Sarah Kreindler

Sarah Kreindler
Sarah Kreindler, from a 1922 publication
Born(1912-03-17)March 17, 1912
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 19, 1993(1993-12-19) (aged 81)
Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.
Other namesSarah Baltor, Sarah Wolper, Sally Raderman
OccupationViolinist

Sarah Kreindler (March 17, 1912 – December 19, 1993), also known as Sally Raderman, was an American violinist. After a concert career in her youth, she played in studio orchestras in Hollywood and accompanied Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and other popular singers.

Early life and education

Kreindler was born in San Francisco, the daughter of Herman Kreindler and Mollie Bercovich Kreindler. Her parents were both born in Romania; her father was a businessman.[1] She had two older sisters.[2] She did not attend school as a young girl, instead focusing on violin instruction with Sigmund Anker.[3] Yehudi Menuhin was another student of Anker's at the time, and remembered Kreindler as a peer.[4] At age 12, she began attending the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.[5][6] She also studied with Mishel Piastro.[7]

Career

Kreindler was known as a child musical prodigy when she gave her first public recital in 1921.[3][8] "She approaches her instrumet with rare poise, while her attack is marked by a deft sureness," commented a reviewer that year.[9] She was also heard in radio concerts in the 1920s.[10] In 1933 she played in an all-female concert, benefiting needy musicians in San Francisco.[11]

As an adult, Kreindler played in Hollywood studio orchestras,[12] on film soundtracks including The Black Castle (1952), North by Northwest (1959), Lonely Are The Brave (1962), A Gathering of Eagles (1963), Tobruk (1967), Hellfighters (1968), and The Day of the Locust (1975).[13] She toured for ten years with Frank Sinatra's orchestra, and can be heard on recordings by Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, Sérgio Mendes, Mel Tormé, Perry Como, Barbra Streisand, and Andy Williams.[14]

Later in life, Kreindler was a member of the Ventura County Symphony,[15] and concertmaster of the Ventura Community Orchestra, the Moorpark Community College Orchestra, and the Simi Valley Community Orchestra.[5] Kreindler owned and played a Francesco Rugeri violin made in 1672.[16] In 1981, she sold her second husband's 1868 Vuillaume violin, heard on hundreds of film soundtracks, to San Francisco violinist Jeremy Cohen.[17][18]

Personal life

In 1932, Kreindler married sculptor Norman Baltor (who was also known as Norman Wolper).[19][20] They had a daughter, Marisa.[21][22] They divorced in 1948.[23] Her second husband was fellow violinist Lou Raderman; they married in 1950, and he died in 1981. She died in 1993, at the age of 81, in Thousand Oaks, California.[5][24]

References

  1. ^ Pekarsky, Louis (1937-03-19). "Jottings". The Jewish Press. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-09-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Kreindler (death notice)". The San Francisco Examiner. 1946-11-10. p. 27. Retrieved 2025-09-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Child Violinist at California". San Francisco Call. January 14, 1922. p. 21 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  4. ^ Palmer, Tony (1991). Menuhin : a family portrait. Internet Archive. London; Boston : Faber and Faber. pp. 17, 187. ISBN 978-0-571-16582-7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c Archives, L. A. Times (1993-12-23). "Sally Raderman; Concert Violinist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  6. ^ Curtis Institute of Music (1928). Recital programs 1928-1929. p. 163 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ "Sarah Kreindler Concert". Pacific Coast Music Review: 12. October 20, 1926 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ "Child Violinist in Debut Sunday". The San Francisco Call Bulletin. 1921-12-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-09-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Sarah Kreindler at California". Pacific Coast Musical Review. 41 (16): 10. January 14, 1922.
  10. ^ "Child Artists to Repeat Radio Concert". The San Francisco Call Bulletin. 1922-09-12. p. 12. Retrieved 2025-09-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Aiding Needy Musicians". Musical America. 53 (13): 31. August 1933 – via Internet Archive.
  12. ^ "Many Changes Made as Studios Re-Sign Orks". Down Beat. 17 (19): 15. 1950-09-22 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ "Sally Raderman". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  14. ^ Farkash, Michael R. (1990-02-04). "Rossini, Schubert featured in concert". Simi Valley Star. p. 19. Retrieved 2025-09-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "'Music Man' takes bow tonight". Ventura County Star. 1989-11-10. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-09-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Francesco Rugeri, Cremona, 1672; Violin 42507" Archived 2025-12-11 at the Wayback Machine Cozio Archive.
  17. ^ "From Jazz to Tango, Violinist Jeremy Cohen Plays Fearlessly". International Musician. December 1, 2020. Archived from the original on 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  18. ^ Cohen, Jeremy (2015-09-05). "Jeremy Cohen's 1868 Vuillaume May Be One of the Most-Heard Instruments Ever". Strings Magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-07-23. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  19. ^ "Two Arts, Two Hearts". The San Francisco Examiner. 1932-08-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-09-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Violinist Will Wed Sculptor". The San Francisco Examiner. 1932-01-11. p. 15. Retrieved 2025-09-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Brief untitled item". San Francisco Chronicle. 1936-03-26. p. 18. Retrieved 2025-09-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Marisa Samuels Obituary - Walnut Creek, CA (1936-2019)". East Bay Times. 2019-07-12. Archived from the original on 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  23. ^ "Divorces Granted". The Los Angeles Times. 1948-06-15. p. 21. Retrieved 2025-09-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "Obituary for Sally Raderman". Ventura County Star. 1993-12-24. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-09-27 – via Newspapers.com.
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