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1999 Yehudi Menuhin, violin virtuoso, dies at 82
1998 Shinichi Suzuki, music educator, "developed the ""Suzuki Method"" which taugh violin to children", dies at 98 1995 Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin, dies at 89 1971 Midori, born in Osaka, Japan, violinist, prodigy, studied at Julliard, plays the 1734 Buarnerius del Gesu violin 1967 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Violin concert, premieres in Moscow 1967 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd Violin concert 1959 Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet 1958 Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63 1939 1st performance of Bela Bartok's 2nd Concerto for violin 1932 Hugh Wood, born in Parbold, England, composer, studied with William Lloyd Webber, Anthony Milner, Iain Hamilton, works include Symphony and Violin Concerto 1924 Ida Haendel, Polish violinist and author, Woman with Violin 1914 Sid Weiss, born in America, musician, jazz double-bassist, played clarinet, violin, tuba as a child, began playing bass as a teenager, worked with Louis Prima, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman 1905 Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin 1903 William Primrose, Glasgow Scot, violist, Method for Violin and Viola 1901 Jascha Heifetz, Vilna Lithuania, U.S. violin virtuoso, Carnegie Hall 1894 Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, Residence Orchestra 1879 John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig 1875 Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 1848 William M Harnett, U.S. painter, Old Violin 1820 Joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79 1798 Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker, octobas 1784 Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, born in Germany, violin virtuoso and composer, Faust 1782 Niccolo Paganini, Genoa It, composer/violin virtuoso, Princess Lucca 1781 Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379 1742 Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 62 1742 Francesco Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 1740 Joseph F Weigl, German/Austrian, violin cellist 1679 Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius 1678 Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer, 4 Seasons 1671 Francesco Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius 1596 Nicolo Amati, Italy, violin maker, Stradivari and Guarneri |
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