Auer, Leopold. (1845-1930). Autograph Signed Letter. Autograph letter of recommendation from the important violinist and influential pedagogue, teacher of Elman, Heifetz, Milstein, Zimbalist, Parlow, Schumsky and many others! 1 page, dated 8.7.1914. Addressed to Herbert Butler at the American Conservatory in Chicago and sold with the original transmissal envelope. The body of the letter in a slightly different ink from the signature and likely in the hand of secretary, though the signature is of Auer himself. The condition of the letter marred by several large ink stains (the same shade as Auer's signature!), which have been stabbed through, creating two torn areas on the letter.
"After hearing your former pupil, Miss Ruth Ray, two or three times, I have much pleasure in complimenting you on the excellent training you have given her. It is often my misfortune to have much less carefully trained pupils brought to me. After some further study Miss Ray ought to do very well, for I find her very intelligent, and I consider that she will be well worth any support you may be willing to give her."
Leopold Auer spent nearly fifty years in St. Petersburg and exerted a decisive influence on the Russian violin school, following Vieuxtemps and Wieniawski as solo violin at the Imperial Ballet. Arensky, Glazunov, Taneyev and Tchaikovsky wrote their most important violin compositions for him. As for Tschaikovsky’s violin concerto, Auer refused the dedication, declaring it technically awkward and too long! After a few revisions to the violin part, he eventually played this monumental violin work in 1893, shortly before the composer’s death.
"After hearing your former pupil, Miss Ruth Ray, two or three times, I have much pleasure in complimenting you on the excellent training you have given her. It is often my misfortune to have much less carefully trained pupils brought to me. After some further study Miss Ray ought to do very well, for I find her very intelligent, and I consider that she will be well worth any support you may be willing to give her."
Leopold Auer spent nearly fifty years in St. Petersburg and exerted a decisive influence on the Russian violin school, following Vieuxtemps and Wieniawski as solo violin at the Imperial Ballet. Arensky, Glazunov, Taneyev and Tchaikovsky wrote their most important violin compositions for him. As for Tschaikovsky’s violin concerto, Auer refused the dedication, declaring it technically awkward and too long! After a few revisions to the violin part, he eventually played this monumental violin work in 1893, shortly before the composer’s death.
Auer, Leopold. (1845-1930). Autograph Signed Letter. Autograph letter of recommendation from the important violinist and influential pedagogue, teacher of Elman, Heifetz, Milstein, Zimbalist, Parlow, Schumsky and many others! 1 page, dated 8.7.1914. Addressed to Herbert Butler at the American Conservatory in Chicago and sold with the original transmissal envelope. The body of the letter in a slightly different ink from the signature and likely in the hand of secretary, though the signature is of Auer himself. The condition of the letter marred by several large ink stains (the same shade as Auer's signature!), which have been stabbed through, creating two torn areas on the letter.
"After hearing your former pupil, Miss Ruth Ray, two or three times, I have much pleasure in complimenting you on the excellent training you have given her. It is often my misfortune to have much less carefully trained pupils brought to me. After some further study Miss Ray ought to do very well, for I find her very intelligent, and I consider that she will be well worth any support you may be willing to give her."
Leopold Auer spent nearly fifty years in St. Petersburg and exerted a decisive influence on the Russian violin school, following Vieuxtemps and Wieniawski as solo violin at the Imperial Ballet. Arensky, Glazunov, Taneyev and Tchaikovsky wrote their most important violin compositions for him. As for Tschaikovsky’s violin concerto, Auer refused the dedication, declaring it technically awkward and too long! After a few revisions to the violin part, he eventually played this monumental violin work in 1893, shortly before the composer’s death.
"After hearing your former pupil, Miss Ruth Ray, two or three times, I have much pleasure in complimenting you on the excellent training you have given her. It is often my misfortune to have much less carefully trained pupils brought to me. After some further study Miss Ray ought to do very well, for I find her very intelligent, and I consider that she will be well worth any support you may be willing to give her."
Leopold Auer spent nearly fifty years in St. Petersburg and exerted a decisive influence on the Russian violin school, following Vieuxtemps and Wieniawski as solo violin at the Imperial Ballet. Arensky, Glazunov, Taneyev and Tchaikovsky wrote their most important violin compositions for him. As for Tschaikovsky’s violin concerto, Auer refused the dedication, declaring it technically awkward and too long! After a few revisions to the violin part, he eventually played this monumental violin work in 1893, shortly before the composer’s death.