Show I I ABRAM A CHASINS ASCAP Success nn In Youth Youth- t I d i Ayk i pr i f t 1 i- i 1 w. w I I max I By Daniel I I. I McNamara A SINS CIL brilliant young foung A ABRAM American musician composer com com- composer poser pianist musicologist is s a notable exponent of industry in art He Ue adheres strictly to long schedules lit In td Ms Ills busy New York studio overlooking looking Central Park tark Luncheons are alc brief often otten he works work tar far Into the night Still in Lie LIa early thirties he enjoys world worl worldwide wide prestige Chasms was born bom of Russian parents in la New York City August 17 1903 Discovered as a child prodigy by the late Mrs Thomas rapper musician friend of ot juvenile genius he bl began studying composition tion with Rubin Goldmark at twelve Later teachers were Richard Epstein Ep En- stein and Ernest Hutcheson He lie studied at Curtis Institute in Philadelphia Phila delphia remained as piano teacher until 1931 During 1931 and 1932 1732 he lie made lade two successful concert tours of Europe Chasins' Chasins first compositional efforts were cre in his student days daya in Curtis Curtla K m. m Three Chinese Pieces Piece found their way Woly into the concert programs t 10 many canny leading Artists Me He e made hU his own do debut but lIh aith and tho Phila orchestra in 1929 playing It Ids own First Piano Plano Concerto To Tot Toi- Toi t honored him in fa the tho 1931 1933 0 of th tin the Philharmonic by per per- f Chasms Chasms' Parade and Flirtation in a n Chinese Gardan Carden Thrice in a n single week in 1938 he c. c fj r. r area in fn I r itla tIa Symphony series rles playing his hll t u ti l 1 i Clr Piano Concerto Ia t H t iv v l e d lecturer lecture lecture- r r. a ta Initiated In I r I fl y w I l 1934 1534 attained great popularity These revealed facility of oral olal expression ex ex- ex to complement his hla thorough thorough thor thoro ough musicianship Chasms Is I. a staunch ally of fellow composers a defender of the right rights in intellectual property created by them He lie is la a 8 leading spirit of the American Composers' Composers Alliance aidan and aid an active member of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers Ills His favorite favorito composers are Bach Dach Chopin Brahms Brahma and Wag net nero and Strauss are rare his most admired c contemporaries Chasms Chasin finds ands time for recreation In In the midst of constantly Increasing increasing ing activities in composition concerts con carts and radio broadcasting lIe He plays chess and bridge enjoys outdoor out outs door Ioor sports Ills His favorite reading Is la biography and philosophy occasionally occasion ally a detective story He converses fluently in three languages language Singularly devoid of ot the t temperamental tempera mental Instability traditionally attributed attributed at at- to composers ho lie limits that hard work is I. his best bert h li r r- r He lie loves lores his worl 1 I er s S g ills honors modestly Success J fe south has haa not polled him 8 Photo Sy Syndicate a i I |