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The violin and its music, 1885
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1after being tutored by Vander Plancken, he was admitted into the class of Pierre Bailliot, at the Paris Conservatoire. As a Violinist and composer he achieved much renown, and was equally celebrated as a teacher, numbering among his pupils Artot and Haumann. For the former he specially composed a Violin Concerto. His compositions are many and varied, among them several in connection with the Violin.
3Contemporary with Snel we have mention of the family of Blumenthal, consisting of three brothers, Joseph, Casimer, and Leopold, all composers of more or less ability in the field of Violin music.
5The prolific and learned musical littérateur, François Joseph Fétis, born 1784, must be mentioned as a contributor to the music of the leading instrument, although it cannot be said his compositions reach that standard of excellence which serves to render them ever-green in our memories. If he did not succeed in immortalizing himself in musical composition, he has certainly done so as a writer on music. His musical library,* and his "Biographie Universelle des Musiciens," have alone secured him lasting fame, notwithstanding the shortcomings and errors of the last-named great work, of which M. Chouquet has well said, it is "easy to find fault, but impossible to do without."
7* Purchased by the Belgian Government. An admirable work has been published (1877), which forms a catalogue to this remarkable library.
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