Louis Persinger
Louis Persinger (born February 11, 1887 in Rochester , Illinois , † December 31, 1966 in New York ) was an American violinist and pianist .
Louis Persinger studied at the Leipzig Conservatory before completing his training with Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels. He became concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Opera Orchestra in Brussels, but returned to San Francisco when the First World War broke out. In 1915 he was concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and from 1916 to 1928 director of the Chamber Music Society San Francisco. In 1930 he succeeded Leopold von Auer at the Juilliard School in New York .
He was known as the teacher of the violinists Yehudi Menuhin , Guila Bustabo , Ruggiero Ricci , Isaac Stern , Camilla Wicks , Almita Vamos , Fredell Lack , Frances Magnes , Sonya Monosoff , Miriam Soloviev , Arnold Eidus and Louise Behrend .
He also accompanied Yehudi Menuhin and Ruggiero Ricci on the piano at concerts and recordings.
Works
- The Art of Violin Playing , Daniel Melsa, Foulsham & Co.
- The Book of the Violin , edited by Dominic Gill (1984), Phaidon Press . ISBN 0-7148-2286-8
- An Encyclopedia of the Violin , by Alberto Bachmann (1965/1990), Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80004-7
- The Great Violinists , by Margaret Campbell (1980/2004), Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-623-0
- Paganini -The Genoese , from GIC de Courcy (1957), University of Oklahoma Press
- Stuff Smith- Pure at Heart , edited by Anthony Barnett & Eva Løgager (1991), Allardyce Barnett Publishers. ISBN 0-907954-15-4
- Szigeti on the Violin , by Joseph Szigeti (1969/1979), Dover Publications . ISBN 0-486-23763-X
- Tartini- His Life and Times , by Lev Ginsburg (1968), Paganiniana Publications Inc. ISBN 0-87666-590-3
- Unfinished Journey , Yehudi Menuhin (1976), Macdonald and Jane's, ISBN 0-354-04146-0 .
- The Violin , by Yehudi Menuhin (1996), Flammarion, ISBN 2-08-013623-2 .
- The Violin and I , by Kato Havas (1968/1975), Bosworth & Co.
- Violins & Violinists , by Franz Farga (1950), Rockliff Publishing Corporation
- Ysaÿe , by Lev Ginsburg (1980), Paganiniana Publications, ISBN 0-87666-620-9
Web links
- Works by Louis Persinger in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Persinger, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American violist and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rochester , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1966 |
| Place of death | new York |