Description: Vintage 3X2.5 Musical quote signed in fountain pen ink by Albert Spalding on June 4, 1933. (1888-1953) Albert Spalding was an internationally recognized American violinist and composer. Spalding studied the violin privately in Manhattan, New York City, and Florence, Italy, before later moving on to the conservatories in Paris and Bologna, graduating from the latter with honors at fourteen years old. Following his debut at the Nouveau Theatre in Paris on June 6, 1906, he played in the principal towns of France, Austria, Germany, Italy, and England. His first American appearance as a soloist came with the New York Symphony on November 8, 1908. Spalding received strongly opposing critical responses to his debut playing of the Violin Concerto No. 3 by Camille Saint-Sains. Although the New York Tribune accused him of "rasping, raucous, snarling, unmusical sounds," Walter Damrosch (who conducted the performance) announced him as "the first great instrumentalist this country has produced." A year later he soloed with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra when that orchestra toured the United States. In 1916, he was recognized as a national honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national fraternity for men in music. Thomas Edison analyzed Spaldings tone with electronic equipment and found it to be the purest of any living violinist he had heard; this led to a twenty-year contract during which Spalding made over a hundred records. His burgeoning career was soon interrupted by World War I. During the war Spalding served in the United States Army Air Service (at one point as aide-de-camp to then-Congressman Fiorello La Guardia) and would eventually be awarded the Cross of the Crown of Italy.[5]Upon the United States' involvement in World War II, Assistant Secretary of State Adolf Berle successfully urged Spalding to accept an assignment with the Office of Strategic Services. He was posted to London, for six weeks, and then served in North Africa until he was ordered to Naples where he was attached to the Psychological Warfare Division of SHAEF. In 1944, Spalding gave a legendary concert to thousands of terrified refugees stranded in a cave near Naples during a bombing raid. Comes with a full Letter of Authenticity from Todd Mueller Authentics.
Price: 120 USD
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
End Time: 2024-03-11T20:54:01.000Z
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Signed by: Albert Spalding
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