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Modern violin culture in America, 1916
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1MATURE MASTERS—Continued.
3Another modern player who has gained an international reputation both as soloist and writer for his instrument is Arthur Hartmann. The traits and personal characteristics of this artist, his impetuosity and enthusiasm are all reflected in his music, which, without exception is of greatest merit and entirely in keeping with the highest standards of recent violin writing. Hartmann is a modern musician to the core, who delights in the most advanced theories and takes a lively interest in the world's musical progress. Above all, he is a personality of strictly artistic beliefs and opinions and his sincerity in this respect is proven by his utter abhorrence of everything that smacks of sensational or in-artistic methods.
5As a player, he takes rank with the foremost virtuosi of our time and his writings are the triple result of his own executive abilities, his rare musicianship and creative gifts.
7Some of his very best contributions to the violin's literature are a very unusual Souvenir and a Suite in Ancient Style (Op. 27) in four numbers, (1) Aria (2) Gavotte, (3) Sarabande Varie and (4) Finale. This Suite, in particular, leaves little doubt as to Hartmann's thorough musicianship and his skill in using the models of our classic masters, to suit his own creative ends. It is a valuable addition to the best modern works of this class. Two shorter violin solos such as his Romance Autumn (In Hungary) and Seven O'clock are particularly representative of his characteristic vein of writing, and his particular skill as an arranger for his instrument has been abundantly manifested in two recent transcriptions, one, a ravishing Valse Caline, by Renati Brogi, and the other, an indescribably effective composition by Edm. Filipucci, entitled La Chanson des Abeilles (Song of the Bees).
9One of the most interesting of American resident violinists is Franz Kneisel equally well-known as a soloist, quartet-player and teacher. It is his just due to be included among those indefatigable artists who have helped so greatly in the musical development of the United States and his endeavors in this direction have given him a reputation second to none in this
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