num_pages: 168
description: Described by Szigeti as "one of the last great individualists among violinists", Alfred Campoli was a household name in the field of light music prior to World War II. After the war, Campoli changed direction and pursued a long and successful career as a concert performer at the international level. This biography charts Campoli's early success and his later struggle for recognition as a serious artist. Campoli's career emerges as one particularly shaped and directed by the great economic and social forces of the first half of the century, and this is as much the story of his times as his life.
language: English
title: The Bel Canto Violin: The Life and Times of Alfredo Campoli 1906-1991
titlecomplete: The Bel Canto Violin: The Life and Times of Alfredo Campoli 1906-1991
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd