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1ness. For the youthful player or beginner, his "Airs Variés" on familiar songs are very pleasing. Compositions include violin pieces such as "Airs Variés"; also published several violin instruction works. D. Nottingham, June 25, 1891.
3FELLOWS, HORACE, English violinist, b. Wolverhampton, 1876. Studied under Willy Hess at the Cologne Conservatory. Appeared as soloist in Glasgow at the age of twelve. Member of Willy Hess Quartet. Made numerous successful tours of Germany, Holland and Great Britain.
5FENNINGS, SARAH, English violinist, b. Essex. Studied under Hollaender, Wilhelmj and Sevcik. Has concertized and taught in England for a number of years. Was appointed professor at Trinity College, London, and is an associated member of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
7FERRARI, DOMENICO, Italian violinist and composer, b. Piacenza about 1700. Appeared as soloist at Vienna where he was highly regarded. Visited Paris twice as a virtuoso with great success. Compositions include a number of violin sonatas now forgotten. As a performer on the violin he was particularly skillful at the playing of octaves and harmonics, but it is generally believed that his musicianship was of an inferior degree. D. Paris, 1780, by the hand of an assassin.
9FESTING, MICHAEL CHRISTIAN, English violinist and composer, b. London, about 1680. Compositions include several solos for the violin, and orchestral pieces. He was a member of several famous orchestras, but is chiefly remembered as one of the founders of a society for the support and aid of aged or disabled musicians and their families. D. London, July 24, 1872.
11FÉTIS, FRANÇOIS JOSEPH, French violinist and musicologist, b. Mons, Mar. 25, 1784. As a violinist, Fétis made no reputation for himself, but his biography of Paganini and his treatise on Stradivarius are among the most important literary works of this character, and will serve to keep him among the elect. D. Brussels, Mar. 26, 1871.
13FEUERMANN, SIGMUND, Austrian violinist, b. Kolomea, 1901. Studied under Sevcik. Appeared as soloist at Vienna in 1909, and with the London Philharmonic in 1910. Since then has made numerous successful tours of Europe and the United Kingdom.
15FIORILLO, FEDERIGO, German violinist and composer, b. Brunswick, 1753. Studied the mandolin first and later took up the violin. In 1788 he appeared in London as soloist and as viola player in the Salomon Quartet. Compositions include concertos for the violin, concertantes for two violins and his famous "Thirty-Six Caprices" which are a classic among study works for the instrument. Fiorillo was in Paris in 1823, but the date and the place of his death are unknown.
17FISCHER, JOHANN, German violinist and composer, b. Suabia, about 1650. Compositions include many solos for both violin and viola. In addition to being a virtuoso with ideas far in advance of his time, Fischer made use of the scordatura, i.e. special tunings of the violin strings, later much in vogue with Paganini and other players. D. Schwedt, about 1721.
19FİTELBURG, GEORG, Polish violinist and composer, b. Dünaberg, Oct. 18, 1879. Studied under Barcewicz. Concertmaster and later conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Compositions include violin concerto and sonatas, one of which gained him the Paderewski prize in 1896.
21FLESCH, CARL, Hungarian violinist and music editor, b. Moson, Oct. 9, 1873. Studied under Grün and Marsick. Leader of Queen of Roumania's String Quartet. Gave five historical recitals at Berlin in 1909. Taught the violin at Bucharest, Amsterdam and Berlin. As editor has produced admirable editions of Kreutzer, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Paganini. As a performer on the violin he has a magnificent technique and a lofty intellectual style of interpretation.
23FODOR, JOSEPH, German violinist and composer, b. Venloo in 1752. Studied under Franz Benda and made numerous successful tours through Europe as a virtuoso. Compositions include many violin concertos and light pieces. As a performer on the violin he was possessed of unusual technical skill, but Ludwig Spohr considered his playing lacking in true musical feeling. D. St. Petersburg, Oct. 3, 1828.
25FOLVILLE, JULIETTE, Belgian violinist and composer, b. Liége, Jan. 5, 1870. Studied under Musin and Thomson. Has appeared as soloist successfully in France and Belgium, in addition to conducting her own orchestral works. Became a member of the Liége Conservatory faculty in 1898. Compositions include a concerto, a suite and smaller pieces for violin.
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