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1909 Original VIOLINIST FRITZ KREISLER Hand SIGNED AUTOGRAPH + PHOTO +MAT Jewish:
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DESCRIPTION : Up for sale is a large HAND SIGNED and DATED 1909 original AUTOGRAPH ( With a pen ) of the renowned beloved JEWISH VIOLINIST ofAustrian descent -FRITZKREISLER(February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962) , The Austrian-born Americanviolinistandcomposer.One of the most noted violin masters of his day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time . The dated AUTOGRAPH - SIGNATUREis beautifuly and professionaly matted beneath a reproductionaction PHOTO of KREISLER emotionaly playing his violin . The original AUTOGRAPH and the reproduction ACTION PHOTO are nicely matted together , Suitable for immediate framing or display . (An image of a suggested framing is presented - The frame is not a part of thissale - An excellent framing - Buyer\'s choice - is possible for extra $ 95 ).The size of the decorative mat is around 8.5x 12 \" .The size of the reproduction action photo is around 6x 5\" . The size of the original hand signed autograph ( signature - autogramme ) is around6x 3 \" . Quite goodcondition of the original hand signed autograph with signs of fold and creases.Excellent condition of the repruduction photo and the decorative mat. (Pls look at scan for accurate AS IS images )Authenticityguaranteed.Will be sent inside a protective rigidpackaging .PAYMENTS : Payment method accepted : Paypal.SHIPPMENT :SHIPP worldwide viaregistered airmail is $ 29 .Will be sent inside a protectivepackaging. Handling around 5-10 days afterpayment.
TheFriedrich \"Fritz\" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer.[1] One of the most noted violin masters of his day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately recognizable as his own. Although it derived in many respects from the Franco-Belgian school, his style is nonetheless reminiscent of the gemütlich (cozy) lifestyle of pre-war Vienna.BiographyKreisler, Harold Bauer, Pablo Casals, and Walter Damrosch at Carnegie Hall on March 13, 1917Kreisler was born in Vienna, the son of Anna (née Reches)[note 1] and Samuel Kreisler, a doctor.[2][3] Of Jewish descent, he was however baptised at the age of 12. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory between 1882 and 1885 under Anton Bruckner, Jakob Dont and Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., and in Paris Conservatory between 1885 and 1887, where his teachers included Léo Delibes, Lambert Massart and Jules Massenet. He graduated from Paris Conservatory with a degree of \"Premier Prix\" gold medal at the age of 12, competing against 40 other players, all of whom were at least 20 years of age.[4]He made his United States debut at the Steinway Hall in New York City on November 10, 1888, and his first tour of the United States in 1888–1889 with Moriz Rosenthal. He then returned to Austria and applied for a position in the Vienna Philharmonic, but was turned down by the concertmaster Arnold Rosé. As a result, he left music to study medicine. He spent a brief time in the army before returning to the violin in 1899, when he gave a concert with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Arthur Nikisch. It was this concert and a series of American tours from 1901 to 1903 that brought him real acclaim. Kreisler was also an excellent pianist, and his piano playing is preserved on Ampico reproducing piano rolls.During a concert tour of the United States in 1901, Kreisler met Harriet Lies, a New York-born divorcée who was a Vassar graduate and the daughter of a German American tobacco merchant. They fell in love immediately and were married a year later, though they repeated the ceremony three more times because of legal technicalities. They had no children, and Harriet devoted her life to his career. They were married for 60 years, until his death in 1962.In 1910, Kreisler gave the premiere of Sir Edward Elgar\'s Violin Concerto, a work commissioned by and dedicated to him. He served briefly in the Austrian Army in World War I before being honourably discharged after he was wounded. He arrived in New York on November 24, 1914,[5] and spent the remainder of the war in America. He returned to Europe in 1924, living first in Berlin, then moving to France in 1938. Shortly thereafter, at the outbreak of World War II, he settled once again in the United States, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1943. He lived there for the rest of his life, giving his last public concert in 1947, and broadcasting performances for a few years after that.Time cover, February 2, 1925On April 26, 1941, he was involved in a serious traffic accident. Struck by a truck while crossing a street in New York, he suffered a fractured skull and was in a coma for over a week.[6]In his later years, he suffered from not only some hearing loss but also sight deterioration due to cataracts.[7]Kreisler died of a heart condition aggravated by old age in New York City in 1962.[1] He was interred in a private mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx, New York City.LegacyKreisler wrote a number of pieces for the violin, including solos for encores, such as \"Liebesleid\" and \"Liebesfreud\". Some of Kreisler\'s compositions were pastiches ostensibly in the style of other composers. They were originally ascribed to earlier composers, such as Gaetano Pugnani, Giuseppe Tartini and Antonio Vivaldi, and then, in 1935, Kreisler revealed that it was he who wrote the pieces. When critics complained, Kreisler replied that they had already deemed the compositions worthy: \"The name changes, the value remains\", he said. He also wrote operettas, including Apple Blossoms in 1919[8] and Sissy [de] in 1932, a string quartet, and cadenzas, including ones for Brahms\'s Violin Concerto, Paganini\'s D major Violin Concerto, and Beethoven\'s Violin Concerto. His cadenzas for the Beethoven concerto are the ones most often played by violinists today.He wrote the music for the 1936 movie The King Steps Out directed by Josef von Sternberg, based on the early years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.Kreisler performed and recorded his own version of the first movement of Paganini\'s D major Violin Concerto. The movement is rescored and in some places reharmonised, and the orchestral introduction is completely rewritten in some places. The overall effect is of a late-nineteenth-century work.The mausoleum of Kreisler in Woodlawn CemeteryExternal audioaudio icon Listen to Fritz Kreisler performing Ludwig van Beethoven\'s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 with John Barbirolli conducting the London Philharmonic in 1936 at archive.orgKreisler owned several antique violins made by luthiers Antonio Stradivari, Pietro Guarneri, Giuseppe Guarneri, and Carlo Bergonzi, most of which eventually came to bear his name. He also owned a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin of 1860, which he often used as his second violin,[9] and which he often loaned to the young prodigy Josef Hassid. In 1952 he donated his Giuseppe Guarneri to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. where it remains in use for performances given in the library.[10]On recordings, Kreisler\'s style resembles that of his younger contemporary Mischa Elman, with a tendency toward expansive tempi, a continuous and varied vibrato, expressive phrasing, and a melodic approach to passage-work. Kreisler makes considerable use of portamento and rubato[citation needed]. The two violinists\' approaches are less similar in big works of the standard repertoire, such as Felix Mendelssohn\'s Violin Concerto, than in smaller pieces.A trip to a Kreisler concert is recounted in Siegfried Sassoon\'s 1928 autobiographical novel Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man.The Australian manufacturer of electronics and consumer goods Kriesler (later a subsidiary of Philips) supposedly took its name after Fritz Kreisler but had intentionally misspelled the name as to avoid possible juristical actions from other parties.[11]WorkCompositionsFurther information: List of compositions by Fritz Kreisler and Musical hoaxImportant things to noteQuite a number of pieces Kreisler composed throughout his career were based on other composer\'s works. These includeSicilienne and Rigaudon by François Francœur.[12][13]Allegretto by \"Luigi Boccherini\"Andantino by \"Giovanni Battista Martini\"Aubade Provençale by \"Louis Couperin\"Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane by \"Louis Couperin\"La Chasse (Caprice) by \"Jean Baptiste Cartier\"Grave by \"Wilhelm Friedemann Bach\"Menuett by \"Nicola Porpora\"Praeludium and Allegro by \"Gaetano Pugnani\"La Précieuse by \"Louis Couperin\"Preghiera by \"Giovanni Battista Martini\"Scherzo by \"Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf\"Sicilienne and Rigaudon by \"François Francoeur\"Study on a Choral by \"Johann Stamitz\"Tempo di Minuetto by \"Gaetano Pugnani\"Variations on a Theme by Corelli by \"Giuseppe Tartini\"Violin Concerto in C major by \"Antonio Vivaldi\"RecordingsKreisler recorded extensively for Victor/RCA Victor and HMV. His recordings have been reasonably well represented on both LP and CD reissues. His final recordings were made in 1950.Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043, with Efrem Zimbalist (second violin), and a string quartet. rec. January 4, 1915;Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, with Leo Blech, Berlin State Opera Orchestra. rec. December 15, 1926;Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, with John Barbirolli, London Philharmonic Orchestra. rec. June 16, 1936;Beethoven Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30, No. 3, with Sergei Rachmaninoff, pF. rec. March 22, 1928;Beethoven Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, with Franz Rupp, pf. rec. June 17–19, 1936;Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 with Leo Blech, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, rec. November 21, 1927;Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 with John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, rec. June 18, 1936;Grieg Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45, with Sergei Rachmaninoff, pf. rec. December 14–15, 1928;Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, with Leo Blech, Berlin State Opera Orchestra. rec. December 9, 1926;Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, with Landon Ronald, London Symphony Orch. rec. April 8, 1935;Mozart Violin Concerto in D major, K. 218, with Landon Ronald, London Symphony Orchestra, rec. December 1, 1924;Paganini Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 6 (recomposed by Kreisler), with Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. December 13, 1936;Schubert Sonata No. 5 in A major, D. 574, with Sergei Rachmaninoff, pf. rec. December 20, 1928;attrib. Vivaldi, RV Anh. 62 (composed by Kreisler) Violin Concerto in C major, with Donald Voorhees, RCA Victor Orchestra, rec. May 2, 1945.BroadwayLa GitanaDuration: 2 minutes and 54 seconds.2:54Composed in 1917 after an 18th century Arabo-Spanish Romani song. Performed by Carrie Rehkopf (2:54)Problems playing this file? See media help.Apple Blossoms (1919) – operetta – co-composer;Continental Varieties (1934) – revue – featured composer for \"Caprice Viennois\" and \"La Gitana\";Reunion in New York (1940) – revue – featured composer for \"Stars in Your Eyes\";Rhapsody (1944) – operetta – composer. ****** Fritz KreislerAmerican violinist Written and fact-checked by Article HistoryBorn: Feb. 2, 1875, Vienna, AustriaDied: Jan. 29, 1962, New York, N.Y., U.S. (aged 86)Fritz Kreisler (born Feb. 2, 1875, Vienna, Austria—died Jan. 29, 1962, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was an Austrian-born violinist who was a “secret” composer of short violin pieces.At age seven Kreisler entered the Vienna Conservatory, and from 1885 to 1887 he studied composition and violin at the Paris Conservatory. After a successful concert tour of the United States (1888–89), he returned to Vienna to study medicine. He subsequently studied art in Paris and Rome and served as an officer in the Austrian army. In 1899 he returned to the stage as a concert violinist and became one of the most successful virtuosos of his time.Kreisler’s technique was characterized by an intensive vibrato and an economy in bowing. In 1910 he gave the first performance of Sir Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto, dedicated to him. After 1915 he lived mainly in the United States but continued to tour widely in Europe. His concert programs frequently included many short pieces by him, among them “Caprice Viennois” (“Viennese Caprice”) and “Schön Rosmarin” (“Pretty Rosemary”). His Classical Manuscripts, published as his arrangements of works by Antonio Vivaldi, François Couperin, Johann Stamitz, Padre Martini, and others, were admitted in 1935 to be works of his own. ******Friedrich \'Fritz\' Kreisler was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. Of Jewish heritage, he was however baptised at the age of 12. He was one of the most noted violin masters of his day and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately recognizable as his own. Although it derived in many respects from the Franco-Belgian school, his style is nonetheless reminiscent of the gemütlich (cozy) lifestyle