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1clavier). One of Vivaldi's violin concertos bore the title of the "Cuckoo Concerto."
3WALTER, BENNO, German violinist, b. Munich, June 17, 1847. Studied under his father and at the Munich Royal Conservatory, beginning the study of the violin at four years of age, and touring Germany as a prodigy when only eight years old. Three years later he so pleased the King of Bavaria by his virtuosity that he was presented with a Guarnerius. In 1863 he joined the Munich Court Orchestra, and in 1875 succeeded his elder brother, Josef, as concertmaster and professor of violin at the Munich Conservatory. D. October 23, 1901.
5WALTHER, JOHANN JACOB, German violinist and composer, b. Witterda, 1650. Became chamber musician to the Elector of Saxony and published a curious collection of Scherzi for solo violin, the last number entitled "Serenade for a chorus of violins, organ tremolo, guitar, bagpipes, two trombones, timpani and harp for a solo violin," showing that Walther was the violin juggler of his period. As music, his compositions are inferior to those of noted contemporaneous composers and his chief claim to distinction lies in the demand of his compositions for the use of the higher positions.
7WANHAL, JOHANN BAPTIST, Bohemian violinist and composer, b. Nechanicz, May 12, 1739. Studied under local teachers and later (1767) under Dittersdorf in Vienna, where he spent the rest of his life composing and playing. He was a contemporary of Haydn and a most prolific composer, his works including more than 90 symphonies, 90 string quartets and many sonatas for violin and piano, all of which were popular with amateurs before the works of Mozart and Beethoven became known. D. Vienna, Aug. 26, 1813.
9WANSKI, JEAN NEPOMUCENE, Polish violinist and composer, b. Poland, about 1800. Studied under Baillot at the Paris Conservatory and toured France, Spain and Switzerland with great success. Later his health failed him and he became a teacher of the violin. Compositions include a method, technical exercises and solos for the violin. There is no exact record of his demise.
11WARE, HELEN, American violinist and composer, b. at Woodbury, N. J., Sept. 9, 1887. Studied under Sevcik and Hubay. Appeared as soloist at Budapest in 1912 and made a successful tour of Bohemia, Hungary, Denmark and the United States, often late turning her attention to literary works and composition. Compositions include many interesting violin pieces, chiefly Hungarian in character, also several literary works on musical subjects.
13WASIELEWSKI, JOSEPH WILHELM VON, German violinist and musicologist, b. Gross-Leesen, June 17, 1822. Studied under David and joined the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Became concertmaster in 1850 under Schumann at Dusseldorf and in 1855 settled in Dresden as a writer. He wrote an exceedingly interesting biographical work entitled The Violin and Its Masters and also another entitled The Violin in the Seventeenth Century and the Beginning of Instrumental Composition. D. Sondershausen, Dec. 13, 1896.
15WASSERMAN, HEINRICH JOSEF, German violinist and composer, b. Schwartzbach, April 3, 1791. Studied under Spohr and later became a conductor as well as a violinist of note. Compositions include a number of chamber music works, including a set of variations for violin with quartet accompaniment. D. Riehen, Aug. 1838.
17WEHRLE, HUGO, German violinist and composer, b. Donaueschingen, July 19, 1847. Studied under his father and played in the Kalliwoda Quartet as a boy. In 1855 studied at the Leipzig Conservatory under David and in 1862 at the Paris Conservatory under Alard. Became a member of the Weimar and Stuttgart orchestras and of the Singer quartet. Retired in 1898 through a nervous affection of the hand. Compositions include several interesting violin pieces, also collections of old violin music.
19WEISS, JULIUS, German violinist and arranger, b. Berlin, July 19, 1814. Studied under Henning and Rungenhagen. Taught the violin in Berlin until he succeeded to the management of his father's music publishing business in 1852. He published many instructive and recreative arrangements for the violin. D. Berlin, June 3, 1898.
21WÉRY, NICHOLAS LAMBERT, Belgian violinist, b. Huy, near Liége, May 9, 1783. Studied under Baillot at Paris and became solo violinist of the Royal Orchestra and professor of violin at the Brussels Conservatory in 1823. His compositions include three concertos, fifty scale variations and numerous études for the violin. Jean Baptiste Singelée, the celebrated arran
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