Samuel Dushkin was an American

United States

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 violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

ist of Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 birth.

Dushkin was born in Suwałki, Poland. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris

Conservatoire de Paris

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 as well as with Leopold Auer

Leopold Auer

Leopold Auer was a Hungarian violinist, teacher, conductor and composer.-Early life and career:...

 in New York City

New York City

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 and Fritz Kreisler

Fritz Kreisler

Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately...

. He made his European debut in 1918 at the age of 23 and six years later his American debut with the New York Symphony Orchestra

New York Symphony Orchestra

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 under Walter Damrosch.

Dushkin cooperated closely with Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....

 in the composition of the latter's first work for the violin, the Violin Concerto

Violin Concerto (Stravinsky)

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. He played at the concerto's world and US premieres and on the debut Vox recording (VLP 6340) with Stravinsky conducting Lamoureux Orchestra.

Stravinsky also composed his Duo Concertante and his Divertimento, both for violin and piano

Piano

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, to play with Dushkin in concert tours. They also worked together in violin transcriptions of other works, such as the Suite Italienne from Pulcinella

Pulcinella (ballet)

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.

Dushkin owned two Stradivarius

Stradivarius

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 violins, a Guarneri del Gesù

Giuseppe Guarneri

Bartolomeo Giuseppe Antonio Guarneri, del Gesù was an Italian luthier from the Guarneri house of Cremona. He rivals Antonio Stradivari with regard to the respect and reverence accorded his instruments, and he has been called the finest violin maker of the Amati line...

 violin and a Guadagnini

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini ; was an emiliano luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history.-Biography:...

 violin.

He published many arrangements and transcriptions for violin and piano, for example pieces by Isaac Albéniz

Isaac Albéniz

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, Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a...

, Rudolf Felber (1891-1978), George Gershwin

George Gershwin

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, Paul Kirman, Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky

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, Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff

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, Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....

, Henryk Wieniawski

Henryk Wieniawski

Henryk Wieniawski was a Polish violinist and composer.-Biography:Henryk Wieniawski was born in Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. His father, Tobiasz Pietruszka, had converted to Catholicism. His talent for playing the violin was recognized early, and in 1843 he entered the Paris...

and other composers. They are published in "Samuel Dushkin Repertoire".

Dushkin died in New York.