I dont know what she had against the City of Brotherly Love, but she called a really big terrible party a Philadelphia rat-fuck. Hilarity was the dominant note. 45.3K subscribers Peter Duchin, the premier society bandleader, and pianist of our time, led a charmed life, dated Audrey Hepburn and Kim Novak, accompanied Sinatra, and did the White House.. Face the Music, out this month and co-written with Patricia Beard, is Duchins moving and deeply personal follow-up. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. He mentions Duchin relatives but provides no real picture of what his relationship with them was like or how they felt about his being raised by friends of his mother. When he returned, he wanted me to take piano lessons and to set up two pianos so we could play together. Read More, Passed on Friday, September 9, 2005 at his home. concerts, tea dances and debutante parties. Riverside Gordon Memorial Chapel, Deerfield Beach. Along the way it was not only his wife Virginia and his amazing assistant Adelle who pushed him to recover but also the power of the parents he lost at such young ages. A nice, fluffy memoir with a straight-forward writing style. World & Nation. I want to be exciting enough to get them to do that, but not intrusive., The singer and pianist Michael Feinstein, a friend who has put in his share of nights playing parties, said, The music Peter plays is music to entertain and make people feel wonderful at parties and events that would and will suffer tremendously without it.. The art historian Herbert Muschamp was interested in the same magic. Mr. Duchin was drinking scotch from a heavy cut-glass tumbler (his secretary, Betty Walsh, always carries one for him and one for Roberta Fabiano, his guitarist and singer), dipped cold cuts from a caterers tray into a plastic cup of mustard and had a look at a set-list printout. Join our community book club. [4], Please expand the article to include this information. Paul Duchin, 76 of Livingston, NJ passed away on January 28th after a short illness. Duchin used to be offended by the "society" label. That was a stroke of good fortune. [1], Duchin formed his first professional band, which played the St. Regis Hotel in New York City, in 1962 thanks in part to his family name and the networking it had made possible. Peter Duchin can tell us a thing or two. Society has changed -- it's no longer based on background or manners; it's based on money.". Mr. Harriman, in addition to having served on President Harry S. Trumans cabinet, and governor of New York, was also one of the richest men in the country. That is how I felt. Duchin was born in New York City, the son of pianist and band leader Eddy Duchin. She was born November 26, 1923 daughter of the late William and Caroline (Gilbert) Criche. He was previously married to Brooke Hayward and Cheray Georgea Zauderer. Eddy, devastated, couldnt handle being physically or emotionally close to his infant son. Except No Mother. Opinion. Loving grandfather of Rachel, Hillel, Elana, Yitzchak, Bracha, Rena, Batya, Austin Duchin, and Adam Burt Shapiro. Born with a respiratory illness, Duchin was given only two weeks to live. She enjoyed music, knitting, crocheting, cooking and baking. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. In the late 70s through the 80s, when everybody was into show tunes, was probably when I was best known, he said. If you are a fan of the 40s thru the 60s, you'll enjoy the personal stories. They got loose. Certainly a book about the rich and famous especially in the 30s-60s. The young boy was raised primarily by his godparents, the illustrious W. Averell. Start reading while you listen to a rendition of Ill Take Manhattan.. By now, Peter Duchin's career has lasted longer than his father's. Eddy Duchin died of leukemia in 1951 at age 42. I think he had heard I was having too much fun in Paris, Duchin remembered. Duchin explores what "glamour" and "society" once meant, and what they mean now. Not a great book but an enjoyable and interesting read. P eter Duchin, the pianist and society bandleader, was headed home from a post-theater dinner in the fall of 2013 when the chest pains began. And what can he tell us of glamour, something Duchin has forgotten more about than you or I will ever know? Beloved wife for 58 year to the late Edward. The other essential part of his job, of course, is filling dance floors, and this is high season for the events for which hes most in demand. Segue to Eddy Duchins signature tune, Chopins Nocturne in E-flat. I always visualized her and always missed her, he shared. Like I said at the beginning, it was interesting, not great. Her maternal grandparents were Lt. The odd thing about Peter Duchins book is that he provides little, if any, information about his fathers family. 