death_date death_place birth_name birth_place years_active notable_instruments background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
29 january 1962 new york city , new york , u.s. friedrich kreisler vienna , austria-hungary 1903 -- 1950 '' 1707 '' earl of plymouth stradivarius '' 1711 '' greville-kreisler-adams ` stradivarius '' 1726 '' kreisler guarneri del gesù '' 1730c violin '' kreisler-nachez guarneri del gesù '' 1732 '' huberman-kreisler stradivarius '' '' 1733 '' lord amherst of hackney stradivarius '' 1734 ' '' kreisler guarneri del gesù '' 1734 '' mary portman '' guarneri del gesù '' 1735c '' hart-kreisler guarneri del gesù kreisler '' 1737 giuseppe guarneri del gesù 1740c '' kreisler bergonzi guarnerius '' 1740c jean-baptiste vuillaume 1860 '' non_vocal_instrumentalist 2 february 1875 violin classical fritz kreisler 1.jpg fritz kreisler
 friedrich kreisler composer , violinist
fritz kreisler

friedrich `` fritz '' kreisler -lrb- february 2 , 1875 -- january 29 , 1962 -rrb- was an austrian-born violinist and composer .
one of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day , and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time , he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing .
like many great violinists of his generation , he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately recognizable as his own .
although he derived in many respects from the franco-belgian school , his style is nonetheless reminiscent of the `` gemütlich '' -lrb- cozy -rrb- lifestyle of pre-war vienna .
