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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
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1a performer on the violin he was highly regarded. D. Paris, Feb. 22, 1888.
3ALBINONI, TOMMASO, Italian violinist and composer b. Venice, 1674. Compositions include sonatas and concertos for the violin, as well as symphonies and more than forty-five operas. D. Venice, 1745.
5ALBRECHT, EUGÈNE MARIA, Russian violinist and musicologist, b. Petrograd, July 16, 1842. Studied under Ferdinand David. Appeared as soloist with Petrograd Orchestra with great success. Author of many valuable musical essays. In 1872 was made inspector of all Russia's Imperial Orchestras. D. Petrograd, Feb. 9, 1894.
7ALDAY, PAUL, French violinist, b. Lyons, 1764. Studied under Viotti. Appeared frequently as soloist at the Concerts Spirituels. Came to England in 1791 and founded the Dublin Conservatory about 1812. Compositions include three violin concertos and a number of smaller pieces now forgotten. D. Dublin, 1835.
9ALFVÉN, HUGO, Swedish violinist and composer, b. Stockholm, May 1, 1872. Studied at the Stockholm Conservatory. Member of the Court Orchestra. Compositions include symphonic poems and a romance for violin.
11ALLEGRI, GREGORIO, Italian violinist and composer to whom is attributed the composition and performance of the first string quartet.
13ALLEN, CHARLES N., English violinist, b. York, 1837. Studied under Saenger at Paris. Member of Paris Opera Orchestra. Came to Boston in 1871. Became a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Mendelssohn Quintet Club. Taught the violin for thirty years, Henry K. Hadley being one of his pupils. Compositions include some easy teaching pieces. D. Boston, April 7, 1903.
15ALTÈS, ERNEST EUGÈNE, French violinist and conductor, b. Paris, March 28, 1830. Studied under Habeneck. Awarded a gold medal and various other prizes. Member of the Paris Conservatory Orchestra. Assistant conductor and later conductor of the Paris Opera. Compositions include a sonata for piano and violin as well as smaller works. D. Paris, 1899.
17ALTHAUS, BASIL, English violinist and composer, b. 1865. Famous as a teacher as well as a writer of charming genre pieces, and editor of violin exercises. Mr. Althaus was a very prominent figure in London educational musical circles, and his early demise, Dec. 28, 1910, was keenly felt. He was also the author of an interesting book entitled Advice to Violin Students and Teachers.
19ALTMANN, WILHELM, German violinist and musicologist, b. Adelnau, April 4, 1862. Studied under Otto Leistner. Transcribed Bach's violoncello suites for violin, and edited the first published edition of Haydn's violin sonatas.
21AMBROSCH, LOUIS, Austrian violinist, b. near Vienna, May 15, 1879. Studied under Spiering, Sitt and Prill. Taught the violin for seventeen years in the United States.
23AMBROSIO, ALFREDO D', Italian violinist and composer, b. Naples, June 13, 1871. Studied at Naples Conservatory. Made numerous successful tours of Italy, Germany and France. Compositions include a violin concerto, and many successful light pieces such as his "Canzonetta." Founded a string quartet at Nice which still bears his name.
25ANCOT, JEAN, Belgian violinist and composer, b. Belgium, Oct. 22, 1799. Studied under Baillot and Kreutzer, afterwards becoming professor of the violin at the London Athenaeum. Compositions include several violin concertos. D. 1829.
27ANET, BAPTISTE, French violinist, b. about 1680. Studied under Corelli and appeared as soloist in Paris with great success, but soon left to spend the balance of his life conducting the private orchestra of a Polish nobleman. There seems to be no doubt that he was a pioneer in introducing the advanced principles of Italian violin playing into France. D. 1755.
29ARA, UGO, Italian violinist and violist, b. Venice, July 19, 1876. Was violist with the Flonzaley Quartet for a number of years.
31ARBOS, FERNANDEZ-ENRIQUE, Spanish violinist, conductor and composer. B. Madrid Dec. 25, 1863. Studied under Monasterio, Vieuxtemps and Joachim. Became concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, made numerous successful tours through Europe and taught the violin at the Hamburg and Madrid Conservatories. 1890, became professor of the violin at the Royal College of Music, London, and recent years tours Spain for three months each season as conductor of the Madrid Symphony Orchestra. As a performer is in the first rank of artists, and his compositions include a large number of musician violin solos.
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