The song was supposed to be for the musical Funny Face in 1928, but it was not used. In 1928, Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) wrote the lyrics to “How Long Has This Been Going On?” which has the line, ‘Don’t be sad, I must add, that they meant no more than chess-men.’ George Gershwin (1898-1937) composed the song. In 1925, French conductor and composer Henri Rabaud (1873-1949) composed a musical piece called Joueur d’echecs (Chess Player) for a film with the same name, directed by Raymond Bernard. One of the pieces was called “Simultaneous Games of Chess.” The composition was first played at the “Concert Classique” in Monte Carlo on and proved a success.
In 1925, Russian composer Peter Petrovich Saburov composed “Love Symphony” for a big orchestra. In 1918, Peter Saburov was President of the Russian Chess Association. On May 20, 1914, composer Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) defeated Jose Capablanca in a simultaneous exhibition in St. In 1911, Russian composer Peter Petrovich Saburov (1880-1932) was President of the St. It was composed for a play called the Chess Game by Eino Leino (1878-1926). In February 1910, Leevi Antii Madetoja (1887-1947) composed the suite Shakkipeli (Chess Game). In 1900, Russian composer and pianist Alexander Goldenweiser (1875-1961), defeated Mikhail Chigorin in a game of chess, played in Moscow. (source: British Chess Magazine, March 1893, pp. The performance was attended by the Prince of Wales. The music was composed by Howard Talbot, and rendered by members of the King’s Lynn Musical Society.
On January 30-31, 1893, there was a charity musical chess tournament at King’s Lynn in Norfolk, England. (source: Shinn, Musical Memory and its Cultivation, 1898, p. He served for a few months as president of the Oxford University Chess Club and for two years was captain of the Oxford Chess Club. He was a member of the Huddersfield Chess Club and played his blindfold games while playing a selection of tunes on the piano at Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire. Parratt was an English organist and composer. In the 1890s, Sir Walter Parratt (1841-1924) was able to play a Beethoven Sonata at the same time that he was conducting two games of chess blindfold. In the 1880s, Johannes Zukertort (1842-1888) was a music critic and pianist. It mentioned that a large part of his time was devoted to chess. In 1881, there was an article entitled, “Mendelssohn as a Chessplayer,” published in the Chess Player’s Chronicle on November 22, 1881, p. In the 1870s, chess problemist Sam Loyd (1841-1911) owned a chain of music stores. In 1864, Hungarian composer and pianist Ferenc Erkel (1810-1893) was president of the first Hungarian chess organization. After the Civil War, he opened up a music store in New Orleans. He was imprisoned by Union soldiers in New Orleans for publishing "seditious" (Confederate) music, such as the Bonnie Blue Flag (Band of Brothers) and the Dixie War Song. During the Civil War, Armand worked out of New Orleans until a Union raid, led by General Benjamin Butler (1818-1893), on his business forced him to cease working and arrested Blackmar. He was best known for the patriotic songs he wrote for the South. In the 1860s, Armand Edward Blackmar was the most successful publisher of music of the Confederacy during the Civil War. In the 1850s, Paul Morphy (1837-1884) was able to memorize any piece of music after hearing it a single time. One of the songs was called Island of Chess.įrom 1852 to 1855, Armand Edward Blackmar (1826-1888), of Blackmar-Diemer Gambit fame, was professor of music at Centenary College in Jackson, Louisiana. In 1836, a musical romance called Zazesizosu! was staged at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, in London. It first appeared in Rudolstadt, Germany. The opera, Das Schachturnier (the chess tournament), was composed by Traugott Maximilian Eberwein (1775-1831). In 1809, the first opera with a chess theme was performed. The opera house in Paris has a bust of Philidor. He made an early living by copying music and giving music lessons. At the age of 11 he was composing music for Louis XV. He was exposed to chess by the musicians in the French king's court, who played chess during spells of inactivity. It was called Ballet des Eschecs (Ballet of chess).įrancois-Andre Danican Philidor (1726-1795) was a famous music composer. In January 1607, the first musical connection with a chess theme occurred.
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