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1LANGLEY, BEATRICE, English violinist, b. Chudleigh, Devonshire. Studied under Joseph Ludwig and Joachim. Appeared as soloist at the Crystal Palace Concerts and made numerous successful tours of Great Britain, the United States, Canada and South Africa. Founder and leader of the Langley-Mukle String Quartet.
3LANNER, JOSEPH (FRANZ CARL), Austrian violinist and dance composer, b. Oberdoding, April 12, 1801. An entirely self-taught violinist, who formed a quartet in which Johann Strauss (later his rival in the dance-orchestra field) played the viola. He is famous as the creator of the modern Viennese waltz and other popular dances. D. Vienna, April 14, 1843.
5LAUB, FERDINAND, Bohemian violinist and composer, b. Prague, Jan. 19, 1832. Studied under Mildner and in 1853 succeeded Joachim as concertmaster at Weimar. Made numerous successful tours of Europe and taught the violin from 1855-57 at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin where he founded a string quartet which achieved a brilliant reputation. In 1866 he became professor of the violin at the Moscow Conservatory, retiring after a few years through ill health. Compositions include a Polonaise and several solos for violin. D. Gries in the Tyrol, Mar. 17, 1875.
7LAURENTI, BARTOLOMEO GERONIMO, Italian violinist and composer, b. Bologna, 1644. One of the earliest members of the Philharmonic Academy established there in 1666. Compositions include sonatas for violin and cello, also concertos for violin, cello and organ. D. Bologna, Jan. 18, 1726.
9LAUTERBACH, JOHANN CHRISTOPH, German violinist, b. Culmbach, July 24, 1832. Studied under Fetis and Deberiot at Brussels where he won a gold medal for violin playing in 1851, and substituted for Léonard at the Conservatory in 1852. Made a successful tour of Holland, Belgium and Germany and came to Munich, where he became soloist and teacher in the Conservatory. In 1873 he became concertmaster of the Dresden Royal Orchestra and professor of the violin at the Conservatory, founding the string quartet which has made his name famous throughout Europe. Compositions include a number of concert solos and smaller pieces for the violin.
11LECLAIR, JEAN MARIE, French violinist and composer, b. Lyons, May 10, 1697. Began life as a dancer and ballet-master, and composed some dance music which so attracted Somis that he induced Leclair to study with him for two years, after which he appeared in Paris as a master-violinist. His success was not as great as it should have been, owing apparently to jealousy, and he devoted the rest of his life to teaching and composing. Compositions include sonatas for the violin (see those in the David Violin School) which, through their technical difficulties, vivacity and graceful melodic qualities, place him in the foremost rank of French composers. Leclair was assassinated near his home, Oct. 22, 1764.
13LEDUC, SIMON, French violinist and composer, b. Paris, 1748. Studied under Gaviniés and afterwards became one of the conductors of the Concerts Spirituels. Compositions include concertos and solos for the violin as well as a Symphony Concertante for two violins. It is said that shortly after Leduc's death, the adagio in one of his symphonic works so affected the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, who was conducting it, that he burst into tears and let fall the baton. D. Paris, 1777.
15LEFORT, NARCISSE-AUGUSTIN, French violinist, b. Paris, June 18, 1852. Studied at the Paris Conservatory, later becoming professor of the violin at the same institution, where he was highly regarded as a pedagogue.
17LEHMANN, GEORGE, American violinist, teacher and writer, b. New York, July 31, 1865. Studied under Schradieck and Joachim. In 1883 appeared as soloist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Joachim's Hungarian Concerto, winning the Helbig prize. Made numerous successful tours abroad and in the United States. Now directs his own violin school in New York, and has published a Violinist's Lexicon.
19LÉONARD, HUBERT, Belgian violinist and composer, b. Bellaire, April 7, 1819. Studied under Habeneck at the Paris Conservatory. Made numerous successful tours of Germany, introducing the Mendelssohn Concerto at Berlin in 1844, under the composer's baton. Became successor to Deberiot at the Brussels Conservatory, resigning in 1867 on account of his health, spending the balance of his life in Paris. Léonard was the teacher of many of the most famous modern violinists, among whom may be mentioned Marsick. Compositions include a number of important technical studies, several concertos and concert pieces for the violin. As
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