I was reading parts of West From Home tonight… Laura’s letter dated October 6, 1915, tells Almanzo about Rose’s interview with Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler. I had never heard of Fritz Kreisler before West From Home, and I’ll admit that I hadn’t yet bothered to try to find out anything much about him.
Interestingly enough, Kreisler’s 1915 publication: Four Weeks in the Trenches, The War Story of a Violinist is online in its entirety. You can google to find it. Interesting reading! There are also online music files of Kreisler playing the violin, also interesting.
Laura wrote: “Rose says both Fritz Kreisler and his wife are the loveliest people she has ever met.” Since the Kreislers lived in Manhattan while Rose was living in New York, I wonder if she ever looked them up?
