Show i KREISLER CONFESSES TO FOOLING I OTHER MUSICIANS FOR 30 YEARS 1 Compositions Credited to Masters Are R Revealed as His Own NEW YORK Feb 8 a UP UP Fritz Kreisler celebrated violinist confessed con con- I leMed through his his publisher today that he had fooled critics other musicians musi clans and the general public 30 yearA year years yearA A series o of compositions advanced by Kreisler as his arrangements of the work of old masters are in reality Kreisler All the works have been performed thousands of times and few tew ever er suspected they weren't the work vork of of the composers to whom Kreisler credited them Carl Can Fischer Inc his publisher gettin getting gettins get get- tin tins ting up a new catalogue of music for violin and other string instruments announced it has transferred 14 compositions com corn positions which it had credited to vanous various vari van ous old masters with Kreisler as editor editor ed ed- ed to the list of ori original inal Kreisler compositions Kreisler now is in Vienna His Hi explanation explanation ex ex- ex to his publisher was that he found it inconvenient 30 years ago to load his programs down with his own i I iI I I L Fritz Kreisler name The old masters credited with Kreisler's works were V Vivaldi Cou perin penn and Padre Marti Martini The deception might have Writer Seeking Original Manuscripts Man Man- Elicits Tale continued forever had not a writer I Ion on music musie began looking for the original inal manuscript from which Kreisler had made his violin transcription of what what was said was and Allegro He searched through h the records of or life life- I time ime the second half hall o of the century century cen cen- tury and found nothing He began I cen-I I pestering Fischer Inc mc and Kreisler with questions Finally Kreisler consented con to acknowledge his brain chil chil- dren Kreisler's confession sent all critics through h their files liles A number found they had commented on the compositions compositions compo compo- and some discovered to their amazement that the they had remarked Kreisler in editing this work of ol or had not followed the original closely as he should Others read such comments as Mr Kreisler's interpretation of ot Vivaldi was restrained for Vivaldi himself did not wear vear his heart on his sleeve |