Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)

Nationality: Austrian | American

Born: February 2, 1875, Vienna Died: January 29, 1962, New York (age 86)

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Midnight Bells (from the operetta Der Opernball by Richard Heuberger)

(for violin and piano)

Duration: 5 minutes (approximately)

Published: 1923 (age 47-48)

2 recordings, 2 videos

3:43

Itzhak Perlman, Samuel Sanders

3:47

Tasmin Little, John Lenehan

chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
duo, duet, dueto [S], duetto [I], duett [G]—a work for two instruments; the ensemble itself
transcription, transcribe—To re-score a work for an ensemble of instruments different from the original version. Typical examples include orchestrating piano or chamber works and visa versa. Within the realm of chamber music, a work for winds might be transcribed for strings, a symphony into a string quartet, a trio featuring a clarinet substituting a viola. One interesting question is: who made the transcription, the original composer? One interesting effect is that the transcription may become favored over the original. One of the most curious transcriptions in all of chamber music is Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht", transcribed from string sextet to piano trio with amazing success by one of his students.