Like Peter Lorre, S.Z. “Cuddles” Sakall, and countless others, Hungarian violinist and composer Joseph Szigeti was came to Hollywood to escape the rise of fascism in Europe
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#JosephSzigeti was born in Budapest #OnThisDay in 1892; the prodigy was able to establish himself as a violinist of international repute; here he is playing #JohannSebastianBach's Chaconne from the Partita #2 for unaccompanied violin:
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Franz Schubert, Artur Schnabel, Joseph Szigeti & Pierre Fournier:
🎵 Trio for piano and strings No 1 in B flat, D898. III Scherzo

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