{"product_id":"a-fiddlers-tale-louis-kaufman-9780299183806","title":"A Fiddler's Tale: How Hollywood and Vivaldi Discovered Me","description":"This fascinating memoir, written by one of the greatest American violinists of the twentieth century, recounts an extraordinary life in music. \u003cbr\u003e Once called by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"a violinist's violinist and a musician's musician,\" Louis Kaufman was born in 1905 in Portland, Oregon. He studied violin with Franz Kneisl at New York's Institute of Musical Art. He was the original violist of the Musical Art Quartet (1926-1933) and won the Naumburg Award in 1928, the year of his American solo recital debut in New York's Town Hall. \u003cbr\u003e During these early years, he played chamber music with Pablo Casals, Mischa Elman, Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Efrem Zimbalist, among others. After performing the violin solos for Ernst Lubitsch's 1934 film \u003ci\u003eThe Merry Widow\u003c\/i\u003e, Kaufman became the most sought after violin soloist in Hollywood, playing in some 500 films, including \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Diary of Anne Frank\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpartacus\u003c\/i\u003e. He worked closely with Robert Russell Bennett, Bernard Herrmann, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman, Mikl Rsa, Max Steiner, Franz Waxman, and Victor Young. \u003cbr\u003e Extraordinary as it seems today, Kaufman was largely responsible for bringing the once-forgotten music of Antonio Vivaldi to its current popularity worldwide among both classical musicians and the general population of music lovers.\u003cbr\u003e The book includes a music CD with Kaufman's performances of Vivaldi's \u003ci\u003eConcerto 2 of op. 9\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHavanaise\u003c\/i\u003e by Camille Saint Sa?s, \u003ci\u003eNocturne for Violin and Piano\u003c\/i\u003e by Aaron Copland, \u003ci\u003eMuch Ado about Nothing Suite\u003c\/i\u003e for violin and piano by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and \u003ci\u003eSmoke Gets in Your Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e by Jerome Kern, among other favorites.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis Kaufman, Annette Kaufman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299183807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299183806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.36h x 7.33w x 1.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2003 pg. 85","brand":"Louis Kaufman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45482430628095,"sku":"9780299183806","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e9ad605-e500-4631-9dc3-6a4b923e7776.jpg?v=1715998510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-fiddlers-tale-louis-kaufman-9780299183806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}