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After completing his schooling, he toured parts of Europe, North, and Central America as a soloist and a member of the Elshuco Trio (1922 - 1929), the Coolidge Quartet (1936 - 1944), and the Kroll Quartet (1944 - 1969). In the midst of his performance schedule, he taught at various facilities, first at the Institute of Musical Art (1922 - 1938), then at the Mannes College (1943), the Peabody Conservatory (1947 - 1965), Tanglewood (as of 1949), the Cleveland Institute of Music (1964 - 1967), and also at Queens College beginning in 1969. \n Selected compositions\nOrchestra \nArabesque, \nJolly Good Fellow, \nLittle March, \nString Quartet \nFour Bagatelles for String Quartet (published 1943), \n1. Coquette\n2. Giocoso\n3. The Veiled Picture\n4. Mood\nFour Characteristic Pieces for String Quartet (published 1935), \n1. Little March\n2. Magyar\n3. The Ancient (Based on a Hebrew Melody)\n4. Cossack\nViolin and Piano \nArabesque (published 1945), \nBanjo and Fiddle (published 1945), \nBizarresque (published 1928), \nCaprice (published 1949), \nCossack (published 1929), \nHappy-Go-Lucky (published 1949), \nJuanita (published 1945), \nMoment Musical (published 1949), \nOut of the East (published 1927), \nPantomime (published 1937), \nPolka for Violin and Piano Accompaniment or Optional Violin Accompaniment (published 1949), \nPrayer (published 1945), \nRussian Lullaby (published 1927), \nThree Violin Pieces in the First Position with Piano Accompaniment or Optional Violin Accompaniment (published 1945), \n1. Donkey Doodle\n2. Contra Dance\n3. Peter Rabbit\nValse Tendre (published 1930)\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/William+Kroll","playStationPath":"/stations/122859534/play","stationId":122859534,"bioPath":"/music/William+Kroll/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Henri+Vieuxtemps","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a4c/a4c0e60bf4fac3a4d535abb1c06d5b57_md.jpg","artistName":"Henri Vieuxtemps","artistId":448464,"station_id":401101919},{"musicPath":"/music/Henryk+Wieniawski","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/995/995b1e8f505ddd7b3674c976f4d2c27e_md.jpg","artistName":"Henryk Wieniawski","artistId":461268,"station_id":401346612},{"musicPath":"/music/Giovanni+Battista+Viotti","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dbb/dbbf8aaff91344b52ed7ecc9dfd6a8aa_md.jpg","artistName":"Giovanni Battista Viotti","artistId":76616,"station_id":266844230},{"musicPath":"/music/Jean+Marie+Leclair","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/eac/eac073766b9a6db507f99703295dfeba_md.jpg","artistName":"Jean-Marie Leclair","artistId":465769,"station_id":401405352},{"musicPath":"/music/Josef+Strauss","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/221/221678009a535bcad64c84dc2578366e_md.jpg","artistName":"Josef Strauss","artistId":433104,"station_id":400637912},{"musicPath":"/music/Franz+von+Suppe","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/516/516923ba0bcdc7f0c7f17802d3fbf407_md.jpg","artistName":"Franz von Suppé","artistId":6651,"station_id":303405882},{"musicPath":"/music/Ernest+Bloch","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6e1/6e1b407637fb7c68dbca0f051ceddfa5_md.jpg","artistName":"Ernest Bloch","artistId":433175,"station_id":400638996},{"musicPath":"/music/Jacques+Ibert","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e9c/e9c8a89f3a9279608194a2b1bcd6c04a_md.jpg","artistName":"Jacques Ibert","artistId":465736,"station_id":401405091},{"musicPath":"/music/Johan+Halvorsen","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/183/1837fb30fee42b934fb166a58a0d4e39_md.jpg","artistName":"Johan Halvorsen","artistId":459943,"station_id":401318127},{"musicPath":"/music/Franz+Lehar","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0b8/0b878042aebf508351fba8c0b1281103_md.jpg","artistName":"Franz Lehar","artistId":73887,"station_id":265993814},{"musicPath":"/music/Hans+Christian+Lumbye","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/674/6741d001a39a0cb1cfb9f3f021377223_md.jpg","artistName":"Hans Christian Lumbye","artistId":433101,"station_id":400639370},{"musicPath":"/music/Carl+Czerny","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/540/5401eecdda35f745446adbef274d3485_md.jpg","artistName":"Carl Czerny","artistId":75145,"station_id":266535226},{"musicPath":"/music/Zdenk+Fibich","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f8b/f8b7e7c90cd2acbad7b41d48b869b0c7_md.jpg","artistName":"Zdeněk Fibich","artistId":447716,"station_id":401103980}]}