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Politics. "The only kids to play with were the kids of the help," Duchin recalls. This was a very interesting memoir by the son on the famous Eddy Duchin, pianist and band leader who was popular in the 40's and early 50's. Peter's mother died of complications from his birth, and he is raised by Averell Harriman (former governor of New York and diplomat) and his wife, Marie. Behind the stage he addressed the members of his band, a core group of seven younger musicians. He practiced in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania and Lankenau Hospitals for 23 years. His fathers great innovation, he added, was to loose the piano from the confines of the percussion section and make it the belle of the band. His later career was in the insurance industry Read More, Funeral Service 10 a.m. at David C. Brown Funeral Home, Belleville. Read More, Services 1 p.m. at the Ira Kaufman Chapel, 248-569-0020. Today, Peter Duchin is a society orchestra leader who entertains for those who summer in places like the Hamptons, Westport, Grosse Point, Jupiter Island or Newport, R.I. His autobiography, Ghost of a Chance is a breezily written story co-authored with Charles Michener. Duchins books, including his latest, Face the Music, are available wherever fine books are sold. It means youre so old a pigeon can land on you, he said while seated at the piano during cocktail hour. [3], A well-known New York and Newport beauty, she was described by Vogue as having "waxen skin and eyebrows like butterflies. didn't finish. Loving sister of several brothers and sisters. It was a capacity crowd of a few hundred, and perhaps two dozen couples got out of their chairs to dance the fox trot or a slow Lindy. Mr. Duchin laments about how much the landscape has changed since his heyday, in part because hes lonely. The legendary bandleaders first memoir, .css-gegin5{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#9a0500;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-gegin5:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Ghost of a Chance, delivered memorable storytelling and anthropological information on a lost world, its customs, and its language: [Marie Harriman] may have coined the expression rat-fuck, which is what she called parties that were too big. I hang out with people I dig, people who are interesting. In 1937, however, Marjorie died a week after having given birth to Peter. The son of famed swing-era bandleader Eddy Duchin and the liberated Newport blueblood Marjorie Oelrichs, Peter Duchin has led an intriguing and glamorous life: fishing with Hemingway in Idaho, quail-shooting with Jock Whitney in Georgia, fooling around with Paris showgirls on his Right Bank barge, late-night partying with Sinatra and Astaire. After both recoveries, I would throw balls around with the patients in wheelchairs and then when the doctors came in, we would all through the balls at them. Indeed, Duchin grew up feeling entitled to these luxuries. When I decided to write a book on my father, he was the first to encourage me, as I encouraged him when he wrote his first book, he recalled. Mr. Duchin was an engineer with Gloria Duchin Read More, DUCHIN Freddye Mae Duchin age 87 of San Antonio passed away Thursday, May 31, 2012. Cherished grandmother of Michael and Logan. Duchin was the only child of Eddy Duchin and Marjorie Oelrichs, a socialite who died soon after Peter's birth. Dear grandmother of Mark (Jacki) and Katie Bergner. Further details may exist on the, Last edited on 21 February 2023, at 15:46, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Discography of American Historical Recordings, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Duchin&oldid=1140747691, This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 15:46. Born May 23, 1945, in Newark, New Jersey, son of Harry and Bess (ne Goldberg) Duchin. His piano dexterity is mighty., Mark Adamo, the opera composer and a friend of Mr. Duchin, said: He not only grew up with this music, he may well be in some of those lyrics. Devoted grandmother of Scott, Eric, Deb (Dan), Patty (Bart), Michelle (Steve), Matt, and Andy. We called it the businessmans bounce., https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/arts/music/06duchin.html. As a child, Duchin's nurse and governess kept scrapbooks about his family but cut out all references to how his mother had died. He has a four yearold brother, Jason, and a sister, Courtney, who is two and a half. He graduated from Yale and moved to Paris, meeting the greatest jazz musicians of the 50s and frittering away what was left of his funds. She had been removed from the New York Social Register for marrying Duchin's father because Eddy Duchin was Jewish; her reaction was reportedly "Who cares? Over the years he has had to adjust his strategy to fit the evolving demands of New York nightlife. I wrote about the irony of Duchin and Peter Beard, friends since they were six years old . Paul Duchin Obituary. He was vice president of the Rhulen Insurance Company before retiring and served in the U Read More, Meyer M. Duchin, 91, formerly of Sarasota, died at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J. In a new memoir, Peter Duchin doesnt simply tell storieshe makes them sing. He was born in Everett, Mass., and came to Sarasota from Liberty, N.Y. He had just played Lyndon Johnson's inauguration,. The colt became one of only four racehorses to win both the U.S. West Coast's Santa Anita Handicap and the East Coast's Woodward Stakes. But Duchin, the musician of choice for debutante balls and posh private parties, is a charming, down-to-earth chap whose jazzy mien suggests Woody Herman far more than Lester Lanin. Edward was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 66 years, Freddye Mae; his parents, Helen and Bert; step-father, Henry Gross; brother, George; sister, Betty Berg and her husband Sidney Read More, DUCHIN, Ralph Charles In loving memory 88, of Tucson, AZ and Houston, TX passed away on May 25, 2020. In 2008 Hayward and Duchin announced their separation, and they eventually divorced. I dont care. Glamour and style usually go together, but anyone with taste and money can buy a snappy wardrobe, so what makes a person, an object, or a place seem glamorous? They certainly couldnt argue that the child lacked opportunities, being brought up in the home of an Protestant American prince. Still, he does wear one almost every night. Visitation 5-8 p.m. today and 12-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Thursday at BROWN FUNERAL HOME, Belleville. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Real Name: Peter Oelrichs Duchin. He was the husband of Gloria Duchin. From 1985 to 1989, Duchin had a professional partnership with Jimmy Maxwell, leader of the traditional society jazz band in New Orleans. An avid student, Sally graduated with a PhD in Allied Health Read More, Sally Pomeranz Duchin 1933-2022 In loving memory of Sally Pomeranz Duchin, 88, of Tucson, AZ and Houston, TX, passed away on February 1, 2022. Reading Time: 3 minutes. He used his time in recovery to encourage fellow patients undergoing physical therapy to make themselves happy no matter what. That crowd knows he speaks their language better than they do, and hell play against it too, which is fun., There are genuine chops beneath the charmed and charming persona, Mr. Feinstein said. Pretty soon we were all smiling because they had hope.. Duchin, who has three grown children from his first marriage and is today married to writer Brooke Hayward -- her 1977 best-selling memoir, "Haywire," told the story of her famous family's disintegration -- grew up as an outsider despite living within the privileged world of the Harrimans and Vanderbilts. [3] He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean . Services at Read More, (Nee Nolte) Found peace April 17, 2006 at the age of 87. Her cheering section of friends and family were at her side along the course with her AngelsGrace colleagues. I graduated GeorgetownNursing and I know where the Harriman house was. Peter Duchin, the pianist and society bandleader, was headed home from a post-theater dinner in the fall of 2013 when the chest pains began. Peter Oelrichs Duchin (born July 28, 1937) is an American pianist and band leader . He has served on the boards of American Ballet Theatre, Carnegie Hall, Spoleto Festival USA, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the board of Trustees for the Glimmerglass Opera of Cooperstown, New York, the Advisory Council for the American Russian Youth Orchestra, the National Jazz Service Organization, the World Policy Institute, and the Citizens Committee For New York City. He is survived by his beloved sister Leslie Heller, his brother in law Hugh Heller, and adoring nephews. ", Duchin revisited the scenes of his youth, talked to old friends and visited his mother's grave for the first time. She Read More, MARY DUCHIN was for 50 years a much-loved English teacher at Bayonne High School in Bayonne, NJ. Anyway, who cares?. Anyone can read what you share. Everything required for the child's health and comfort was provided carefully and thoughtfully. Who, after all, could beat the one about the time Mr. Duchin drove into New York with a number of Yale classmates to watch as a film crew shot The Eddy Duchin Story, in which Tyrone Power and Kim Novak had been cast as his parents? Theyre more Sinatra, Bobby Darin.. This was a very interesting memoir by the son on the famous Eddy Duchin, pianist and band leader who was popular in the 40's and early 50's. Although I dont remember anything of the time I was on the ventilator, I think I did sense their presence., Duchin lived with Averell Harriman and his second wife, Marie, until he was nine years old. With sincerity and humor, Face the Music offers a moving portrait of an extraordinary life, its disruptions, and revitalization. [5], She became the wife of dance bandleader Eddy Duchin after the two met at the Waldorf, and they wed at her mother's apartment at the Hotel Pierre on June 5, 1935, officiated by Judge Vincent Lippe. His mother was Marjorie Oelrichs, a Newport, Rhode Island and New York City. My father was a ghost to me. He was 96 years old. David Netto is a writer and interior designer. Burial: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin. Having entertained presidents, kings, and queens, and serving as Audrey Hepburns chosen date for the Paris