Yost
Gaylord Yost began his lifelong love affair with the violin as an elementary school student in Ohio.
At the age of 15, he was so advanced in his abilities that he became the principal violin teacher in his community and had a class of eight students.
After studying in Toledo and Detroit, he traveled to Berlin, Germany where he studied among others with Issaye Barmas, a Russian violinist, who lived there and taught and performed for Germany’s music lovers.
Upon his return to the US, he taught violin in Indianapolis. During this period, he made one concert tour of Europe, one of Central America, and three in the US, from coast to coast. In 1921, he moved to Pittsburgh, PA to become the head of the violin department of the Pittsburgh Musical Institute.
He formed a quartet in 1925 and was popular in the city and elsewhere in the east. His quartet performed on KDKA, the first commercial radio station in the US.
He was active in Pittsburgh musical circles until the early 1940 when World War 2 interfered with his and many other musicians activities. He taught violin in Pittsburgh for a while after the war before moving back to his hometown in Ohio. He died there in 1958.
At the age of 15, he was so advanced in his abilities that he became the principal violin teacher in his community and had a class of eight students.
After studying in Toledo and Detroit, he traveled to Berlin, Germany where he studied among others with Issaye Barmas, a Russian violinist, who lived there and taught and performed for Germany’s music lovers.
Upon his return to the US, he taught violin in Indianapolis. During this period, he made one concert tour of Europe, one of Central America, and three in the US, from coast to coast. In 1921, he moved to Pittsburgh, PA to become the head of the violin department of the Pittsburgh Musical Institute.
He formed a quartet in 1925 and was popular in the city and elsewhere in the east. His quartet performed on KDKA, the first commercial radio station in the US.
He was active in Pittsburgh musical circles until the early 1940 when World War 2 interfered with his and many other musicians activities. He taught violin in Pittsburgh for a while after the war before moving back to his hometown in Ohio. He died there in 1958.