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
1973 Pablo Casals, Spanish violin cellist/conductor/composer, dies at 96
1967 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 2nd Violin concert, premieres in Moscow
1967 Dmitri Shostakovitch 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
1924 Ida Haendel, Polish violinist and author, Woman with Violin
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-orch
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, Ital 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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