Notes on the Contributors

JAMES BUSWELL IV was born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. At the age of seven he made his violin debut with the New York Philharmonic. He studied with Ivan Galamian at Juilliard and was an undergraduate at Harvard. He has made solo appearances with nearly every major symphony orchestra in North America, is known as a recitalist and recording artist, and has participated in several Spoleto Festivals of Two Worlds. Professor Buswell is an artist-member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and has been on the faculty of Indiana University since 1974.

JOSEF GINGOLD, Distinguished Professor of Music, was born in Russia in 1909 and emigrated to the United States in 1920. He studied the violin with Vladimir Graffman in New York and Eugene Ysaye in Belgium, and concertized in both Europe and the United States before embarking on his orchestral career. He has played in the NBC Symphony under Toscanini, and was concertmaster and soloist with the Detroit Symphony and the Cleveland Orchestra. Professor Gingold joined Indiana University in 1960. He has also conducted master classes in Tokyo and Paris, and is editor of thirty-five violin works.

MURRAY GRODNER is a native of New York City and holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. He has played in the New Opera Co.-Ballet Theatre orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Houston Symphony, and the NBC Symphony. Professor Grodner joined the Indiana University faculty in 1955, and is one of the original members of the Baroque Chamber Players. He has participated in international string and double bass workshops and seminars in England, Switzerland, Australia, and Costa Rica, as well as in the United States.

FRANCO GULLI was born in Trieste, Italy, and began his violin studies with his father, who was a pupil of Ševčik’s. He earned an Artist Diploma at the Music Conservatory of Trieste, and studied further with Arrigo Serato and with Joseph Szigeti. He was concertmaster of the Milan Chamber Orchestra and soloist with I Virtuosi di Roma, and has enjoyed a worldwide career as a soloist since 1958. Professor Gulli held posts at Accademia Chigiana in Siena and at the Conservatory of Lucerne before coming to Indiana University in 1972.

GEORGES JANZER, born in Budapest, began his musical education as a violin student at the Franz Liszt Academy. At age 19, he graduated from the Conservatoire de Musique in Geneva. He has concertized internationally and was concertmaster of the Budapest Symphony Orchestra. He is the violist of the Vegh Quartet, which won the Grand Prix du Disque, and of the Grumiaux Trio, which has also won many prizes for performances and recordings. Professor Janzer has taught viola at academies in Hannover and Diisseldorf and, since 1972, at Indiana University.

ALBERT LAZAN is a native of Worcester, Mass., and a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, where he studied with Edouard Dethier. He has played with the Pittsburgh Symphony under Fritz Reiner and the Dallas Symphony under Antal Dorati. Professor Lazan joined Indiana University in 1948 and was a member of the Berkshire Quartet from 1948 to 1965. He is editor of Three Sonatas by Veracini and author of Basic Violin for Adults.

FRITZ MAGG began his musical studies in his native Vienna and continued them in Cologne and Berlin with Paul Grummer and in Paris under Diran Alexanian. He became solo cellist of the Vienna Symphony and, later, in New York, of the orchestras of the New Friends of Music and the Metropolitan Opera. He was a member of the Gordon String Quartet and now plays in the Berkshire Quartet, with whom he joined Indiana University in 1948. In addition he has concertized widely in the United States and abroad.

LAURENCE SHAPIRO was born in Boston but grew up in El Paso, Texas. Through his teachers he can trace his pedagogical heritage to the legendary Carl Flesch, D. C. Dounis, and Leopold Auer. He has served as concertmaster and soloist with several American symphony orchestras, toured with the New York Baroque Ensemble, and was first violinist of the Delaware and the Evansville string quartets. In 1972 he gave a series of television lectures about chamber music. Professor Shapiro joined Indiana University and the Berkshire Quartet in 1976.

ABRAHAM SKERNICK, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., studied violin with John King Roosa and viola with Emanuel Vardi and Nicolas Moldavan. He has been solo violist of several American symphony orchestras, most notably the Cleveland Orchestra, where he occupied that position from 1949 to 1976. He was the violist of the Mischakoff and the Cleveland Orchestra string quartets and has taught viola and chamber music at Peabody Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 1976 Professor Skernick joined Indiana University and the Berkshire Quartet.

JANOS STARKER, Distinguished Professor of Music, was born in Budapest and was graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy. He was solo cellist with the Budapest Opera and Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Chicago Symphony orchestras. An internationally known soloist, lecturer, and recording artist, Professor Starker won the Grand Prix du Disque in 1948 and was awarded honorary doctorates of music by Chicago Conservatory College in 1961 and Cornell College in 1978. He has been associated with Indiana University since 1958.

HELGA ULSAMER WINOLD was born in Munich and studied with Adolf Steiner and André Navarra. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Cologne Conservatory, and her doctorate at Indiana University, where she studied with Janos Starker. Her career has included appearances as soloist with symphony orchestras, solo and chamber-music recitals, and recording sessions in Europe and America. Professor Winold has conducted clinics in the United States and abroad, and since 1969 she has taught cello, cello literature, and chamber music at Indiana University.

TADEUSZ WRONSKI was born in Warsaw and holds diplomas from the Warsaw Conservatory and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels. He has performed throughout Europe (including the USSR), Asia, and North America and has received numerous awards for artistic and pedagogical creativity. Among his publications are performing editions of solo violin works by J. S. Bach and Paganini, and four volumes entitled Problems of Violin Playing. Professor Wronski has been professor and president of the Warsaw Conservatory, visiting professor at Indiana University from 1966, and a member of the permanent faculty since 1975.