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1he was awarded first prize for violin playing in 1880. Finally settled in Budapest as professor at the Academy of Music and second violin of the Hubay-Popper Quartet. Compositions include orchestral and chamber music.
3HESS, WILLY, German violinist, b. Mannheim, July 14, 1859. Studied under his father and first appeared at eleven years of age in New York, afterwards touring with the Thomas Orchestra. Returned to Europe and in 1876 studied two years with Joachim, after which he held various positions of importance in Germany and England, coming to the United States in 1904. Succeeded Franz Kneisel as concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and founded the Hess-Schroeder Quartet. In 1910 he returned to Berlin where he succeeded Halir as professor at the Royal High School and as first violin of the Halir Quartet. His playing combines the intellectual qualities of the German school with a freedom and verve all his own.
5HILF, ARNO, German violinist, b. Bad Elster, Mar. 16, 1858. Studied under David, Röntgen and Schradieck. Became professor of violin at the Moscow Conservatory in 1878 under Anton Rubinstein and in 1891 succeeded Brodsky as professor at the Leipzig Conservatory and as leader of the Brodsky quartet. As a performer on the violin he possessed an enormous technique and was rated equally high as a quartet player. D. August 2, 1909.
7HILL, HENRY, English viola player, b. London, July 2, 1808. Studied under various teachers but raised himself to the high position as violist which he occupied by ability to study alone and become self-critical. He was one of the founders of the Beethoven Quartet Society and also played the solo viola part in Berlioz's "Harold" Symphony, upon the occasion of its first performance in London in 1848. D. London, June 11, 1856.
9HILL, THOMAS HENRY WEIST, English violinist, b. London, Jan. 23, 1828. Studied under Sainton at the Royal Academy of Music. Appeared as soloist at a Royal Academy concert in 1847 and shortly after visited the United States, where he introduced the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. He afterwards became a distinguished conductor of concerts in London. D. London, Dec. 25, 1891.
11HILL, URELI C., American violinist, b. New York, 1802. Studied under Spohr and was the founder and first president of the New York Philharmonic Society, playing first violin himself in the orchestra. D. New York, 1875.
13HILLE, GUSTAV, German violinist, b. Jerichow, May 21, 1851. Studied under Joachim at the Royal High School, Berlin. Came to the United States in 1879 as a member of the Boston Mendelssohn Quartet and the Philadelphia Academy of Music. Compositions include violin sonatas, suites and a concerto for two violins.
15HINTON, ARTHUR, English violinist and composer, b. Beckenham, Nov. 20, 1869. Studied violin under Sainton and Sauret and composition under Davenport and Rheinberger. Became assistant violin professor at the Royal Academy but has devoted his time more to conducting and composition. Compositions include a sonata and a suite for violin and piano.
17HOCHESTEIN, DAVID, American violinist, b. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1892. Studied under Auer and Sevcik and was awarded a scholarship at the Vienna Meisterschule. In 1911 he appeared as soloist at Vienna and made a successful tour of Europe, Great Britain and the United States. He was killed in the World War.
19HOEVEL, HEINRICH, German violinist and musicologist, b. Bonn, June 22, 1864. Studied under Konigsloew and Wasielewski. Has taught the violin for twenty-four years in Minneapolis, Minn. Has published a number of important treatises on Bach's violin music, Cremona violins and modern French chamber music.
21HOFMANN, KAREL, Bohemian violinist, b. Prague, Dec. 12, 1872. Studied at the Prague Conservatory under Bennewitz and became leader of the Bohemian Quartet, one of the greatest chamber music organizations in the world.
23HOLLAENDER, GUSTAV, German violinist, teacher and composer, b. Leobschütz, Feb. 15, 1855. Studied under David and Joachim. Became professor of violin at Kullak Academy, and toured Austria with Adelina Patti. In 1881 he became professor at the Cologne Conservatory and leader of its String Quartet, besides making numerous successful tours of Belgium, Holland and Germany. In 1894 he became director of the Stern Conservatory at Berlin. Compositions include concertos, concertinos and smaller violin pieces. As a performer
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