Rosario Bourdon(1889-1961)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Rosario Bourdon, the conductor and cellist, had a long and
distinguished radio career as well as twenty years service to the
Victor Talking Machine Company. Bourdon was educated at Académie de
Musique de Québec (where he won first prize), and the Ghent Royal
Conservatory, he studied with Joseph Jacob, Albert Beyer, Oscar Roels,
Adolph Bogeart, Alphonse d'Hulst, and Paul Lebrun. He received an
honorary Mus. D. at the University of Montréal. He concertized in
Europe for three years, and toured throughout Quebec. He was a featured
soloist at the 1903 Quebec Festival, and then a cellist with the
Cincinnati Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra (under
Leopold Stokowski), and the St. Paul
Orchestra (and was also assistant conductor of the latter). He
organized the St. Paul String Quartet. From 1911 to 1931 he was music
director and cellist for Victor Records. He also conducted frequently
on the podium on the Mall in Central Park, Manhattan. Joining ASCAP in
1938, his compositions include "Ginger Snaps," "Dance Bagatelle,"
"Chinese Lament," "Through the Line," "Love's Lullaby," "March
Automatic," "Blue Grass" and "Nina."
