Jascha Zayde (October 25, 1911 – September 3, 1999) was an American pianist, composer, and conductor. From the 1930s, he was the first staff musician hired by WQXR. From 1954, he was the staff keyboard player of the New York City Ballet. Notes External links Jascha Zayde playing pieces by Jascha Zayde's recording of Jascha Zayde's and John Strauss's recording of Strauss's Jascha Zayde's recordings of (from Ulric Coles's Metropolitones: Three Compositions for the Piano) Jascha Zayde's recordings of (from Emerson Whithorne's New York Days and Nights, op. 40) Jascha Zayde et al.'s recording of (composed by Borodin, Cui, Liadov and Rimsky-Korsakov) Jascha Zayde's recordings of Jascha Zayde's recording of (from Four Roman Sketches by Charles Tomlinson Griffes) Jascha Zayde's recordings of (composed by Villa-Lobos, Khachaturian, Prokofiev, et al.) American male classical composers American classical composers American classical pianists Male classical pianists American male pianists American male conductors (music) 1911 births 1999 deaths 20th-century American conductors (music) 20th-century classical composers 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century American pianists 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians