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HARRY FUCHS (? 1908 – CLEVELAND, OHIO, JANUARY 4, 1986)

 

 

 

 

Harry Fuchs was the younger brother of violinist Joseph Fuchs and violist Lillian Fuchs. As a child, he received violin and cello lessons from his father. He later chose the cello and studied at the Juilliard School with Felix Salmond from 1932 to 1935. From 1935 to 1937, he was a cellist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. In 1937, Artur Rodzinski brought him to the Cleveland Orchestra, where he became principal cellist in 1943 after Leonard Rose’s departure. When George Szell appointed Ernst Silberstein as principal cellist in 1947, he left the orchestra and decided to become an entrepreneur.

He had a great interest in pets and owned several dogs and cats, and thus developed a lotion for skin irritations in dogs, which he successfully marketed for several years under the name Fox Salve. In 1949, he returned to the Cleveland Orchestra as second cellist and remained in this position until 1979. In addition to his orchestral work, Fuchs taught for many years at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Cleveland Music School Settlement and was a member of the Cleveland Orchestra String Quartet. With his siblings, he recorded Beethoven’s Trio in C minor in 1951, and with Lillian and Julius Baker, he recorded Albert Roussel’s Trio for Flute, Viola, and Cello in 1965.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Beethoven, Julius Baker, Joseph Fuchs, Lillian Fuchs, Harry Fuchs – Serenade In D Major, Op. 25 For Flute, Violin And Viola / Trio In C Minor, Op. 9, No. 3 For Violin, Viola And Cello

Label: Decca – DL 9574

Series: Gold Label Series

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono

Country: US

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Serenade In D Major, Op. 25 For Flute, Violin And Viola

A1 Entrata. Allegro

A2 Tempo Ordinario D’un Menuetto

A3 Allegro Molto

A4 Andante Con Variazioni

A5 Allegro Scherzando E Vivace

A6 Adagio – Allegro Vivace Disinvolto

Trio In C Minor, Op. 9, No. 3 For Violin, Viola And Cello

B1 Allegro Con Spirito

B2 Adagio Con Espressione

B3 Scherzo. Allegro Molto E Vivace

B4 Finale, Presto

Copyright © – Decca Records, Inc.

Pressed By – Decca Records Pressing Plant, Gloversville

Cello – Harry Fuchs (tracks: B1 to B4)

Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven

Flute – Julius Baker (tracks: A1 to A6)

Viola – Lillian Fuchs

Violin – Joseph Fuchs

On the front cover © 1951 Decca Records, inc.

Printed in U.S.A.

Label design and Gloversville pressing point to reissue

Matrix / Runout: MG 2367

 

Debussy / Roussel – Julius Baker, Laura Newell, Lillian Fuchs, Harry Fuchs – Sonata For Flute, Viola And Harp / Syrinx For Unaccompanied Flute / Trio For Flute, Viola And Cello, Op. 40

Label: Decca – DL 9777

Series: Gold Label Series

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono

Country: US

Genre: Classical

Style: Modern, Impressionist

Debussy Sonata For Flute, Viola And Harp

Composed By – Debussy

Flute – Julius Baker

Harp – Laura Newell

Viola – Lillian Fuchs

A1 – I. Pastorale

A2 – II. Interlude

A3 – III. Finale

Roussel Trio For Flute, Viola And Cello, Op. 40

Cello – Harry Fuchs

Composed By – Roussel

Flute – Julius Baker

Viola – Lillian Fuchs

B1 – I. Allegro Grazioso

B2 – II. Andante

B3 – III. Allegro Non Troppo

B4 Debussy – Syrinx For Unaccompanied Flute

Composed By – Debussy

Flute – Julius Baker

Pressed By – Decca Records Pressing Plant, Gloversville

Liner Notes – Harold Lawrence