Books › An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925 › scan 392
Scan 392
An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
24 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 362. See the scan on archive.org.
1April 24, 1800. Studied under Böhm and became professor of violin at the Vienna Conservatory, where he instructed a great number of distinguished pupils including Ernst, Joachim, Hauser, Auer and also his own sons, Georg and Josef. Compositions include two concertos and many other violin pieces. He was one of the world's greatest violin teachers and was held in the highest esteem all his life. D. Neuwaldegg, Aug. 16, 1873.
3HELLMSBERGER, GEORG (Jr.), Austrian violinist, b. Vienna, Jan. 27, 1830. Studied under his father and made a concert tour in 1847 with him through Germany and England, after which he devoted himself to composing, in addition to becoming concertmaster at the Hanover Opera House. D. Hanover, Nov. 12, 1852.
5HELLMSBERGER, JOSEPH (Sr.), Austrian violinist, b. Vienna, Nov. 23, 1829. Studied under his father at the Leipzig Conservatory, where he became professor of the violin himself when but twenty-one years old. In 1860 he became leader of the Court Opera Orchestra and three years later succeeded Mayseder as director of the Imperial Band. In 1849 he founded the Hellmsberger Quartet, an organization which not only was one of the finest the world has ever heard, but which awoke the first real general interest in Beethoven's later quartets and in other works by talented composers which had been sadly neglected. D. Vienna, Oct. 24, 1893.
7HELLMSBERGER, JOSEF (Jr.), Austrian violinist and composer, b. Vienna, April 9, 1855. Studied under his father (Joseph, Sr.), playing second violin in the Hellmsberger Quartet from 1875 and succeeding him as leader in 1887. Also occupies position as professor at the Conservatory and has written several successful operettas.
9HENLEY, WILLIAM, English violinist and composer, b. West Bromwich in 1874. Studied with Henry Holmes, Willy Hess, Emile Sauret and August Wilhelmj, acquiring experience in quartet playing under the latter. Has toured England, France and Germany with remarkable success. His compositions are all of the pleasing salon variety; he has also written a book on solo playing and a violin school.
11HENRIQUES, FINI VALDEMAR, Danish violinist and composer, b. Copenhagen, Dec. 20, 1867. Studied under Svendsen and Joachim. Member of Court Orchestra at Copenhagen. Compositions include a violin sonata and suite.
13HERBST, GOTTFRIED, German violinist, b. Mulhausen, June 21, 1887. Studied under Joachim. Appeared as concertmaster with orchestras in Gera, Erfurt and Coburg. Came to the United States in 1912 as Professor at the State College, Pullman, Wash. Mr. Herbst gave Mozart's Seventh Concerto, which was discovered in 1907, its first performance at the Coburg Opera House in 1908.
15HERING, KARL FRIEDRICH AUGUST, German violinist, b. Berlin, Sept. 2, 1819. Studied under Ries, Rungenhagen, Lipinski and Tomaschek. Made numerous successful tours and became violinist in the Berlin Royal Chapel. Compositions include chamber music and several educational treatises; also a violin method. D. near Magdeburg, Feb. 2, 1889.
17HERMANN, FRIEDRICH, German violinist, composer and teacher, b. Frankfort, Feb. 11, 1828. Studied under David at the Leipzig Conservatory. Member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra and in 1848 became violin teacher at the Conservatory. Compositions include chamber music and a trio for three violins. He also edited in a masterly manner many classical violin works for the Peters and the Augener editions.
19HERRMAN, EDWARD, German violinist, b. Oberrohweil, Dec. 18, 1850. Studied under Joachim. Appeared as soloist at Stuttgart in 1871. Made numerous successful tours of Germany, Switzerland, Holland and Russia. Came to the United States for a concert at Steinway Hall, New York in 1881. Since then has been identified with the musical life of New York, founding both a quartet and trio, and teaching the violin, among his pupils being the distinguished amateur violinist and musical dilettante Maurice Sternberger, whose collection of music, musical literature and pictures has been of great assistance in the preparation of this encyclopedia. (Editor)
21HERWEGH, MARCEL, French violinist, b. Zurich, of French parents, 1858. Studied under Edward Singer, and has achieved a reputation as a serious artist with a gift for the interpretation of the classics. He has also prepared a splendid edition of Leclair's twelve violin concertos.
23HERZFELD, VICTOR VON, Austrian violinist and composer, b. Pressburg, Oct. 8, 1856. Studied at the Vienna Conservatory where
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.