Eugene Ormandy A Centennial Celebration Curated by Marjorie Hassen Otto E. Albrecht Music Library University of Pennsylvania

Collaborating with Fritz Kreisler

Fritz Kreisler in rehearsal with
Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 1943
Photographer: Adrian Siegel

Fritz Kreisler
Letter to Eugene Ormandy
17 February 1937

Fritz Kreisler first performed with Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1936. In this letter Kreisler discusses his upcoming performance of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and the Bach E-major Violin Concerto, which he played with the Orchestra in New York, Baltimore, and Washington in October, 1937.