Violin and Piano
SKU:
AP.36-60710011
In
the Style of Antonio
Vivaldi. Composed by
Fritz Kreisler. Violin.
Master String Series.
Score. LudwigMasters
Publications
#36-60710011. Published
by LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-60710011).
ISBN
9798888521892. UPC:
676737626686.
English.
Austrian-b
orn American violinist
and composer Fritz
Kreisler (1875-1962) is
considered among the best
virtuosic violinists in
history. While he did
write some operettas,
vocal works, and a
smattering of pieces for
other instruments, it is
unsurprising that most of
his output was for the
violin. In the earlier
part of his career, he
wrote a number of
pastiches in the style of
other well-known
composers, going so far
as to ascribe the work to
them rather than to
himself. In 1935,
Kreisler revealed that he
had composed these select
works, answering his
critics by pointing out
that they had deemed to
music worthy under the
other composers' names,
and that the name
changes, the value
remains. Among these such
works is his Concerto in
C, IFK 42, which Kreisler
falsely attributed to
Baroque composer Antonio
Vivaldi. In three
movements, the work
exists with both string
orchestra accompaniment
and this Master reprint
edition for violin and
piano.
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