Louis Persinger
Illustration — Louis Persinger's portrait (before 1928) Louis Persinger (February 11, 1887, Rochester, IllinoisDecember 31, 1966, New York, New York) was an American violinist, pianist and professor of violin. Persinger had early lessons in Colorado, appearing in public by the age of 12. His main studies were at the Leipzig Conservatory where he studied violin with Hans Becker, piano with Carl Beving, conducting with Arthur Nikisch before finishing with Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels and then studying with Jacques Thibaud in France for two summers.
Louis Persinger
- Born
- 1887 · Rochester.
- Died
- 1966 · New York City.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- pianist · music educator · conductor · university teacher · violinist · musician
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
- Teachers
- Eugène Ysaÿe · Jacques Thibaud · Arthur Nikisch · Hans Becker
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Illustration — Louis Persinger's portrait (before 1928) Louis Persinger (February 11, 1887, Rochester, IllinoisDecember 31, 1966, New York, New York) was an American violinist, pianist and professor of violin. Persinger had early lessons in Colorado, appearing in public by the age of 12. His main studies were at the Leipzig Conservatory where he studied violin with Hans Becker, piano with Carl Beving, conducting with Arthur Nikisch before finishing with Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels and then studying with Jacques Thibaud in France for two summers.
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Arthur Nikisch described him as "one of the most talented pupils the Leipzig Conservatory ever had." He served as leader of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra and the Royal Opera Orchestra in Brussels before being appointed leader and assistant conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in 1915 and succeeding Leopold Auer at the Juilliard School in New York in 1930. He was best known as the teacher of great violinists Yehudi Menuhin, Ruggiero Ricci, Isaac Stern, Myriam Solovieff, Stephan Hero, Camilla Wicks, Almita Vamos, Fredell Lack, Guila Bustabo, Arnold Eidus, Donald Erickson, Zvi Zeitlin, Leonard Posner, Enrique Danowicz, Francis Chaplin and Louise Behrend. He was also Ricci's piano accompanist for many recitals and recordings, and Menuhin's for his first few recordings.
Louis Persinger studied at University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. Training under Eugène Ysaÿe, Jacques Thibaud and Arthur Nikisch is recorded. Zvi Zeitlin and Yehudi Menuhin are recorded as having studied under Louis Persinger. The field of work recorded is classical music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Juilliard School.
Louis Persinger is recorded as pianist, music educator, conductor, university teacher and violinist.
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1966
Louis Persinger died at New York City.
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Persinger, Louis, Oxford Music Online, 2001
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- 1.Schwarz, Boris. Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. 2001. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.21387.
- 2.Hart, Margaret C. "Louis Persinger - A Tribute on his 75th." Juilliard Review (Winter 1961–62), p. 4-8.
- 3.The Great Violinists, by Margaret Campbell (1980/2004), Robson Books.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 14
- Hart, Margaret C. "Louis Persinger - A Tribute on his 75th." Juilliard Review (Winter 1961–62), p. 4-8.
- The Art of Violin Playing, Daniel Melsa, Foulsham & Co. Ltd.
- The Book of the Violin, edited by Dominic Gill (1984), Phaidon Press.
- An Encyclopedia of the Violin, by Alberto Bachmann (1965/1990), Da Capo Press.
- The Great Violinists, by Margaret Campbell (1980/2004), Robson Books.
- Paganini-The Genoese, by G.I.C. de Courcy (1957), University of Oklahoma Press
- Stuff Smith-Pure at Heart, edited by Anthony Barnett & Eva Løgager (1991), Allardyce Barnett Publishers.
- Szigeti on the Violin, by Joseph Szigeti (1969/1979), Dover Publications.
- Tartini-His Life and Times, by Prof. Dr. Lev Ginsburg (1968), Paganiniana Publications Inc.
- Unfinished Journey, Yehudi Menuhin (1976), Macdonald and Jane's.
- The Violin, by Yehudi Menuhin (1996), Flammarion.
- The Violin and I, by Kato Havas (1968/1975), Bosworth & Co. Ltd.
- Violins & Violinists, by Franz Farga (1950), Rockliff Publishing Corporation Ltd.
- Ysaÿe, by Prof. Dr. Lev Ginsburg (1980), Paganiniana Publications Inc.
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