Josie Pujol Explained
Josie Pujol (born around 1900) was a Cuban violinist who performed in Cuba, Canada, and the United States as a young woman.
Early life
Josephine "Josie" Pujol played violin from youth. She finished her studies at the Conservatorio Peyrellade in Havana in 1916,[1] with further studies in New York.[2] Her sisters Clotilde and Teresa were also musicians.[3] [4]
Career
Josephine Pujol played violin as a church accompanist in Asbury Park, New Jersey, in 1918.[5] She played violin solos at concerts in Asbury Park in 1919.[6] [7] In 1920 Pujol earned good reviews in Havana[8] for her recitals with soprano Marguerite Ringo.[9] The following season, she played a charity benefit concert in Montreal,[10] with tenor Merlin Davies[11] and soprano Edith de Lys,[12] in Burlington, Vermont,[13] and Glen Ridge, New Jersey.[14] "The young Cuban violinist has a warm singing tone, the worth of which is enhanced by much technical proficiency and by that blending of emotional force and self-restraint which distinguishes the true artist," commented one reporter in 1920.
She toured the American South in spring 1921, making her way back to Cuba.[15] In 1922, she was back in New York, playing at the annual benefit for the Blind Men's Improvement Club at Aeolian Hall.[16] [17]
Notes and References
- León Primelles, Crónica cubana 1915-1918 (Talleres Tipográficos de Editorial Lex 1955): 212.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=pjg_AQAAMAAJ&dq=Cuban+Miss+Pujol&pg=RA12-PA42 "Josie Pujol to Tour South and Cuba"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=7SIqQHZL2_wC&dq=Josephine+Pujol+violin+New+Jersey&pg=RA14-PA28 "Central Baptist Church Concert"
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23581233/teresa_pujol_1919/ Ocean Grove Auditorium Children's Day Program
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23577226/josie_pujol_1918/ "Spring Lake"
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23577122/josie_pujol_1919/ "Tabernacle Concert"
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23581774/josie_pujol_1919/ "Community Sing Concert"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=XB9HAQAAMAAJ&dq=Pujol+violin&pg=RA1-PA66 "Fiddle Strings"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ZO86AQAAMAAJ&dq=Josie+Pujol&pg=PA83 "Cuba Pays Tribute to Marguerite Ringo"
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23569585/josie_pujol_1920/ "Pleasant Concert"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ZO86AQAAMAAJ&dq=Josie+Pujol&pg=RA12-PA43 "Pujol Success at Montreal"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ZO86AQAAMAAJ&dq=Josie+Pujol&pg=RA8-PA55 "High Praise for Josie Pujol"
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23569295/josie_pujol_1920/ "Recital by Miss Josie Pujol"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ZO86AQAAMAAJ&dq=Josie+Pujol&pg=RA10-PA52 "A Few of Josie Pujol's Engagements"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=pjg_AQAAMAAJ&dq=Josie+Pujol&pg=RA21-PA37 "Canada and U. S. Hear Josie Pujol, Cuban Violinist"
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23577019/josie_pujol_1922/ "Blind Men's Improvement Club"
- "Children's Concerts End" New York Times (March 26, 1922): 32. via Newspapers.com
