[T1S1] his birth in Vienna to parents of Russian and Czechoslovakian background; family's immigration to the United States in 1922; they settle in Chicago; his father's musical ability; begins study at age five; musical studies at Chicago High School; his retirement from Pittsburgh Symphony at age seventy to teach violin; his first professional job with Illinois Symphony; training at Chicago Symphony and Stevens College Symphony; effect of the depression on musicians; typical salaries at that time; playing with the Chicago Symphony on the Carnation Milk Radio Program, Percy Faith conducting; becomes concertmaster for the Seattle Symphony in 1939; marriage; birth of two children; returns to Chicago to play for NBC Orchestra; plays with the Indianapolis Symphony, CBS Orchestra and Baltimore Symphony from 1943 to 1954.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.428_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.428
"Siegel, Fritz - May, 1987" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Siegel, Fritz - May, 1987
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Fritz Siegel, concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony which he joined in the 1950s; birth year, 1917.
Contributor
Siegel, Fritz (interviewee), Winer, Ruth;Menlowe, Mildred (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1987-05
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.428
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