Fritz Kreisler

Malagueña

Fritz Kreisler's (1875-1962) collection Klassische Manuskripte written by the violin virtuoso around the turn of the century who pretended they were transcriptions of movements by old masters such as Couperin, Pugnani, Vivaldi or Dittersdorf, was extremely popular. This did not even change when, some decades later, Kreisler 'outed' himself as composer and not just arranger of these pieces. Other compositions, however, were at once published as original works by Fritz Kreisler who wrote them as encore pieces for his solo recitals. These encores were much appreciated by the audience such that Kreisler filled half his programme with them in later years. Among these character pieces teeming with melodic charm and musical elegance is Malagueña, a Southern Spanish dancing-tune from Malaga.