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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000032.txt from 2007/11
From: Jackie Kovach <jl.kovach@-----.net>
Subj: [DR-L] Albert Goltzer
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:08:35 -0500
I just received the following from a friend:
Albert Goltzer
GOLTZER--Albert, retired Associate Principal oboist of the New York
Philharmonic, died Saturday in a Connecticut hospital of pneumonia.
He was 89. Mr. Goltzer retired from the Philharmonic in 1984 after a
long and distinguished orchestral career. Born in Brooklyn, New York
on July 25, 1918, he did not begin to study music until he was
thirteen, while at Brooklyn's Tilden High School. Young Albert was a
natural. In 1938, just nineteen years old, he was invited to join the
New York Philharmonic by then music director Sir John Barbirolli, who
heard him play chamber music at a party. Just before that, he had won
a scholarship to Julliard as well as the Gabrilowitch Memorial
Scholarship of the National Orchestral Association. He studied with
Philharmonic musicians Engelbert Brenner, Bruno Labate and Michael
Nazzi. Mr. Goltzer was so young he lied about his age so he could
sign his contract with the orchestra. Mr. Goltzer took a leave of
absence to serve in the military during World War II. In 1946, he
assumed the position of solo oboist with the St. Louis Symphony.
After his stay in St. Louis, he was solo oboe with the CBS Symphony
and the WOR Orchestra, and a member of the New York Woodwind Quintet.
In 1955, Mr. Goltzer was invited back to the New York Philharmonic by
Dimitri Metropolis, where he played until 1984 as associate
principal. Albert Goltzer made numerous recordings and was on the
faculties of the Julliard, Mannes and Manhattan Schools of Music. He
is survived by his beloved wife, Doris, an accomplished orchestral
musician currently with the New York City Opera, son George and
George's wife, Barbara Gertel Goltzer, son Seth, brother-in-law Alvin
Delman, and grandchildren Andrew, Jill, Samantha and Adam. His late
brother, Harold Goltzer, played beside him for many years as
associate Principal bassoonist of the New York Philharmonic. Services
Monday, 11:15am at "The Riverside", 76th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
Published in the New York Times on 11/12/2007.
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