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William Harms plays Debussy Preludes Book 1 (1959 LP)

A rare 1959 recording of Josef Hofmann's pupil William Harms playing Book 1 of Debussy's Preludes, from Boston LP BST 1010. William Harms was born in Eureka, Kansas and was accepted on scholarship by Hofmann at the Curtis Institute of Music in 1929, having previously studied with Liszt pupil Moriz Rosenthal and Abram Chasins (the latter brought him to Hofmann's attention). After his graduation from Curtis in 1934, Harms joined the faculty before taking a teaching position at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY in 1937, staying there until his retirement in 1978. Harms did not often perform publicly, though he played under the legendary conductors Fritz Reiner and Leopold Stokowski, and his recitals received positive reviews. This studio recording reveals some superb pianism: a ravishing singing line, sumptuous nuancing with magnificent pedalling and tonal colours, and fantastic dynamic shadings, all serving his wonderful characterizations of each of the works. Here's hoping that more recordings of this fantastic pianist will surface. Many thanks to Francis Crociata for providing the recording which had been transferred by Ray Edwards, to Neal Kurz for his help removing extraneous noise from the LP transfer, and to James Irsay for providing the image of the cover and the pianist from the back of his copy of the album (no such copies have been uploaded to the internet before - not even on discogs!). If you wish to support The Piano Files, please consider membership at my Patreon page:   / thepianofiles