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Louis Persinger

1887 – 1966

American musician

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Lived 1887 – 1966 (aged 79). Louis Persinger was an American pianist, music educator, conductor, university teacher, violinist and musician.

Louis Persinger (February 11, 1887, Rochester, IllinoisDecember 31, 1966, New York, New York) was an American violinist, pianist and professor of violin. Persinger had early lessons in Colorado, appearing in public by the age of 12. His main studies were at the Leipzig Conservatory where he studied violin with Hans Becker, piano with Carl Beving, conducting with Arthur Nikisch before finishing with Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels and then studying with Jacques Thibaud in France for two summers. Arthur Nikisch described him as "one of the most talented pupils the Leipzig Conservatory ever had."

He served as leader of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra and the Royal Opera Orchestra in Brussels before being appointed leader and assistant conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in 1915 and succeeding Leopold Auer at the Juilliard School in New York in 1930.

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University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
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Juilliard School

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Who was Louis Persinger?

American musician (1887–1966)

When was Louis Persinger born?

Louis Persinger was born on 11 February 1887 in Rochester.

When did Louis Persinger die?

Louis Persinger died on 31 December 1966 in New York City.

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Louis Persinger was a pianist, music educator, conductor, university teacher, violinist and musician.

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Louis Persinger was American.

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· Wikipedia: Louis Persinger

· Wikidata: Q1403108

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