There are no recordings of Olga, according to Mary de Rachewiltz.  She says her mother stopped playing in 1941 because of the war.
    -Grace Davis

Charles Martell wrote:

> I'm reading Anne Conover's new biography of Olga Rudge and her life as Ezra's mistress, "What Thou Lovest Well," and it got me thinking about a question that somebody on this list might have an answer to.
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> Olga Rudge was, by all accounts, a reknowned concert violinist who not only was famous for her performances but for premiering a number of important musical compositions while receiving what today would be called "rave" reviews in the press.  But I have never heard of her making a single recording.
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> This is distinctly odd, because there was lots of recording going on throughout the 30's, and even during wartime in the 40's.  And you would think someone so praised by the critics would have been offered a recording contract.
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> So my questions are these.  Does anyone know of any existing recordings by Olga Rudge?  And if there are none, does anyone have a clue as to why there aren't?
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> CHARLIE MARTELL