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The violinist, 1900
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1mote corners of the largest auditoriums. Thibaud has a marvelously fine bow technic and his tone is correspondingly great.
3Over ambition has ruined many a fine violinist. Why do you seek to play the Mendelssohn Concerto when you have only the ability to play a few of the simple pieces of Dancla? It is far better to develop some very simple piece to the utmost of your technical and artistic capacity than to strive after some great work far beyond your reach. Fritz Kreisler, master that he is, does not hesitate to play very simple pieces—but, BUT—how does he play them? Anyone who has heard him play the Dvorak Humoresque must realize that he has spent hours and hours in perfecting it. Each tone is perfect. This, then, should be the goal of every student, and the one who is so short-sighted that he can not see it, must realize that he is traveling down the hill and not up to Parnassus. —Etude.
5Karl Halir, Bohemian Violinist
7KARL HALIR was born at Hohenelbe in Bohemia in 1859, and was one of the many successful students at the Conservatory of Prague. Later he went to Berlin to study under Joachim, with whom he was intimately associated for many years. On leaving the Hoch-Schule Halir held the post of concertmeister in the Bilse orchestra in Berlin, and also filled a similar role at Königsberg and Mannheim, after which he went to Italy, where he spent several years in further study. The then reigning prince of Saxe-Weimar appointed him leader of his famous orchestra, and in the pretty town of Weimar he spent a delightful time until he was offered and accepted the concertmeistership of the Hof-Kapelle at Berlin. On the death of de Ahna, Halir obtained the vacant professorship at the Hoche-Schule. In 1896 he toured in America, and on his return succeeded Kruse as second violin in the Joachim quartet, in which capacity he was perhaps best known to the English public. He also formed a quartet of his own in conjunction with Messrs. Exner, Müller and Dechert, and the party achieved considerable renown on the continent.
9As a soloist, Halir was remarkable for the finish and purity of his playing, and as a teacher he was greatly beloved by a large circle of pupils, owing to the generous interest he took in their welfare. He died in 1912. ——
10Music is a thing of the heart and head, and must be in the heart before it can find expression.
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