Music of Karol RathausPro Arte Quartet: Norman Paulu, violin; Martha Francis Blum, violin; Richard Blum, viola; Parry Karp, cello; Constance Beavon, mezzo soprano; Donald Pirone, piano; Richard Goldsmith, clarinet Karol Rathaus (b. Tarnopol, Poland, September 16, 1895, d. New York, November 21, 1954) was one of the great talents who emigrated to the United States in the 1930's. His music manifests a broad and sensitive insight into the contrasting musical trends that arose