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HANS KRONOLD (3 JULY 1872 IN KRAKÓW, POLAND – 10 JANUARY 1922 IN NEW YORK CITY)

He was a Jewish-born Polish cellist, composer, educator, and a member of the symphony orchestras of New York and Boston. He was the first musician to make cello recordings on phonograph cylinders for Gianni Bettini. Kronold was born in Kraków to Adolph Kronold and Louise (Hirschberg) Kronold. His sister was the opera soprano Selma Kronold; a cousin of Polish pianist and composer Moritz Moszkowski. He had his first musical training in Leipzig, where he studied with Max Kiesling (1866-1930). He lived in Berlin for three years, where he extended his musical education with Professor Richard Vollrath, and piano and harmony with Hans Rasch. In 1886, he emigrated to New York, resuming his studies with cellist Anton Hekking, and S. Vreeman. Kronold soon joined the Metropolitan Opera and shortly after the New York Symphony Orchestra, where he played for five consecutive seasons. In 1894, he married Rose Fischel and had two daughter, Nora and Sophie Kronold. From 1900, he toured the United States and Canada for five years under the direction of Walter Damrosch, accompanying not only singers and acclaimed violinists such as Maud Powell, but also other renowned instrumentalists of his time. On his return, he quit playing for orchestras and devoted himself to solo-playing and teaching at the New York College of Music. He died in New York on 10 January 1922.

TRACKLIST

1. Adoration (Borowski) Columbia A5222 30514
2. Ave Maria (Gounod) Edison 9477
3. Canzonetta (d’Ambrosio) Columbia A1426 38955
4. Humoresques, No. 7 (Dvořák) Edison 17
5. Le Cygne (Saint-Saëns) Edison 9413
6. Liebesleid (Kreisler) Edison 2072
7. Melody in F (Rubinstein) Edison 9080
8. Melody in F (Rubinstein) U.S. Everlasting Record 285
9. Nina (Pergolesi) Edison 126
10. Nocturne (Chopin) Edison 9637
11. Nocturne in E flat (Chopin) Edison 80107 2377
12. Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns) Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix Edison 80107 2378
13. Serse (Handel) Ombra mai fù Edison 9987
14. Simple aveu (Thome) Edison 9366
15. Ständchen (Schubert) Edison 8965
16. Tannhäuser (Wagner) O du mein holder Abendstern Columbia 3585
17. Tannhäuser (Wagner) O du mein holder Abendstern Edison 8940
18. The rosary (Nevin) Edison 9737
19. Träumerei (Schumann) Edison 9149