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The violin and its music, 1881
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1the best means of introducing an entirely new method in the form of a Violin Instruction Book. On this notable committee sat Cherubini, Kreutzer, Bailliot, Rode, Blasius, and others. To Bailliot was given the direction and superintendence of the undertaking. The following year brought the now well-known work to which is attached the names of Rode, Bailliot, and Kreutzer; very shortly after its publication, it was translated into German, English, and Italian, the latter being the work of Rolla, the master of Paganini. The accompaniments to the exercises are the work of Cherubini.
3Rodolphe Kreutzer was born at Versailles, in 1766. He was a pupil of Anton Stamitz, a Violinist in the Chapel Orchestra at Versailles. His progress had been so rapid, that when but sixteen years of age he was appointed one of the first Violins in the King's Chapel. It was at this period that he often heard Viotti, whose style of playing he wisely made the model to form his own. In the twenty-fourth year of his age he produced his first opera, which was quickly followed by others of more or less merit. Shortly after the opening of the Paris Conservatoire, Kreutzer visited Italy, Germany, and Holland, and gave concerts with much success. In 1798 he was at Vienna, in the service of the French Ambassador, Bernadotte, when it is supposed he made the acquaintance of Beethoven, which led to his being honoured with the dedication of the famous Sonata, Op. 47, a
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