Lillian Fuchs's performances inspired other composers, such as Bohuslav Martinů, Jacques de Menasce, Quincy Porter, and Vittorio Rieti, to write works for her or her brother.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Lillian Fuchs's studies for unaccompanied viola were specifically designed to address technical difficulties unique to the viola, rather than adapting violin studies.
Composer Biography
Lillian Fuchs, the composer, studied violin with Louis Svecenski and Franz Kneisel, and composition with Percy Goetschius, at the New York Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School).
Composer Biography
Lillian Fuchs, the composer, initially began her musical journey as a pianist before taking up the violin and later the viola.
Instruments
The violist on this recording, Jeanne Mallow, plays Lillian Fuchs's own Gasparo da Salò viola, an instrument that previously belonged to Fuchs's teacher, Louis Svecenski.
Composition History
Lillian Fuchs's compositions for unaccompanied viola include the Twelve Caprices (1950), Sixteen Fantasy Etudes (1959), Fifteen Characteristic Studies (1965), and the Sonata Pastorale (1956).
Performer Biography
Jeanne Mallow, the violist on this recording, is the granddaughter of composer Lillian Fuchs and comes from a distinguished musical family.
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