Maurice Wilk was a well-known American violinist who performed as a member of the

Alma Trio The Alma Trio was a classical piano trio established in 1942 at the ''Alma Estate'' of Yehudi Menuhin in Los Gatos, California. Original members The original founding members of the Alma Trio were Roman Totenberg, violin; Gabor Rejto, cello ...

from 1953 until his sudden death in 1963. He was the original violinist in the Bach Aria Group during the late 1940s. The other original members of the Bach Aria Group were

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(cello);

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(piano); and Robert Bloom (oboe). During the 1950s he was a faculty member at

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. In memory of Wilk,

Otto Luening Otto Clarence Luening (June 15, 1900 – September 2, 1996) was a German-American composer and conductor, and flutist. He was an early pioneer of tape music and electronic music. Biography Luening was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to German par ...

wrote the Elegy for violin solo.

References

Online database

Altenberg Trio Ensemble Database

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Selected discography

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

''The Art of Robert Bloom'', Vol. One

''The Art of Robert Bloom'', Vol. One and Two

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080824095353/http://www.musicandarts.com/HistoricalClassical_2.html CD-1187(12) Casals Festival at Prades with Maurice Wilk, violin, Vol 2, CD 1* A complete listing of recordings with violinist Maurice Wilk in LP format, are listed on the

page. These recordings of works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Schubert, are cataloged by th
Library of Congress

Other citations

1955 Poster: ''Vintage Booking Ad''

External links

Death Notice in ''Columbia Spectator'' (February 18, 1963)
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