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Life After Berklee - David Rosenthal \u2781 (Billy Joel\u27s Musical Director & Keyboardist)
No full textDavid Rosenthal ’81: Music director and keyboardist for the Piano Man for 23 Years and counting By Curtis Killian
During a recent artist residency at his alma mater, David Rosenthal ’81, Billy Joel’s music director and keyboardist since 1993, described his prodigious career as “a fun and exciting journey.” He wasn’t exaggerating.
On the most recent leg of that odyssey, Rosenthal is booked for indefinite sold-out shows with Billy Joel in a first-of-its-kind residency at Madison Square Garden. Thus far there have been 26 monthly engagements at the fabled venue, which Rosenthal says will continue as long as there is a demand. “It’s just remarkable, the enthusiasm of the New York fans for Billy,” Rosenthal says. “Worldwide he has that incredible appeal, but particularly in New York he has that home advantage.” Notably, Joel and Rosenthal will also play at Fenway Park in August for the third summer in a row, and Joel’s sold-out debut gig at Wembley Stadium in September.
Of his role as music director and the unique arena residency, Rosenthal notes, “It’s a lot of preparedness. No two shows with him are identical.” The arena residency offers Joel the chance to perform his lesser-known tunes in addition to the hits fans expect. In preparation, Rosenthal says he has keyboard sounds programmed for about 85 songs.
Rosenthal arrived at Berklee during the late 1970s as a classically trained pianist. He formed a band with fellow student Steve Vai ’79, a collaboration that has continued throughout their careers and is documented on several albums. “Everybody knew he was a great player,” Rosenthal says of Vai. “We played a lot of different things, and I believe it was Steve’s tape of our band that got [him his] audition with Frank Zappa. He’s a remarkable talent and [we] have remained great friends.” That relationship and others were an added benefit to Rosenthal from his Berklee years.
Rosenthal’s first venture after graduating was a successful audition to replace keyboardist Don Airey in guitarist Richie Blackmore’s band Rainbow. It extended through two world tours and two albums, and was followed by tours with Little Steven, Cindi Lauper, Robert Palmer, and Enrique Iglesias as well as studio work with an array of artists.
In addition to these gigs and his long-term work with Joel, Rosenthal has manned the keyboards with progressive stalwarts Happy the Man, orchestrated a concerto for Yngwie Malmsteem, and done synth programming for Bruce Springsteen.
During a recent Berklee visit hosted by the Electronic Production and Design Department and the Office of Alumni Affairs, Rosenthal gave clinics on designing and playing a touring keyboard rig, the application of Apple’s Main Stage, and the role of the music director. “It’s fascinating, I’m on the cutting edge of technology now, but every piece of gear I use now did not exist while I was at Berklee,” he says. “But what I was fortunate to receive in my education here was all the concepts of how things work, and that enabled me to adapt to whatever technologies came along after I left.
“I really love doing all types of projects [stylistically and musically], but [also enjoy] projects as synth programmer, orchestrator or producer,” Rosenthal says. “There are a lot of things I’ve been fortunate to do throughout all of my career, so far it’s been a good run.”
Curtis Killian is a web content producer for Berklee’s Office of Alumni Affairs
David Sales o Joan Rosenthal
Get PDFIncerta glòria de Joan Sales és una reconeguda obra mestra de la literatura del segle XX. El 1991 fou traduida a l'anglès per David Rosenthal, un notable traductor del català. Aquest article aprofundeix en les raons per les quals la traducció de Rosenthal mai no trobà un editor important.Joan Sales's novel Incerta glòria [Uncertain Glory] is an acknowledged masterpiece of XXth century literature. In 1991 it was translated into English by David Rosenthal, a well-known translator of Catalan fiction. This paper delves into the reasons why the Rosenthal translation never found its way into the hands of a major publisher
[Tagebuch von Dr. Th. Rosenthal]
No full textFather was rabbi in Beuthen; father's first marriage and children; family history; father's education and background; earliest memories of Beuthen; father's activities as rabbi in Breslau; brother's education; education of sisters; Jewish life in Breslau; experiences as student at University of Breslau; study of medicine; experience in student fraternity; life in Breslau and Heidelberg; military service as doctor on eastern front in World War I; experiences of Jewish life in Poland during military service; injury at the front; meets future wife in Berlin; transfer to western front; taken prisoner; establishment of medical practice in Breslau after the war; death of father; birth of children; Jewish life in Breslau in 1920's; death of wife's parents; medical practice after 1933; arrest after Kristallnacht and transport to Buchenwald; experience at Buchenwald; release from Buchenwald and emigration in 1939 to England; life in Leicester; emigration to Palestine; arrival in Palestine.The following individuals are mentioned: Baeck, Leo; Cohn, Fritz; David, Jacob Julius; Kaufmann, David; Korn, Alfred; Rosenthal, Felix; Rosenthal, Hans; Rosenthal, Werner; Timendorfer, Berthold; Timendorfer, Margot.Theodor Rosenthal was born in 1882 in Beuthen, Silesia, and died in 1964 in Tel Aviv, Israel.Synopsis in fileBerlinEast European JewryEducation; Jewish; 1933-1945Germany--History--1918-1933Holidays, JewishHospitalsJews; funeral rites and ceremoniesJews. Liturgy and ritualKojeteinLeicesterMedicineMusicSilesiaUniversity of Heidelber
Natural history
Get PDFLocalització: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Ros 6.Mecanoscrit amb correccions manuscrites.Forma part del fons personal de David H. Rosenthal
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The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969
No full textTranscript of a letter by an unidentified author to David Fentress regarding sharing federal newspapers and the banning of federal newspapers in some areas. The author passes on the news of the war including the destruction of the Federal merchantmen by the Confederate fleet. He passes along world news: Russia preparing to go to War with Europe and how that could negatively affect the Confederacy. There is also speculation on the future of the war
Solitude
Get PDFLocalització: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Ros 5.Mecanoscrit amb correccions manuscrites.Forma part del fons personal de David H. Rosenthal
The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969
No full textTranscript of a letter by an unidentified author to David Fentress regarding sharing federal newspapers and the banning of federal newspapers in some areas. The author passes on the news of the war including the destruction of the Federal merchantmen by the Confederate fleet. He passes along world news: Russia preparing to go to War with Europe and how that could negatively affect the Confederacy. There is also speculation on the future of the war
Uncertain glory
Get PDFLocalització: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Ros 2.Fulls solts distribuïts en quatre sobres.Mecanoscrit amb correccions manuscrites en tinta vermella.Forma part del fons personal de David H. Rosenthal
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Get PDFLocalització: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Ros 1.Mecanoscrit amb correccions manuscrites en tinta vermella.Forma part del fons personal de David H. Rosenthal
David Rosenthal, Memphis, scrapbook
Get PDFOne college-ruled notebook that David Rosenthal (1879-1978) turned into a scrapbook about his life and times as a stage manager, Shriner, and Masonic order member in Memphis, Tennessee. It contains seventy-five notebook pages with additional materials, like programs, cards, or flyers, that are taped or glued inside.https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-rosenthald1/1000/thumbnail.jp
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