Harry Fuchs (cellist)

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Harry Fuchs (* 1908 ; † January 4, 1986 in Cleveland / Ohio ) was an American cellist.

Harry Fuchs was the younger brother of the violinist Joseph Fuchs and the violist Lillian Fuchs . As a child he took violin and cello lessons from his father. He later decided to play the cello and studied from 1932 to 1935 at the Juilliard School with Felix Salmond . From 1935 to 1937 he was a cellist in the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera . In 1937 Artur Rodzinski brought him to the Cleveland Orchestra , where he was principal cellist from 1943 after Leonard Rose's departure . When George Szell appointed Ernst Silberstein as first cellist in 1947 , he left the orchestra and decided to set up his own business.

He had a keen interest in pets and owned several dogs and cats, so he developed a canine skin irritation lotion, which he successfully marketed for several years under the name Fox Salve . In 1949 he returned to the Cleveland Orchestra as second cellist and remained in that position until 1979. In addition to his orchestral work, Fuchs taught for many years at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Cleveland Music School Settlement and was a member of the Cleveland Orchestra String Quartet . He recorded Beethoven's Trio in C minor with his siblings in 1951 , and Albert Roussel's Trio for flute, viola and cello with Lillian and Julius Baker in 1965 .

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SURNAME Fox, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cellist
DATE OF BIRTH 1908
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1986
Place of death Cleveland