Autograph Letter with Postcard Photograph

Autograph letter from the hugely influential Bohemian violinist and pedagogue recommending his student Jaroslav Siskovsky, together with an original postcard photograph showing Sevcik sitting at an outdoor cafe in Písek, Bohemia. June 22, 1913. To Anton Machan, a Czech immigrant and musician who directed a music school in Cleveland, Ohio, Sevcik writes (translated from the Czech): "It gives me great pleasure to inform you that your former pupil Jar. Siskovsky is very industrious, is learning well and making great progress. Taking into account his outstanding talent I predict with certainty his development into an excellent virtuoso." Translation in another hand, likely Siskovsky's, on the inner page of the folded sheet. Toning and mounting remnants; overall fine. Letter 5 x 6 inches (12.5 x 15 cm), postcard 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14.3 x 9 cm).

An important soloist and an ensemble player, Sevcik is chiefly remembered as the teacher of some of the greatest 20th century violinists including Jan Kubelík, Jaroslav Kocián, Efrem Zimbalist, Juan Manén, Marie Hall, Victor Kolar and Erika Morini. His violin studies and violin methods were published in several books and are still important and widely used as fundamental teaching tools.

From the collection of Czech-American violinist Jaroslav Siskovksy, a student of Leopold Auer who went on to be a founding member of the New York String Quartet, with Ottokar Čadek, Bedrich Váška and Ludvik Schwab. (16238)

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Autograph Letter

Classical Music

Unsigned Photograph

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