Alexander Cores

{{Short description|Russian-American violinist}}

Alexander Cores (1901-February 5, 1994){{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/10/obituaries/alexander-cores-violinist-93.html | title=Alexander Cores; Violinist, 93 | work=The New York Times | date=February 10, 1994 | accessdate=August 20, 2011 | pages=10}} was a violinist and founder and first violin of the Dorian String Quartet.{{cite book|author=Amédée Daryl Williams|title=Lillian Fuchs: First Lady of the Viola|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mVgV03LorhwC&pg=PA31|accessdate=20 August 2011|date=February 2004|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-0-595-30957-3|page=126}}

Born in Russia, Cores studied in Berlin and at the Juilliard School under Leopold Auer and Paul Kochanski. Cores was a member of the New York Philharmonic from 1925 to 1931. His Dorian String Quartet performed a series of contemporary music concerts on CBS Radio. He performed on recordings for Columbia Masterworks Records and Vox Records. He also taught comedian Jack Benny to play the violin poorly for comedic effect. In 1989, he joined the violin faculty at the Mannes College of Music.

Cores was the brother of violist Michael Cores and the uncle of novelist Lucy Cores.{{cite web|url=http://www.ruemorguepress.com/authors/cores.html |title=Lucy Cores |publisher=Rue Morgue Press |date=April 2004 |accessdate=August 20, 2011 |author=Schantz, Tom & Enid |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826111717/http://ruemorguepress.com/authors/cores.html |archivedate=August 26, 2011 }}