of pre-war Vienna. **** FRITZ KREISLER(Vienna 1875 – 1962 New York) At the age of 10 he graduated from the Vienna Conservatory as a student of Hellmesberger and Bruckner; at the age of 12, after two years of study with Massart and Delibes, he won the Premier Prix of the Paris Conservatoire. His career led him to brilliant success on every continent, and for decades he became the darling of audiences all over the world, the idol of an entire generation of violinists. He was considered everywhere to be the epitome of the Austrian, Viennese musician and artist.In every respect, his personality bore the stamp of the extraordinary. Historically, Fritz Kreisler is considered the last significant representative of the virtuoso composers of the Romantic era, but at the same time he was one of the pioneers of modern violin playing in the 20th century.Kreisler was born into the culturally immensely rich Vienna of the late Romantic period, into a family of that enormously educated, art-loving, not always wealthy bourgeoisie that was an essential pillar of Austrian culture at the turn of the century.For two decades, Fritz Kreisler remained the most sought-after and highest-paid violin virtuoso in the world. His famous, inimitable little compositions enjoyed record circulation and are still loved and played by all violinists today. With the wealth that came with his unprecedented success, a particularly characteristic trait of Kreisler\'s character emerged: his joy in helping; a willingness to help others that was never seen before in artists - for young virtuosos struggling for recognition as well as for impoverished colleagues, for victims of natural and war disasters, but also more generally for orphans and needy sections of the population. His help for his homeland Austria, his hometown of Vienna, after the First and Second World Wars will never be forgotten.Today, two generations after the end of this extraordinary artistic life, three characteristics are particularly fascinating: his fabulous musical talent, Kreisler\'s enchanting musicianship, characterized by Apollonian lightness, deep sensitivity and sparkling ability to communicate, both as a virtuoso and as a composer. His character, with its rare harmony, hovered between cheerful goodness and unswerving consistency, between the highest artistic sensitivity and stoic composure, between romantic dreaminess and wide-awake receptivity to all phenomena of life. And finally, thirdly, an unmistakable, loyal lucky star that seemed to stand over Kreisler\'s life and that almost always kept everything dark away from him, even in difficult times.Michael FrischschlagerBrief chronology of Kreisler’s life 1875 • Born on February 2nd in Vienna as the second of five children into a highly musical Jewish doctor family from Galicia. 1879 • First violin lessons at the age of four. Fritz immediately shows spectacular musical talent.1882 - 85 • Entered the Vienna Conservatory as a child prodigy, student of Joseph Hellmesberger junior and Anton Bruckner. Sensational first public concerts. First composition as an eight-year-old. Graduated with a diploma and gold medal. 1885 - 87 • Continues his studies at the Conservatoire in Paris with Joseph Lambert Massart and Leo Delibes. After two years, he graduates from his studies in Paris with the Grand Premier Prix, by far the youngest of all the students. This ends Kreisler\'s regular violin lessons. Returns to Vienna. 1888 - 89 • The child prodigy tours the USA with 50 concerts together with the pianist Moritz Rosenthal. 1889 - 95 • Back in Vienna. The violin takes a back seat. His father insists that he attend the Piarist high school. High school diploma, military service as a one-year volunteer in the Austro-Hungarian army, reserve officer. Brief attempt to study medicine at the University of Vienna. Prof. Billroth strongly advises him to pursue music as a career. 1896 - 98 • Return to music, to the violin. Failed audition for the orchestra of the Imperial and Royal Court Opera. Composition of the brilliant cadenzas for the Beethoven concerto and the first, soon famous short violin pieces in historical styles. First tours as a soloist (Greece, Turkey, Russia). One and a half years after the failed attempt to become a Philharmonic member and after further successful concert tours (within the Danube Monarchy, Germany), triumphant return to the large Musikverein hall as a soloist with the Vienna Philharmonic under Hans Richter on January 23, 1898. 