Luigi von Kunits
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Ludwig Paul Maria "Luigi" von Kunits was a Canadian conductor, composer, violinist, and pedagogue. Born in Austria, he studied at the Vienna Conservatory. He later moved to Canada where he was the fou
Luigi Von Kunits with conducting baton
Luigi von Kunits at the age of 27 as concertmaster, first violinist, and assistant conductor to Frederic Archer at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1896 to 1898
Harry Adaskin
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Harry Adaskin was a Canadian violinist, academic, and radio broadcaster.
Luigi von Kunits
…note were the U.S. composer Charles Wakefield Cadman, long-forgotten violinist and recording pioneer Vera Barstow, Canadian composers and violinists Harry Adaskin, Murray Adaskin, Maurice Solway, Eugene Kash, Grace McDonald. Indeed, von Kunits shaped a generation of string players, some of whom continued to play…
Hart House String Quartet in their 1935 configuration (James Levey, Milton Blackstone, Boris Hambourg and Harry Adaskin). The autograph addresses their manager Horace Parmalee.