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1and Ysaye. Appeared as soloist at St. James Hall in 1898. Made successful tour of Great Britain in 1899 and later toured all of Europe. Now teaches the violin in London, devoting his time to pupils of talent. At the time of his debut, Wilhelmj presented Mr. Dressel with his own concert bow.
3DREYSHOCK, RAIMUND, Bohemian violinist, b. Zach, Aug. 20, 1824. Studied under Pixis at the Prague Conservatory. Made numerous successful tours of Europe and in 1850 became second concertmaster of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and teacher of violin in the Conservatory, in both of which places he was associated with Ferdinand David. D. Leipzig, Feb. 6, 1869.
5DUBOURG, MATTHEW, English violinist, b. London in 1703. Studied under Geminiani. Appeared as soloist at the age of twelve. In 1728 was appointed conductor of the Viceroy's Band in Dublin and aided Handel in producing the "Messiah" there in 1742. He afterwards (1752) became leader of the King's Band, retaining this office until his death in 1767. As a performer on the violin he was fond of displaying technical skill. At one time, he introduced a cadenza of such great length into an air that, when he was through, Handel (who was conducting the orchestra) exclaimed "Welcome home, Mr. Dubourg." If this incident is true, it must have been doubly amusing to those who could hear the remark made in Handel's peculiar manner of speaking the English language.
7DUESBERG, NORA, Austrian violinist, b. Vienna. Studied under her father and appeared as soloist in Vienna at the age of eleven. She later became a pupil of Sevcik, entering the Meisterschule and gaining the highest honor there which is the state diploma. She visited England with Sevcik in 1911.
9DUNN, JOHN, English violinist and composer, b. Hull, Feb. 16, 1866. Studied under Schradieck. Appeared as soloist at Covent Garden in 1882 and has since played with all the leading orchestral organizations in Great Britain as well as Berlin and Leipzig. Mr. Dunn introduced the Tschaikowsky Violin Concerto to British audiences in 1902. Compositions include a number of attractive violin pieces and a set of cadenzas to the Beethoven Concerto.
11DUPONT, JOSEPH, Belgian violinist and composer, b. Liége, Aug. 21, 1821. Studied under Wanson and Prume at the Liége Conservatory, to which he was appointed professor of the violin when only 17 years old. Compositions include pieces and études for the violin. D. Liége, Feb. 13, 1861.
13DURAND, AUGUSTE FREDERICK (Duranowski), Polish violinist, b. Warsaw about 1770. Studied under Viotti but abandoned his teacher's noble style in favor of his own talent for technical display. As a performer on the violin he was extraordinarily skillful and original, and Nicolo Paganini admitted that his (Paganini's) most striking effects were a result of his study of Durand's playing.
15DUSHKIN, SAMUEL, Polish violinist, b. Suwalk in 1895. Pupil of Remy, Auer and Kreisler. Toured England, Germany, Holland, France and made his first appearance in America with the New York Symphony Orchestra on Jan. 6, 1924, playing a newly discovered concerto by Boccherini. Mr. Dushkin has introduced with remarkable success sonatas and other compositions by Blair Fairchild, the American composer residing in Paris.
17ECCLES, HENRY, English violinist and composer, b. London. Compositions include twelve violin solos in Corelli's style. Became a member of the King's Orchestra from 1694-1710 and later went to Paris, playing in the Royal Band. D. Paris, 1742.
19ECK, FRANZ, German violinist, b. Mannheim, 1774. Studied under his brother, Johann and became court violinist at St. Petersburg. As a performer on the violin he possessed a splendid technique, combined with a beautiful tone. His fame will rest chiefly on the fact that, through the offices of the Duke of Brunswick, he became the teacher of Ludwig Spohr, who thus had inculcated in him the fundamentally sound principles of the famous Mannheim school of violin playing. Eck's unrestrained method of living finally not only disgraced him but affected his health to such an extent that he died insane at Strasbourg in 1804.
21ECK, JOHANN FRIEDRICH, German violinist and composer, b. Mannheim, 1766. Studied under Danner. Compositions include four concertos and a concert piece for two violins. As a performer he revealed a broad tone with splendid intonation and soon became one of the greatest players of his time. D. Bamberg, 1810.
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