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Louis Cohen (1893 or 1894 – 25 November 1956) was an English violinist and conductor. After playing for many years with the Hallé Orchestra, he formed the Merseyside Symphony Orchestra. Cohen presented free concerts for the armed forces in Britain during World War II, and afterwards, he conducted the Palestine Symphony Orchestra for three seasons before returning to Britain. ==Biography== Cohen was born in Liverpool, England, and trained at the Liverpool College of Music and the Royal Manchester College of Music. After overseas service in World War I, he joined the Hallé Orchestra. In 1932 he formed the Merseyside Symphony Orchestra, which later formed the basis of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society's permanent orchestra, of which Cohen was a frequent guest conductor.〔''The Times'' obituary notice, 27 November 1956, p. 13〕 In 1935, he was appointed musical director for the season at Harrogate by the municipal authorities.〔"Musical Director for Harrogate", ''The Manchester Guardian'', 24 January 1935, p. 11〕 After the outbreak of World War II, Cohen presented free concerts for members of the armed forces at St George's Hall in Liverpool.〔"Concerts for Members of the Forces", ''The Manchester Guardian'', 9 September 1940, p. 8〕 Soloists with whom he worked in this period included Moura Lympany, Clifford Curzon and Eileen Joyce.〔"In Brief", ''The Manchester Guardian'', 21 May 1942, p. 6〕 Cohen conducted the Palestine Symphony Orchestra, the forerunner of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, for three seasons after World War II.〔 His first concert in Jerusalem, on 7 May 1945, coincided with the announcement of the German surrender. He programmed some English works including Elgar's ''Enigma Variations'' which were played not only in the three main cities of Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel-Aviv, but in some of the agricultural settlements.〔''The Musical Times'', July 1945, pp. 216–17〕 Later programmes included Elgar's ''Serenade'' for strings, Bax's ''Tintagel'' and Delius's ''On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring''. Symphonies in his programmes included Mozart's ''Haffner'', Tchaikovsky's fourth, Dvořák's ''New World'', Prokofiev's ''Classical'', Beethoven's fifth and Brahms's fourth.〔 Cohen died in Liverpool in 1956 at the age of 62.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louis Cohen (conductor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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