Talented Tuesday: Laszlo James Nagy, Violinist

Photo from Boston Symphony Orchestra Musicians List

Laszlo James Nagy, the husband of my maternal grandmother's sister Paula Christina Schneider, was a professional violinist. At age 10, he began studying violin and piano with a member of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He played with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for 10 years. In 1944, he began playing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra; he played with them until he retired in 1985. He was an expert on Hungarian gypsy music.

1940 United States census, St. Louis City, Ward 4, population schedule, enumeration district 96-580, sheet no. 5A. Available from Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Polk's Newton (Middlesex County, Mass.) City Directory. Vol. XL, 1945. Boston, MA: R. L. Polk & Co. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

 

Polk's Boston (Suffolk County, Mass.) City Directory. Vol. CLXI, 1964. Boston, MA: R. L. Polk & Co. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Boston Symphony Orchestra concert programs, Season 79, 1959-1960. Boston, MA: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Available from Internet Archive.