Robert Marcellus was an American classical clarinetist and teacher.
11 Facts About Robert Marcellus
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Robert Marcellus was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 1,1928.
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Robert Marcellus began his musical studies with piano lessons at the age of four.
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Robert Marcellus took up the clarinet at eleven and began serious study of the instrument at Minneapolis with Earl Handlon of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra at twelve.
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Robert Marcellus's family moved to Washington, DC, in 1944, and in the fall of that year, he started commuting to New York City once a week for lessons with Daniel Bonade, former first clarinetist of the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras.
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Robert Marcellus became second clarinetist of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington in 1945.
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Robert Marcellus returned to the second chair in the National Symphony in 1949 and was promoted to first a year later.
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Robert Marcellus remained in this position until he was appointed principal clarinet in the Cleveland Orchestra at the invitation of George Szell in 1953.
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Robert Marcellus was principal clarinetist of the Cleveland Orchestra, under George Szell, from 1953 to 1973.
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Robert Marcellus was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.
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Robert Marcellus continued to teach, remarking that the event had possibly improved his hearing.