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1the violin he combines unusual talent with artistic exactness.
3HOLLANDER, BENNO, Dutch violinist and composer, b. Amsterdam, June 5, 1853. Studied under Massart at the Paris Conservatory, taking first prize for violin playing in 1873. After a successful tour of Europe, he came to London in 1876 where he has acted as soloist with and concertmaster of many prominent orchestras (including one founded by him) with great success. Compositions include concertos, sonatas, fantasias and smaller violin pieces.
5HEGEDUS, FERENCZ, Hungarian violinist, b. Funfkirchen, Feb. 26, 1881. Studied under Gobbi and Hubay at Budapest Conservatory and at the Royal Academy of Music where he was granted a special diploma at the age of eighteen. Has made numerous successful tours of Europe, Great Britain and the United States. As a performer his playing is marked by fire and racial abandon without overstepping the bounds of artistic restraint.
7HOLMES, ALFRED AND HENRY, English violinists and composers, b. at London in 1837 and 1839. Studied under their father from Spohr's Violin School and made their first public appearance as duettists at the Haymarket Theater, July 13, 1847. They then toured Europe with great success, playing at Cassel for Ludwig Spohr, who dedicated his three grand duos to them. In 1864, Alfred Holmes settled in Paris, where he established a quartet and composed a great deal of music, dying there Mar. 4, 1876. Henry Holmes established himself in London, where he became well-known as a concert and quartet performer. He composed a concerto and many solos for the violin. He afterwards came to San Francisco, Cal., where he died, Dec. 9, 1905.
9HOLZ, KARL, Austrian violinist, b. Vienna, 1798. Became a member of Schuppanzigh's Quartet in 1824 and was on terms of the closest intimacy with Beethoven. D. Vienna, Nov. 9, 1858.
11HRIMALY, JOHANN, Bohemian violinist and teacher, b. Pilsen, April 13, 1844. Studied under Mildner at the Prague Conservatory. Succeeded Ferdinand Laub as professor at the Moscow Conservatory in 1875, also becoming the concertmaster of the Conservatory orchestra and leader of the Mazar Violin School.
13HUBAY, JENO, Hungarian violinist and composer, b. Budapest, Sept. 15, 1858. Studied under his father, violin professor at the Budapest Academy of Music and with Joachim at Berlin. Appeared as soloist in Hungary in 1876, followed by concerts in Paris, where he became friendly with Vieuxtemps. Became professor of violin at the Brussels Conservatory and finally succeeded his father as professor at the Budapest National Academy of Music and leader of the Hubay-Popper Quartet, a famous chamber music organization. Compositions include four violin concertos, a "Sonata Romantique" and many violin works of lesser importance.
15HUBERMANN, BRONISLAW, Polish violinist, b. Czentsstochowa, Dec. 19, 1882. Studied under Michalowisz, Lotto and Joachim. In 1893 he appeared as a child prodigy at Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris, and at Vienna with Adelina Patti. In 1896, he played the Brahms Concerto in Vienna with the composer in the audience, and earned his hearty commendation. Since that time, he has toured all of Europe and America many times. During his Italian tour in 1893, he was requested by the Municipal Authorities of Genoa to play on Paganini's violin, an honor conferred previously on only one other violinist, Camillo Sivori.
17HÜLLWECK, FERDINAND, German violinist and teacher, b. Dessau, Oct. 8, 1824. Studied under Franz Schneider. Leader of the Dresden Orchestra and violin professor in the Dresden Conservatory, retiring in 1886. Compositions include a number of valuable educational violin works. D. Blasewitz, July 24, 1887.
19HURSTINEN, SULO, Finnish violinist and composer, b. Helsingfors, Dec. 1, 1881. Studied under Sevcik and Halir. Made a successful tour of Germany, Finland and Scandinavia. Taught the violin at the Helsingfors Musical Institute. Compositions include pieces for violin and piano and a violin method.
21JACKSON, LEONORA, American violinist, b. Boston, Mass., Feb. 20, 1879. Studied under Joachim at the Royal Hochschule in Berlin, receiving Mendelssohn prize from the government. Appeared as soloist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and with Paderewski and Adelina Patti. Made numerous successful tours of Europe. Came to the United States to appear with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and at more than 150 concerts in 1901. As a performer
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