![]() ![]() Though an early friend of Schoenberg, Kreisler did not take a similarly adventurous path beyond tonality rather, it was another Viennese violinist, Rudolf Kolisch, who, as leader of the Viennese/Kolisch Quartet, became the ideal collaborator of Schoenberg and the champion of the music of the Second Viennese School. ![]() Following closely in his footsteps was the highly popular Austrian Fritz Kreisler, who also thrived as a composer, integrating the Franco-Belgian virtuoso tradition and the melodious Viennese pre-Schoenberg styles. ![]() A champion of new music in France and Belgium, Ysaÿe was in charge of the innovative chamber music concert series organized for the meetings of Les XX and other Symbolist groups. The first, the eminent Belgian Eugène Ysaÿe, revered in Vienna and all other European capitals, collaborated with César Franck and Claude Debussy, among many other artists. In their respective roles, they supported the climate of innovation in and between these capitals. This chapter focuses on three influential violinists whose careers intersected with the artistic scenes of Brussels and Vienna at the turn of the century. ![]()
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