In the history of music, Fritz Kreisler is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Fritz Kreisler as Austrian violinist and composer (1875-1962).
Fritz Kreisler was born at Vienna in 1875. His recorded nationality is Austria–Hungary. He trained at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Recording arrived in this generation and changed everything: a performance could now outlive the performer.
He worked as composer and violinist.
The instruments recorded are violin.
His work is classed as opera and classical music.
Among his best-known works are Liebesleid, Schön Rosmarin and Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
Recognition followed: Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal (1904).
That the work came out of Austria–Hungary shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Fritz Kreisler died in 1962, aged 87. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal — 1904
- Notable work: Liebesleid
- Notable work: Schön Rosmarin
- Notable work: Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen
- Notable work: Four Weeks In The Trenches; The War Story Of A Violinist
- Instruments: violin
- Genres: opera and classical music
