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<p>Created page with &quot;{{picture|file=Halíř_Karel.jpg|caption=&#039;&#039;&#039;Karel Halíř&#039;&#039;&#039; (1859–1909)}} Czech violinist (b. 1 February 1859 {{NS}} in Hohenelbe [now Vrchlabí]; d 21 December 1909 {{NS}} in <a href="/pages/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>), also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Carl&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Karl Halíř&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; After studing with Antonín Bennewitz at the Prague Conservatory (1867–73) and with Joseph Joachim in Berlin (1874–76), Halíř served for as the concertmaster of Benjamin Bilse&#039;s orchestra in <a href="/pages/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, before moving at K...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{picture|file=Halíř_Karel.jpg|caption=&#039;&#039;&#039;Karel Halíř&#039;&#039;&#039; (1859–1909)}}<br /> Czech violinist (b. 1 February 1859 {{NS}} in Hohenelbe [now Vrchlabí]; d 21 December 1909 {{NS}} in [[Berlin]]), also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Carl&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Karl Halíř&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> After studing with Antonín Bennewitz at the Prague Conservatory (1867–73) and with Joseph Joachim in Berlin (1874–76), Halíř served for as the concertmaster of Benjamin Bilse&#039;s orchestra in [[Berlin]], before moving at Königsberg (1879), Mannheim (1881) and Weimar (1884–94). <br /> <br /> ==Tchaikovsky and Halíř==<br /> Halíř was an early champion of Tchaikovsky&#039;s [[Violin Concerto]], and the composer was in the audience for his performance at [[Leipzig]] on 5 January 1888 {{NS}}. In his &#039;&#039;[[Autobiographical Account of a Tour Abroad in the Year 1888]]&#039;&#039; (chapter VIII), Tchaikovsky wrote:<br /> <br /> {{quote|The concert-master of the Grand Duke of Weimar&#039;s orchestra, the young violinist Mr Haliř came specially over from there to attend this concert. I had heard a lot about him from his fervent admirer [[Aleksandr Ziloti|A. I. Ziloti]], and it was all the more gratifying for me to get to know him, given that over the last few years Mr Haliř had been championing my [[Violin Concerto]] ... He plays this concerto everywhere, putting up with reproaches and mockery from the most authoritative music critics who taunt him for having made such a strange choice of work to specialize in. Undaunted, this brave artist tirelessly seeks to make my child of sorrow into a virtuoso repertoire piece at symphony concerts all over Germany... I think that this artist, who possesses an astonishing beauty of tone, a tremendous technique, passion, brilliance, and strength, will very soon come to occupy first place amongst the violinists of our age.}}<br /> <br /> The following month, on 7/19 February 1888, Halíř performed Tchaikovsky&#039;s concerto once more in [[Prague]], with the composer conducting.<br /> <br /> ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==<br /> One letter from Tchaikovsky to Karel Halíř has survived, dating from 1888, and has been partly translated into English on this website:<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Letter 3473a]]&#039;&#039;&#039; — 13/25 January 1888, from [[Magdeburg]].<br /> <br /> 2 letters from Halíř to the composer are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 504–505).<br /> <br /> ==External Links==<br /> * [[wikipedia:Karel_Halíř|Wikipedia]]<br /> * {{viaf|20431078}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:People|Halíř, Karel]]<br /> [[Category:Correspondents|Halíř, Karel]]<br /> [[Category:Dedicatees|Halíř, Karel]]<br /> [[Category:Violinists|Halíř, Karel]]<br /> __NOTOC__</div>

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