John Newmark，John (Hans Joseph) Newmark (Neumark). Pianist, accompanist, chamber musician, b Bremen, Germany, 12 Jun 1904, naturalized Canadian 1946, d Montreal, 14 Oct 1991; honorary D MUS (McGill) 1975. 　　John (Hans Joseph) Newmark (Neumark). Pianist, accompanist, chamber musician, b Bremen, Germany, 12 Jun 1904, naturalized Canadian 1946, d Montreal, 14 Oct 1991; honorary D MUS (McGill) 1975. Born into a family which cultivated music and painting, he studied piano 1912-19 in Bremen with Karl Boerner and 1920-1 in Leipzig with Anni Eisele. At 17 he auditioned in Berlin for Coenraad V. Bos, the noted accompanist, who predicted a brilliant future for him. He was urged to tour in Europe and America, but his father sent him to study drawing in Dresden where, in 1925, he met the violinist Szymon Goldberg with whom he gave recitals. In 1929 he returned to Bremen and soon began to devote himself entirely to music. With the cellist August Wenzinger he founded the Neue Kammermusik Bremen society, whose concerts presented many contemporary works. Continuing his activity as a pianist, he was director 1930-3 of music programs on the Bremen radio. He settled in 1933 in Berlin but for political reasons was forbidden to play in public, so he toured 1933-5 in Spain with Goldberg.