It is my express wish that all financial proceeds that may be my due from this video accrue instead to all holders of copyright. Should a change in copyright status or holder render its removal necessary, I hereby ask only for immediate notification prior to the filing of a claim with YouTube, and I will not hesitate to delete it as soon as possible. Max Bruch (1838-1920) Serenade for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 75 I. Andante con moto 0:00 II. Allegro moderata, alla marcia 9:25 III. Notturno: Andante sostenuto 18:47 IV. Allegro energico e vivace 28:33 Salvatore Accardo, violin Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Kurt Masur, conductor Max Bruch (1838 - 1920) was a German Romantic composer, teacher, and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertory. Max Bruch was born in 1838 in Cologne to Wilhelmine (née Almenräder), a singer, and August Carl Friedrich Bruch, a lawyer who became vice president of the Cologne police. Max had a sister, Mathilde ("Till"). He received his early musical training under the composer and pianist Ferdinand Hiller, to whom Robert Schumann dedicated his piano concerto in A minor. The Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso Ignaz Moscheles recognized his aptitude. At the age of nine, Bruch wrote his first composition, a song for his mother's birthday. From then on music was his passion, and his studies were enthusiastically supported by his parents. He wrote many minor early works including motets, psalm settings, piano pieces, violin sonatas, a string quartet, and even orchestral works such as the prelude to a planned opera, Joan of Arc. Few of these early works have survived, and the whereabouts of most of his surviving compositions is unknown. The first music theory lesson he had was in 1849 in Bonn; it was given by Professor Heinrich Carl Breidenstein, a friend of his father's. At this time, Bruch was staying at an estate in Bergisch Gladbach, where he wrote much of his music. The farm belonged to a lawyer and notary called Neissen, who lived in it with his unmarried sister. The estate was later bought by the Zanders, family who owned a large paper mill. The young Bruch was taught French and English conversation by his father. In later years, Maria Zanders [de] became a friend and patron. Bruch had a long career as a teacher, conductor and composer, moving among musical posts in Germany: Mannheim (1862–1864), Koblenz (1865–1867), Sondershausen (1867–1870), Berlin (1870–1872), and Bonn, where he spent 1873–78 working privately. At the height of his career he spent three seasons as conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society (1880–83). He taught composition at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik from 1890 until his retirement in 1910. Notable students included the German pianist, composer, and writer Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872-1948). Bruch married Clara Tuczek, a singer whom he had met on tour, in Berlin on 3 January 1881. The c