RARE LP Dorothy Eustis Beethoven Sonata No.17 in D minor Chopin Opus 31-2
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Estate find as found! "RARE" Dorothy Eustis debut LP album (Alta Records, No. 1001) Beethoven Sonata No. 17 in D minor Opus 31-2 "The Tempest" Chopin Three Etudes: Opus 25, No. 1, No 1, No. 8 and No. 5 , Mazurka in A minor: Opus 17, No. 4. Scherzo in C# minor: Opus 39. (1957) VG condition just normal old wear as shown NOT TESTED.
Quick History: Dorothy Helen Eustis was a child-prodigy pianist from Seattle whose precocious skills led to an astonishing performance with the Seattle Symphony as a mere youth in 1930. After studying at the Cornish School and at University of Washington, she went on to an acclaimed career presenting recitals at prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. She was lauded by the likes of maestros Leopold Stokowski (1881-1977), Jose Iturbi (1895-1980), and Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961). Eustis performed on radio and television, and cut records and Hollywood movie soundtracks -- indeed, she has been credited as "the first woman pianist to record for the films" ("Miss Eustis In Person"). The nation's media enthusiastically tracked her career. But then, she effectively disappeared for decades. It was in 1995 that her sad saga surfaced: Eustis had quietly moved to Italy in 1988; fallen mute with dementia in 1993; and had been cared for since at Venice’s Giustinian Hospital. Tagged by the media as the "mystery patient," her estranged family in the Northwest suddenly discovered the fate of their long-lost member. Toward the end, a group of nuns volunteered to care for the fragile Eustis at their convent in Florence, where she died in 2001.
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