Opera Ball, no one knows caf society better. The Harrimans became his family. THERE are certain people for whom a party doesnt rate if the Peter Duchin Orchestra isnt playing. By and large he has been plying an increasingly endangered trade. "I wanted to explore the degree of that loneliness.". I guess it's difficult to live in one's father's shadow, but that's what Peter must do. And people don't have as much fun as before, he believes. Born with a respiratory illness, Duchin was given only two weeks to live. Hes capitalized on the social thing, but he goes a lot further than social I would certainly hope so, the actress and singer Elaine Stritch said recently during a rehearsal break at the Caf Carlyle. Peter Duchin and Quincy Jones at a 1961 birthday party for singer Lesley Gore. His mother, who was thrown out of the New York Social Register for marrying a Jew (to which she responded, "Who cares? His single "Star Dust" reached No. But when he goes . Dad, as I always understood it, was more straightforward, with fancy embellishments, he said. This month he is booked at the Blue and Gray Colonels Ball in Montgomery, Ala., in addition to the Metropolitan Operas annual New Years Eve gala. He has played for presidents, kings, and queens, as well as for civil rights and cultural organizations. Travel & Experiences. Four years later, the famous bandleader died of leukemia at age 42. "My life has been a fairy tale," says Duchin, who recounts it in his lively and affecting memoir, "Ghost of a Chance," published last week by Random House ($27.50). Ill play something with a 12/8 tempo, something like Etta Jamess At Last. From that low boil, he said, he might go straight into something up-tempo, like Oh What a Night, by Frankie Valli. "When I was younger, people had a much more carefree attitude at a party. There was no trust fund waiting for him, no inherited position at a Wall Street law firm or investment bank. Duchin is a legend twice over, doing the unimaginable, not only recovering from a 2013 stroke but from an astounding 47 days on a ventilator with COVID beginning in March of 2020. But when Duchin awoke after the procedure, I was caught in a nest of tubes and plastic bags, with wires attached to my fingers, my arms, my legs and my chest, he writes in his new book, Face the Music (co-authored by Patricia Beard), a follow-up of sorts to his 1996 memoir, Ghost of a Chance. No one is glamorous anymore, she said. I wanted to investigate my past and leave a history for my kids. Sure, the rich and famous are different from you and me, as F. Scott Fitzgerald might have put it: Thats because their friends have excuses to write gossipy books like this. Before his concert in Port Jefferson Mr. Duchin instructed his musicians to play something other than rock n roll, because they really look forward to this, and they will dance. The town, after all, had hired him a couple of times before to play this event, and a lot of older rug cutters turned out. He could have been inspired by something that happened when he was in Eddy Duchins living room.. The word glamour, which comes from Scots, means magic and enchantment, and for me, certain kinds of music have those qualities. She asked me why I could possibly be interested. Reposing at Colonial Funeral Home, 2819 Hylan Blvd., corner of Tysens Lane on Saturday and Read More, Area Death Notice Duchin, Daniel, 78, of Boca Raton, died Wednesday. Brother of Edward (Freddye) Duchin Read More, 10 a.m. at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Belleville. [2] Her paternal aunt was poet and playwright Michael Strange. Although I was also a musician (definitely not famous) and spent a lot of my younger years working in that field, it was not at all close to what he experienced. 143 in the Cashbox survey, 1964. Click or call (800) 729-8809, Church & Chapel Funeral Home - Waukesha / Pewaukee, Bernheim Apter Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, Orland's Ewing Memorial Chapel - Ewing Township, DAVID C. BROWN FUNERAL HOME - Belleville, Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia Daily News. He had my return ticket to New York in hand. As a wedding gift, her father gave them a Thoroughbred yearling named Mr. Read More, Beloved husband of Cecelia Duchin. Distraught by the death of his beautiful wife and the expected loss of his newborn son, Eddy Duchin abandoned the scene to lose himself in his music. I like to let my musicians improvise a bit., Mr. Duchin likes modern music and is proud that his band was the first to perform rock n roll at the White House, when he was hired for the weddings of Lyndon Johnsons daughters. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Harvey was born in Newark, N.J., on July 12, 1938, son of Harry and Bessie (Goldberg) Duchin. Peter's mother died of complications from his birth, and he is raised by Averell Harriman (former governor of New York and diplomat) and his wife, Marie. It makes everybody look like theyre a good dancer. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. 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