Louis Persinger
Louis Persinger (11 February 1887, Rochester, Illinois – 31 December 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. 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 and Louise Behrend. He was also Ricci's piano accompanist for many recitals and recordings, and Menuhin's for his first few recordings. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 11, 1887 (Illinois), Died December 31, 1966 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1938
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, violin, arranger
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | PCVE-42090 | 12-in. | 3/14/1928 | Sierra Morena | Yehudi Menuhin | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | PBVE-42091 | 10-in. | 3/14/1928 | Allegro | Yehudi Menuhin | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | PBVE-42092 | 10-in. | 3/15/1928 | La capricciosa | Yehudi Menuhin | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | PCVE-42093 | 12-in. | 3/15/1928 | La romanesca | Yehudi Menuhin | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | CVE-49847 | 12-in. | 2/12/1929 | Prayer | Yehudi Menuhin ; Louis Persinger | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | CVE-49848 | 12-in. | 2/12/1929 | Scotch pastorale | Yehudi Menuhin ; Louis Persinger | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | CVE-49849 | 12-in. | 2/12/1929 | Nigun | Yehudi Menuhin ; Louis Persinger | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | CVE-49850 | 12-in. | 2/12/1929 | Nigun | Yehudi Menuhin ; Louis Persinger | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | CVE-49851 | 12-in. | 2/12/1929 | Concerto in G major : Adagio | Yehudi Menuhin ; Louis Persinger | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | CVE-49852 | 12-in. | 2/12/1929 | Sarabande | Yehudi Menuhin ; Louis Persinger | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | CVE-49853 | 12-in. | 2/12/1929 | Chant d'Espagne | Yehudi Menuhin | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | CVE-49854 | 12-in. | 2/12/1929 | La canción del olvido (Spanish song) | Yehudi Menuhin ; Louis Persinger | Violin solo, with piano | arranger, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | PC-87 | 12-in. | 2/9/1925 | La deluge : Prelude, part 2 | Alfred Hertz ; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra, with violin solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-023336 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | Air | Louis Persinger ; Ruggiero Ricci | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | CS-023337 | 12-in. | 6/8/1938 | Scherzo-tarantella | Louis Persinger ; Ruggiero Ricci | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BS-023338 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | Zigueunerweisen | Louis Persinger ; Ruggiero Ricci | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | [Trial 1928-02-15-02] | 10-in. | 2/15/1928 | Allegro | Yehudi Menuhin | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | [Trial 1928-02-15-03] | 10-in. | 2/15/1928 | La romanesca | Yehudi Menuhin | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | [Trial 1928-02-15-04] | 10-in. | 2/15/1928 | Zigeunerweisen | Yehudi Menuhin | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | [Trial 1928-04-03-01] | 10-in. | 4/3/1928 | Air (on the G string) | Louis Persinger | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, violin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Persinger, Louis," accessed November 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109282.
Persinger, Louis. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109282.
"Persinger, Louis." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 November 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Louis Persinger
Discogs: Louis Persinger
Allmusic: Louis Persinger
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Persinger, Louis, 1887-1966 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92010373
Wikidata: Louis Persinger - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1403108
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/2735370
MusicBrainz: Louis Persinger - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/682278da-0dd0-4997-9e0e-a2c872a11bd3
ISNI: 0000 0001 0863 5893 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000108635893
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