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Auer was born in Veszprém, Hungary, 7 June 1845, [1] to a poor Jewish household of painters. [2] He first studied violin with a local concertmaster.He later wrote that the violin was a "logical instrument" for any (musically inclined) Hungarian boy to take up because it "didn't cost much."
Barbara Wood Lull Rahm (January 25, 1905 – May 18, 1978) was an American violinist, a student of Leopold Auer. Later in life she taught violin in Berkeley, California . Early life and education
Benno Rabinof (1902–1975), a violinist, was the last of Leopold Auer's famous students, who also included Efrem Zimbalist, Mischa Elman, and Jascha Heifetz.In 1927, Benno made his Carnegie Hall debut playing the Elgar and Tchaikovsky concertos, with Auer conducting.
The Violin: A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument by Schoenbaum, David (2012). New York, New York : W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393084405; The Violin and I, by Kato Havas (1968/1975), Bosworth & Co. Ltd. Violin Playing-As I Teach it, by Leopold Auer (1921/1960), Gerarld Duckworth & Co Ltd.
The violinist and teacher Leopold Auer, writing in his book Violin Playing as I Teach It (1920), advised violinists to practise playing completely without vibrato, and to stop playing for a few minutes as soon as they noticed themselves playing with vibrato in order for them to gain complete control over their technique.
The Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82, by Alexander Glazunov is one of his most popular compositions. Written in 1904, the concerto was dedicated to violinist Leopold Auer , who gave the first performance at a Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg on 15 February 1905.
Sérénade mélancolique in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 26 (Russian: Меланхолическая серенада), is a piece by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that was written in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orchestra, and was written immediately after he completed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor.
arrangement of Nos. 1–24 by Ferdinand David for violin and piano (c. 1860) version of the 24 caprices "avec accompagnement de pianoforte" by John Liptrot Hatton (1870) arrangement of No. 13 by Jenő Hubay (c. 1925) arrangement of Nos. 13, 20 and 24 by Fritz Kreisler (1911) arrangement of Nos. 17 and 24 by Leopold Auer (1922)