Correspondence with Alma Mahler, 1945.

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Correspondence with Alma Mahler, 1945.

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Szigeti was preparing for a performance of Alban Berg's violin concerto, under Otto Klemperer, and asked Alma whether she could write a few lines of personal reminiscence concerning the genesis of the work; the item bears her draft response, which mainly concerns Berg's relationship to Alma's daughter Manon Gropius (to whom he dedicated the piece).

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Szigeti, Joseph

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Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973) was an American violinist of Hungarian birth. He studied first with his father, then with Jeno Hubay. He settled in the United States in 1940 and became a citizen in 1951. His true strength was contemporary music, and he often forced concert managers to include contemporary pieces in concert programs. He was friends with Bartok and several other prominent composers, many of whom dedicated works to him. He played a Guarneri violin, and held his bow in the old fashioned ...