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Chats to violin students on how to study the violin, 1895
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1to be inaccurate.* He highly complimented me on the achievement. My musical education was commenced by my father, continued by Zerbini (senior) to be under whom I first came to London, and concluded by Molique, to whom I went in 1848 to Stuttgart, and with whom I studied off and on in Germany and London until 1853. Since then I have endeavoured to teach myself more and more each year. Molique was a most severe master, and would acknowledge no excuse as valid for imperfect study. Himself an inveterate smoker (I used sometimes to have to look for him in a cloud of tobacco smoke when I went for my lesson) he almost refused to continue my instruction on finding I indulged in the same luxury. I fear his wrath did not impress or cure me of the habit, I used to practice with a long pipe in my mouth thrown over my shoulder.†
3* This observation, coming from a man of such exceptional technical powers as Vieuxtemps, is very significant. One can realise the sensation caused by the brilliant performance of Molique's Third Concerto by the composer's talented pupil, despite the modest mention he makes of it. At this time Vieuxtemps was at the head of his profession and one can sympathise with the young performer's anxiety on seeing this great man seated before him, well knowing him to be no mild critic in violinistic matters.—ED.
5† Perhaps it may not be amiss to give here a few data concerning Carrodus' distinguished master. Notwithstanding the French appearance of his name he was a thorough Teuton and was born at Nuremberg, October 7th, 1803. He was a pupil of Rovelli (whose successor he became as Conzert Meister at Munich), Kreutzer and Spohr. At the age of nineteen he made his first concert tour and achieved everywhere great success. In 1849 he visited London where he remained seventeen years. He then went to Stuttgart, in which town he had formerly held the appointment of Musik-Director for some years. He composed five concertos, a concertino, eight quartets, two trios, three violin sonatas, various duetts, a mass, a symphony and the oratorio "Abraham," first performed in England at the Norwich Musical Festival in 1860. He died at Stuttgart in 1869.—ED.
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