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Arthur Fiedler played both violin and viola in the Boston Symphony, but I don't remember which instrument he played when he participated in the Victor recordings conducted by Karl Muck. There's a letter in which Fiedler recalled the experience many years later. Russell On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 9:47 AM, John Haley <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I just looked up Fiedler in Wiki, and while born in Boston, his parents > moved to Europe (Vienna and Berlin) and he studied violin with Willy Hess > at the Berlin Hochschule. I didn't see mention of the Johann Strauss III's > orchestra, but that is possible. I might be wrong about his playing the > viola. Monteux was a violist, and both Reiner and Mitropoulos were > pianists. We have a recording of Mitropoulos performing and conducting a > Prokofiev concerto. > > Best, > John Haley > > > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Roger Kulp <[log in to unmask] > >wrote: > > > Szell,Walter,Solti,and Bernstein all made very famous recordings as > > pianists.I have seen it reported that Fiedler played in Johann Strauss > > III's orchestra as a student.Is there any truth to this? > > > > Roger > > > > > Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 12:45:19 -0400 > > > From: [log in to unmask] > > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Dora Labbette, Soprano with string quartette: > > The Flowers of the Forests, 1925? > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > I believe Fiedler (whose name means "fiddler") was also a violist. But > > the > > > violists are in good company with composers. Beethoven, Rossini and > > Mozart > > > all played the viola, I believe, altho both Beethoven and Mozart had > > > performing careers as pianists. Most of the famous violinists of the > > 19th > > > Century, and before, were also composers. > > > > > > Best, John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Dave Burnham <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > You're right. And an inordinate number were cellists, the ones you > > mention > > > > along with Kindler, Bourdon, Casals and Rostropovich. I think > > Hindemith did > > > > some conducting as well which would fill out the picture by > including a > > > > violist. > > > > > > > > db > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > > On May 4, 2014, at 10:48 AM, John Haley <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Most of the great conductors were/are in fact string players, not > > > > pianists. > > > > > Szell, Walter, Solti and Bernstein were pianists, and Stokowski was > > an > > > > > organist (his first job in the US was as organist for St. Bart's > > Church > > > > in > > > > > Manhattan). Most of the rest were string players. Munch was a > > > > > concertmaster under Furtwaengler. Toscanini and Barbirolli were > > > > cellists. > > > > > Koussevitzsky was a bass fiddle virtuoso. Ormandy was the most > > famous > > > > > violin student of Hubay, Szigeti's teacher. > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > John Haley > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 4:42 AM, Nick Morgan < > > > > > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> I suppose most conductors trained before orchestral recording > became > > > > >> widespread must have been able to - does anyone know of any that > > > > couldn't? > > > > >> > > > > >> Nick > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > >> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > > > > >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Burnham > > > > >> Sent: 04 May 2014 04:11 > > > > >> To: [log in to unmask] > > > > >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Dora Labette, Soprano with string > > quartette: The > > > > >> Flowers of the Forests, 1925? > > > > >> > > > > >> I recently came across a record by Dora Labette with Beecham at > the > > > > piano; > > > > >> never realized he could play the piano. > > > > >> > > > > >> db > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >