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The violin and its music, 1885
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 321. See the scan on archive.org.
1His published and unpublished works in relation to our subject consist of Sextetts, Quintetts, Trios, &c.
3André Robberechts was a pupil of Vander Plancken, and later of Baillot* and Viotti. He was born at Brussels in 1797. He distinguished himself both as an executant and as a sound teacher. The names of his eminent tutors at once point to his legitimate training, and his artistic career proved his ability to carry onwards the principles his masters had introduced and developed. He published several Violin Solos, Two Concertante Duetts for Violin and Piano, and other works. His compositions furnish us with early Belgian examples of those after the style of Lafont, and may be regarded as heralding those of De Bériot. It is said De Bériot received a few lessons from Robberechts.
5We must now turn to the important work accomplished by Lambert Joseph Meerts in relation to Violin music. This accomplished artist was a pupil of Lafont, and doubtless acquired from him that elegance of style for which Lafont was so distinguished. Meerts, however, had been made acquainted with the compositions of the Italian Violinists in his early youth, which, together with his studies of the principles of teaching laid down by Baillot and Habeneck, served to give him advantages which he did not fail to make admirable use of, as evidenced in his "Mécanisme du Violon," "Le Mécanisme de l'Archet," and his Studies
7* Baillot has previously been mis-spelt Bailliot.
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