I had the privilege of being in the audience the night that Schelomo video was taped. The seats were free and open to the public. For the sake of the shot, they had the entire audience move to one side of the hall which was about 60% filled. The event was not advertised like a regular subscription concert as I recall, but Rose fans travelled to Severance Hall from all over to see this historic performance. Rose, the consummate professional, handled his interactions with Lorin Maazel flawlessly, which was never an easy negotiation. I should point out that the entire Schelomo video with the Cleveland Orchestra was done in two takes, the first cut short by two cameras that were in each other's shots. They made a small change in one camera location and that was it. It was a one-take flawless performance of one of Rose's signature pieces. Thanks Steve!

A blessing to many generations to come is the availability of his edition of mainstream cello works with the International Music Edition.

become the principal cellist of the New York City Opera (46 years), and was principal cellist of the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra and faculty member of the Aspen Festival Music School for many years. Rose's influence on his life was enormously important and positive. Thank you for writing to me Bob and I congratulate you for having had an outstanding career. Mr. Rose certainly took note of your achievements and must have been proud of you.

Very instructive and beautiful to Leonard Rose fans like me. Thank you for it.

Wonderful! Thank you Steve!

Thank you, Steven. Wonderful slide show, text and music. I have always respected this man, especially loving his video of Beethoven A major sonata with Gould, which I watched dozen times.

Thank you! Wonderful video!

The Maestro of my local symphony, Arie Lipsky, learned a lot from Rose. I have had a class with Arie and I feel like he gave me a new outlook on cello playing and I'm a better musician because of it.

Steve, what a great companion to the biography you wrote about Leonard Rose! Thank you and also thank you to his family and friends for sharing photos and more. I so appreciated hearing his recordings and footage. Put together very well:)

Thank you for this backward time travel! Usually I don't like the type of program where one just hear a few seconds of music interrupted by words like "he/she was the greatest..." said by different "authorities". This video bears the stamp of a seriuos musician/musicologist!

Prep division and for a short time at Curtis, despite a phobic like aversion to practicing which eventually led to a five year hiatus from the cello. According to Gardner, "I will never forget how unfailingly nice, gentle and considerate he remained during all my lessons, despite the frustration he must have felt." During these years, the 1950s, Rose never took a fee from the struggling Gardners. After rediscovering the cello in his early twenties, Robert Gardner went on to (continued next post)

Wonderfully made, Steve, and a fitting companion to your excellent book! I am haunted by the last 10 minutes, in particular the way the ending of the Schelomo film is put in...one can see in his face how life must have taken a great a toll on him. To read about him in your book, it makes me sad that the success he enjoyed came at such a cost, through the punishing schedule, the sacrifices and the losses.

Wonderful video and beautiful music. Many thanks! May I ask what is the first piece in the opening section of the video?

Do you have the complete footage from that 1951 NBC recital? I'd love to see that made into a commercially released DVD! Thanks so much for posting this great collection of clips.

Inevitably, through poor record keeping, some Rose students were left off the Juilliard and Curtis lists in my book and at the end of this film. Robert Gardner is one and I apologize for the error. Robert's first studies on the cello took place a mile or so from his own house at Rose's Great Neck, Long Island home - the home that was continuously rattled by the Long Island Rail Road which ran just 30 yards away. His studies continued with Rose: at Meadowmount, the Juilliard (continued next post)

It is Leonard Rose's recording of Dvorak's great cello concerto.

Great cello player. Too bad he edited so many solo cello parts so badly. A good cello student just needs the composer's MS or the 1st edition if the MS isn't available. With that in hand, s/he should be able to do one's own fingering and bowing. Watching accomplished cellists' performances and listening to a lot of recordings (not just cello-related but everything from the Nostre Dame School to the 2nd Viennese School and pre-WWII Paris - nothing much worth listening to has been composed since).