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Posted at 2:13 am By: jamie | Filed Under Music Articles
An enchanting story about violinist Fritz Kreisler tells how he once came across a beautiful instrument he wanted to acquire. When he finally raised the money for the violin, he returned to buy it and learned that it had already been sold to a collector.
He went to the new owner’s home in order to try to persuade him to sell the violin. But the collector said it was one of his prized possessions and he could not let it go. The disappointed Kreisler turned to leave, but then asked a favor. “May I play the instrument once more before it is consigned to silence?”
Permission was granted and the great musician began to play. The violin sang out a quality of music so beautiful that the collector himself could only listen in wonderment. “I have no right to keep that to myself,” he said after the musician finished. “The violin is yours, Mr. Kreisler. Take it into world, and let people hear it.”
William Arthur Ward said, “If you believe in giving, give. For you and I are exquisite violins — our music is meant to be heard.
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Austrian-American violinist and composer, born in Vienna, and educated at the Vienna and Paris conservatories. At the age of 14, Kreisler toured the U.S. Following his return to Vienna, he withdrew for varying periods to study medicine and art and to serve briefly as an officer in the Austrian army. Kreisler resumed his musical career in 1899, which suffered a brief hiatus early in World War I, when he was wounded while serving in the Austrian army. After 1915 he lived mainly in the U.S., becoming a citizen in 1943.
Kreisler attained recognition as the most accomplished concert violinist of his time. He composed numerous pieces for the violin, such as La Précieuse, Praeludium and Allegro, and Variations on a Theme by Corelli, which he attributed originally to 17th- and 18th-century masters. Among his other compositions are Caprice Viennois, Liebesfreud, Liebeslied, and Tambourin Chinois, all for violin; a string quartet; and several operettas.
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