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Joshua Bell on Josef Gingold
Josef Gingold was born on 28 October, 1909. In celebration of the birth of a universally beloved and respected pedagogue, here is an...
Oct 28, 2015


Fritz Kreisler: a violinist at war
The First World War began 100 years ago, on 28 July 2014, with Austria–Hungary declaring war on Serbia, a month after the assassination...
Jul 25, 2014


Fritz Kreisler: ‘To practise is a bad habit’
I've been raiding the library of the Magic Mountain library and came across The Memoirs of Carl Flesch. He's not the most compelling...
Jun 6, 2014


Fritz Kreisler: Four Weeks in the Trenches
The great violinist served in the Austrian Army during the First World War. Here he gives a moving and deeply humane account of his time...
Jun 5, 2014
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