Hello. I am inquiring about the year and name of the first publication of the
cadenza by Fritz Kreisler for Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Any help is
really appreciated.

My best regards,

Fabrizio Ferrari

Hello Fabrizio

After looking through a range of university library catalogues, I am
confident the first publication was in 1928.

A typical catalogue entry is:

Kadenzen zum Violin-Konzert von L. van Beethoven, Opus 61
Kreisler. Fritz
Mainz und Leipzig. B. Schott's Söhne. 1928 

from: British Library
http://blpc.bl.uk/

Although I have not found an actual statement that there was no
earlier edition, after researching this quite thoroughly, I feel sure
that 1928 was the first time the Kreisler cadenza appeared in print,
in a set of three cadenzas.


I started with a search of all the UK academic libraries covered by
the Copac database. This turned up three 1928 editions but nothing
earlier:
http://www.copac.ac.uk/copac/wzgw?form=A%2FT&id=3497399&au=kreisler%2C+fritz&cau=&ti=beethoven+kadenzen&pub=&isn=&date=-1928&lang=&fs=Search


Checking some German-language catalogues, I discovered nothing before
1928, although it appears that the work was published simultaneously
in New York:
	  
Kreisler, Fritz  
Kadenzen zum Violin-Konzert von Ludwig van Beethoven opus 61
New York : Foley c 1928

from: South West Germany Library Consortium: Union Catalog 
http://www.bsz-bw.de/CGI/cgi-bin/swbcomline.cgi?2RTAS00.7896950;


I searched the libraries accessible from here:
http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/hylib/en/kvk.html


The Bibsys database produces a list of catalogue entries for
Kreisler's works from 1900. The cadenzas do not appear until 1928.
http://wgate.bibsys.no/gate1/FIND?lang=E&ccl=kreisler%2C+fritz%2Ffo&sort=as


So you will understand why I feel confident that 1928 was the first
publication of Kreisler's cadenzas for the Beethoven violin concerto.


Some of the links I have given are to results of searches which you
might need to repeat yourself, in order to see the precise catalogue
entries. If you would like any help with this, please use the
'clarification' button to ask me to explain in more detail. Of course
I would be happy to assist with any further queries you may have about
this answer, so please don't hesitate to ask.

Hoping this gives you all the information you need,

Best Wishes - Leli


Search strategy:

The information was not forthcoming with a variety of Google searches,
so I turned to library catalogues, using these search terms:

Kreisler, Fritz
cadenza
cadenzas
kadenzen
cadences
Beethoven
concerto
violinkonzert
opus 61


I also tried these music publishers unsuccessfully:

Schott
http://www.schott-online.com

Carl Fischer
http://www.carlfischer.com/kreislerworks.html

I tried a few of the US libraries listed here but none had Kreisler's
cadenzas in an edition as early as 1928:
http://www.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html#lc

Dear Leli-Ga,
you did a great work! I couldn't imagine a such precise answer. You
perfectly answered my question and suggested me important sources for
any future research.

Thank you again VERY much.

Sincerely

Fabrizio Ferrari

Dear Fabrizio

Thank-you very much for your kind, appreciative words and nice tip.

I'm really glad you found the answer helpful; the unified library
catalogues are a wonderful resource.

Good luck with your research!

Best regards - Leli

Leli-ga,
you deserve a first place in the world as kind person.

Sincerely

Fabrizio.