1899 - 1914 • The world career begins. On December 1st, 1899, first concert with the Berlin Philharmonic under Arhur Nikisch. More and more tours through all countries in Europe and the USA. 1902 marriage to Harriet Lies, daughter of a New York tobacco wholesaler, who unreservedly supports her brilliant husband\'s career. Kreisler becomes a crowd favorite on all major concert stages in the world. 260 concerts per year. His compositions in historical styles, initially declared to be genuine old manuscripts, as well as the Viennese melodies (Caprice Viennois, Schön Rosmarin, Liebesfreud etc.) are in great demand. 1910 - 12 • 70,000 copies sold in one year. Exclusive recording contract with Victor in London. 1912 • Piano trio Kreisler, Harold, Bauer, Casals. 1914 - 18 • First World War. Kreisler fulfills his duty as a reserve lieutenant in his country\'s army and goes to the Russian front - accompanied by his wife, who works as a Red Cross nurse. Wounded, recovers. Moves to New York. Starts major charity campaigns (benefit concerts, collections) for Austrian war orphans and widows. Forced end to concert activities after the USA enters the war. Composition of the first operetta \"Apple Blossoms\". (Successful premiere in 1919 in New York) Composition of the String Quartet in A minor. 1919 - 24 • Kreisler\'s first concert after the end of the war in Carnegie Hall to help starving Viennese children. His international career continues with overwhelming success. Concert tours to China, Japan, Korea. In the USA, he repeatedly supports Austria, which is in dire need. In 1921, he makes a triumphant comeback in London, and in 1924 in Paris. Kreisler dedicates almost all of his concerts in Germany and Austria during these years to charitable causes. The Austrian government considers appointing Kreisler as ambassador to the USA. 1925 - 38 • Kreisler is the most celebrated, highest paid violin virtuoso of his time. Moves back to Europe and buys a prestigious villa in Berlin. In addition to the usual tours in Europe and the USA, there are concert tours to the most distant continents (Australia, New Zealand, to South America with the Zeppelin). Foundation of a Fritz Kreisler Prize for the violin students at the Vienna Music Academy. 1932 • Premiere of Kreisler\'s second operetta \"Sissy\" at the Theater an der Wien with Paula Wessely and Hans Jaray as Sissy and Emperor Franz Joseph. In Berlin, Kreisler has been trying since 1933 to prevent discrimination against prominent Jewish artist colleagues.1935 • The city of Vienna celebrates Kreisler\'s 60th birthday in Vienna\'s town hall. Mayor Richard Schmitz awards Kreisler the honorary ring of his hometown in the presence of prominent figures. 1939 - 45 • After the extinction of Austria, Kreisler refuses to accept the German citizenship that was forced upon him. His compositions are blacklisted. He becomes an honorary French citizen, leaves his Berlin house and moves to New York, his wife\'s hometown, for the second time in his life. This time for good. He continues to give concerts. In 1941, Kreisler has a serious accident and is run over by a truck, seriously injuring him. In 1943, he writes his last composition, again dedicated to his hometown: \"Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta\". He is granted American citizenship.1945 • Kreisler plays the Sibelius concerto at Carnegie Hall on his 70th birthday. 1945 - 62 • After the end of the war, the relief organizations\' collection points are once again filled with packages full of shoes, clothes, food, toys and medicines for Vienna and Berlin, sent by Fritz and Harriet Kreisler. Gradual end of concert activity after 60 years of unprecedented success. 1949 • Kreisler sales off his famous library (manuscripts, early prints, first editions, incunabula) and donates the proceeds of approximately 1.5 million euros in today\'s value to the New York Lennox Hospital and the Golden Rule Foundation. 1952 • Kreisler donates his entire personal musical legacy to the Library of Congress, along with valuable autographs – including Brahms\' violin concerto – and his favorite violin, which he played for over twenty years, a Guarnerius del Gesù from 1733 – according to Hill, the most beautiful Guarnerius in existence today. 1955 • The musical world, heads of state, monarchs, artists and music institutions from all continents honor Kreisler on his 80th birthday.1962 • On January 29th, the life of the great Austrian violinist and composer ends in New York. 6347 folder218