Songs:- The Rose Family
- Of Himself
- Dark Girl
- Pierrot's Song
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Beverly Johnson, Soprano
William Glick, Piano
Piece for BrassRichard Crady, Bruce Johnson, Trumpet
Dennis Bishop, Lester Kegley, Trombone
Darrel Jensen, Baritone
Gavotte and Cappricio
Carl Gibbs, Piano
Dorian Theme and Varations:
- Theme
- L'issesso tempo
- Poco Piu Mosso
- Fughetta
- Alla Marcia
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ChansonMarietta Dustin, Susanne Henneke, soprano
Cynthia Moya, mezzo
Patricia Spain, Jo Ellen Meador, alto
Dennis Bishop, Rodney McGlothin, tenor
Scott Denson, Ronald Tiahrt, bass
Wind Song Marietta Dustin, Susanne Henneke, soprano
Cynthia Moya, mezzo
[29 November 1973]
Into
Bartok: Sonata for Two Pianos and PercussionMr. and Mrs. Schoettle, Pianos
Mary Anne Hines, David Walliger, Percussion
Description of Schoettle by JK Stevenson from Youtube: Elmer Schoettle (American: 1910-1973) was an American composer who grew up immersed in the musical world from the very start. It is no surprise that he and his younger sister Louise were precocious if not child prodigies. Elmer and his sister were playing duo-piano works around the country as early as 1920 when he was 10 and Louise was 7. Their father was a professor of music at Minnesota University who became the head of the Minnesota University School of Music. This brought them into contact with many stars of musical talent through their youth.
In 1951 Elmer became a professor on the faculty of the University of Houston. His transcription of Bach's Organ Prelude in C Minor for Band was played at the Fine Arts Festival that May. He himself performed in concerts with many big names in the musical world such as Eugene Goossens, Sir John Barbirolli, and Darius Milhaud. He and Mary Phillips Street (later to become wife Mary Schoettle) partnered as duo-pianists. Elmer and his wife enjoyed collecting many works for piano for four hands and travelling around the country performing these works in concert.
Schoettle was a musicologist, pianist, teacher and composer-in-residence through most of his later years. His compositions range from piano works to chamber pieces to works for full orchestra. Among the many works programmed (often with Schoettle himself performing) include:
*A concerto for two pianos and orchestra (1952), reviewed as "beautifully melodic;"
*"Gavotte" for piano
*Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1962)
*"Flight," A Song for Tenor, Clarinet, and Piano on a Poem by John Gillespie Magee
*Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Cello (which was written at the request of Lady Barbirolli (1966)
*Song: "Of Himself"
*"Fear of the Lord" for Chorus and Organ
*Amores (I - IV) (1960)
* Fantasy for Strings (1964).
The only other source about him that I've found that offers much detail is the following geneology page:
http://www.rbberg.net/g1/p1231.htm