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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925

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1head of the Master School for violin at the Royal and Imperial Academy of Music at Vienna. In 1923 he came to the United States for special teaching work. His compositions include many serious and important technical works, including a method; also Bohemian dances.
3SEVERN, EDMUND, English violinist and composer, b. Nottingham, Dec. 10, 1862. Came to the United States and studied under Bernhard Listemann at Boston and Wirth at Berlin. Mr. Severn has taught the violin and concertized in the United States since 1888, becoming in 1907-1914, lecturer for the Board of Education of the City of New York, and since devoting himself to teaching and composing. Compositions include a violin concerto, four suites, many solo pieces and a suite for two violins and piano.
5SEYDEL, IRMA, American violinist, b. Boston, Mass., Sept. 27, 1896. Studied under her father, a violinist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, also under Strube and Loeffler. Appeared with the Gürzenich Orchestra at Cologne in 1909, and has since been soloist several times with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as well as the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Philharmonic and many other famous European orchestras.
7SHINNER, EMILY (MRS. A. F. LIDDELL), English violinist, b. Cheltenham, July 7, 1862. Studied under H. Jacobsen, a pupil of Joachim and later of the master-teacher himself. Made her debut in London in June, 1882, at a concert of the London Musical Society, laying the foundation for a successful career as a virtuoso. In 1887 she organized an admirable ladies' string quartet. D. London, July 17, 1901.
9SHUTTLEWORTH, OBADIAH, English violinist and composer, b. London, about 1670. An excellent violinist, and one of the earliest English performers of whom there is any account. He became concertmaster of the Swan Tavern Concerts, Cornhill, holding this position until his death about 1735. Compositions include twelve concertos and some sonatas for the violin.
11SICARD, MICHAEL DE, Russian violinist, b. Odessa in 1868. Studied under Sevcik, Massart and Joachim. Became concertmaster of the Colonne Orchestra in Paris; toured Europe with great success and was professor of violin at the Kiev Imperial Russian Music School.
13SIGHICELLI, a noted family of Italian violinists, composed of Filippo, b. Modena 1686, d. 1773; Giuseppe, Fillipo's son, 1737, d. 1826; Carlo, Giuseppe's son, b. 1772, d. 1806; Antonio, Carlo's son, b. 1802, 1835; Vincenzo, Antonio's son, b. 1830, teaching in Paris in 1855.
15SIMONETTI, ACHILLE, Italian violinist composer, b. Turin, June 12, 1859. Studied under Gamba, Sivori and Dancla and has made successful appearances as a soloist in European cities and in London where he has lived for some years, becoming a member of the "London Trio," established in 1889, and giving a series of subscription concerts annually. Mr. Simonetti is also violin professor at the Royal Academy of Dublin. Compositions include two violin sonatas and a number of attractive salon pieces.
17SINGELÉE, JEAN-BAPTISTE, Belgian violinist, composer and arranger, b. Brussels, Sept. 25, 1812. Famous for his skill and industry in arranging fantasias of a light and pleasing character from the melodies of famous operas, these numbering more than one hundred. Compositions include two concertos and many solo pieces. D. at Ostend, Sept. 29, 1875.
19SINGER, EDMUND, Hungarian violinist, b. Totis, Oct. 14, 1831. Studied under Elinger, Kóhne, Böhm and at the Paris Conservatory. Became soloist at the Budapest Theater, concertmaster at Weimar, later and until his death, professor of the violin and leader of a quartet at the Stuttgart Conservatory. Compositions include many solos, a violin method, cadenzas to the Beethoven and Brahms Concertos and revision of the Etudes of Fiorillo, Gaviniés, Rodi etc. D. Stuttgart, Jan. 23, 1912.
21SINSHEIMER, BERNARD, American violinist, b. New York, in 1870. Studied under Joachim and Léonard. In 1886 he appeared as soloist in New York, Paris in 1888, Berlin in 1891. Has been teacher at several institutions and organized his own quartet in 1902, concertizing in New York and other cities. Now teaching privately in New York.
23SIRMEN, MADDALENA LOMBARDINI, Italian violinist, b. Venice about 1735. This accomplished lady studied the violin with Tartini, and was the recipient of a letter dated at Padua, Mar. 5, 1760, containing instructions as to bowing and fingering which constitutes a valuable work of instruction. She toured Europe with enormous succe

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