Oh my, what a wonderful story about the marvellous violinist Fritz Kreisler. See pages 356-357 of our book Commitment to Freedom.
When Monitor music critic Winthrop P. Tryon uncovered the fact that Kreisler was not only the performer but also the composer of quite a few items in his repertoire, Kreisler requested that this information remain a secret. In fact, his reason for not identifying them as his own compositions on his programs was that he "found it inexpedient and tactless to repeat my name endlessly on the program".
It was nineteen years later when Kreisler finally gave permission for the story to be made public. And The Christian Science Monitor faithfully responded.
Julie Swannell
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