Author: Wagner, Josef. (1909-1947). German-born composer and pianist.
Title: Program Signed by German-Born Pianist and Composer Josef Wagner.
Description: [Quincy, MA]: November 26, circa [1940]. [1940]. [Quincy, MA]: November 26, circa [1940]. [1940]. Good. - Program, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide, for a concert given at Quincy Senior High School by the Quincy High School Symphony Orchestra and pianist-composer Josef Wagner. Signed along the top edge in blue ink "Josef Wagner". The program is lightly creased & remnants of paper adhere to its verso where it has been removed from an album. Good.

The second half of the concert is performed by pianist Josef Wagner, playing Brahms, Debussy, Prokofief and Chopin. He also performs two of his own compositions, "Toccata" and the piece for which he is best remembered, "Variations on a French Nursery Song".

Born in Germany, Josef Wagner [1909-1947] studied music in Breslau and Berlin, then lived as a pianist and composer in Breslau. He won the Bluthner Grand Piano prize in Dresden in 1930 and the Chopin prize in Warsaw in 1932. In 1933 he lost various positions with radio stations and concert companies because, although his parents were both Christian, his grandfather was Jewish. He emigrated to America with his wife and child in 1938. He played in concert and on radio stations and also taught in New York, Syracuse and St. Louis. He died young from an illness contracted while he was on tour in the Pacific. Good .

Keywords: MUSIC; PROGRAM SIGNED BY GERMAN-BORN PIANIST AND COMPOSER JOSEF WAGNER; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; QUINCY HIGH SCHOOL; VARIATIONS ON A FRENCH NURSERY SONG.

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