August Wilhelmj
August Wilhelmj | |
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German confederation | |
Died | 22 January 1908 | (aged 62)
Nationality | German |
Other names | August Emil Daniel Ferdinand Wilhelmj |
Occupation | Violinist |
August Emil Daniel Ferdinand Wilhelmj (German pronunciation: [vɪlˈhɛlmi] vil-HEL-mee; 21 September 1845 – 22 January 1908) was a German violinist and teacher.[1]
Wilhelmj was born in Usingen and was considered a child prodigy; when Henriette Sontag heard him in 1852 at seven years old, she said, "You will be the German Paganini".[2] In 1861, Franz Liszt heard him and sent him to Ferdinand David with a letter containing the words "Let me present you the future Paganini!".[3] His teachers included: Ferdinand David, for the violin, Moritz Hauptmann, for music theory and composition, and Joachim Raff for composition.[1]
A personal friend of
He has become famous for his late nineteenth century arrangement of the second
From 1894 on he was a Professor of violin at the
.Wilhelmj's sister-in-law was composer and singer Maria Wilhelmj.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Duncan Druce. "August Wilhelmj". CHASE: Collection of Historical Annotated String Editions. University of Leeds School of Music. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ a b Aryeh Oron. "August Wilhelmj (Arranger)". Bach Canatas Website. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed, 1954, reprinted 1966, Vol. IX, p. 297
- ^ "Music and Drama". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 21, 854. New South Wales, Australia. 1 February 1908. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Ivry Gitlis plays Paganini-Wilhelmj Violin Concerto No.1 (rec.1950)
- ^ "Stradivarius 1725 Violin: Wilhelmj". Instruments Owned by Nippon Music Foundation. Nippon Music Foundation. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ Graeme Skiller (2010). "Australian Festival of Chamber Music : Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major". p. 41. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
Further reading
- Morgan-Browne, H. (1922). "An Approximation to the Truth about August Wilhelmj". Music & Letters. 3 (3): 219–228. JSTOR 726234.
External links
- Listen to wax cylinder recordings of Wilhelmj - the British Library
- Free scores by August Wilhelmj at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)