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Musical notes. I. The great composers. II. Violinists and the violin. III. The violin and its history, 1869
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1violin practice and composition. Admitted into the Paris Conservatoire at twenty years of age, as a pupil of Baillot, he soon distinguished himself, obtaining a first prize in 1804. For some years he filled the post of director of the concerts at the Conservatoire, and subsequently director of the opera, adding to these appointments that of first violin in the King's band.
3(One of the best modern French violinists was a pupil of Habeneck, viz., Alard.)
5Leaving the atmosphere of the Paris Conservatoire, we enter on another sphere of action, and there survey the progress of violin playing. And we must here mention the name of C. G. Kiesewetter, a native of Anspach, born in 1777, who rapidly acquired a high popularity in Germany as a solo performer. After holding for some time the post of leader of the band to the Hanoverian Court, he migrated to London in 1821. And we may here pause and note the condition of instrumental music in the English metropolis at this particular period.
7The early part of the nineteenth century
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