Hugo Kreisler
Hugo Kreisler · Arts & Literature
Cellist
1884, Vienna, Austria-Hungary — 1929, New York City, United States
Austria · United States
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Hugo Kreisler was an Austrian-born cellist and the younger brother of the celebrated violinist Fritz Kreisler, with whom he sometimes performed. He came from a Viennese Jewish family; his father was a physician, and the family was Jewish (Fritz later converted to Catholicism). Hugo pursued a career as a chamber and orchestral cellist before settling in the United States.
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