Jeanette Dincin Explained

Jeanette Dincin
Other Names:Jeannette Dincin Ysaÿe
Birth Date:August 26, 1902
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York
Death Date:November 1967
Occupation:Violinist
Spouse(S):Eugène Ysaÿe
Relatives:Theo Ysaÿe (brother-in-law)

Jeanette Dincin Ysaÿe (August 26, 1902 – November 1967), also seen as Jeannette Dincin Ysaÿe, was an American violinist and violin teacher. She was a student and personal secretary of Eugène Ysaÿe, and became his wife in 1927.

Early life

Dincin was from Brooklyn, the daughter of Herman Dincin and Lena Tietze Dincin.[1] Her father was a physician.[2] She studied violin as a child at the New York College of Music,[3] and later with Leopold Auer, Otakar Ševčik, and Ysaÿe.[4]

Career

Dincin made her concert debut in Paris in 1923, and performed in Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium and England in the 1920s. She taught violin at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, and in private lessons for Queen Elisabeth of Belgium.[5] She cared for her husband in his last years at their home in Brussels, and after his death promoted his work, while performing and teaching in the United States.[6] [7] [8] She played his Guarneri violin in at least one concert, in New York in 1932;[9] the same violin was played by Isaac Stern from 1965 to 1998.[10] [11]

Personal life

Dincin married her widowed Belgian violin teacher, Ysaÿe, in 1927.[12] Her husband was in ill health for much of their marriage,[13] and died in 1931.[14] She died in 1967, aged 65 years. The Juilliard School's Lila Acheson Wallace Library holds a collection of Dincin's papers, including unpublished compositions and arrangements by her husband.[15] [16]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 1932-04-06 . Widow of Ysaye, Violinist, Returns to Brooklyn Home . 3 . Times Union . 2022-08-20 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 1927-07-21 . Ysaye, Violinist, Weds Pupil in Brussels; Bride, 44 Years His Junior, a Brooklyn Girl . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-08-20 . 0362-4331.
  3. 1909-04-07 . New York College of Music Junior Concert . Musical Courier . 58 . 14 . 28 . Internet Archive.
  4. https://archive.org/details/sim_midweek-pictorial_1924-01-31_18_23/page/n3/mode/2up?q=Dincin "Miss Jeanette Dincin"
  5. News: Mara . Margaret . 1949-01-25 . Concert Artist Once Taught a Queen . 13 . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . 2022-08-20 . Newspapers.com.
  6. Book: Wolf, Thomas . The Nightingale's Sonata: The Musical Odyssey of Lea Luboshutz . 2019-06-04 . Simon and Schuster . 978-1-64313-162-7 . en.
  7. News: 1932-12-04 . Makes Debut . 32 . The Knoxville Journal . 2022-08-20.
  8. News: 1941-05-06 . Philharmonic Event Tonight . 1 . Amarillo Daily News . 2022-08-20 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: Cushing . Edward . 1932-11-21 . Jeannette Ysaye . 20 . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . 2022-08-20 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 1965-08-18 . Isaac Stern Buys 'New' Guarnerius; 225-Year-Old Violin Was Once Owned by Ysaye . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-08-20 . 0362-4331.
  11. Web site: Potter . Tully . July 18, 2018 . Eugène Ysaÿe and his violins . 2022-08-20 . Tarisio . en-US.
  12. News: 1927-07-21 . Ysaye, 69, Weds Pupil, 25 . 10 . The Morning News . 2022-08-20 . Newspapers.com.
  13. Book: Greene, David Mason . Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers . 1985 . Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd. . 978-0-385-14278-6 . 846 . en.
  14. News: 1931-05-12 . Eugene Ysaye, World-Famous Musician, Dies . 1 . Quad-City Times . 2022-08-20 . Newspapers.com.
  15. Web site: Unpublished Manuscripts at Juilliard . 2022-08-20 . Ysaÿe & the Organ . en-US.
  16. Web site: Naff . Angela . Kagan . Amy . 2021-11-09 . The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast presents this Season's First Live PMP Alumni . 2022-08-20 . The Suncoast Post . en-US.

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