A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
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accordingly set about to develop those talents which were destined to bring him to the front rank of fiddlers. At the age of 19 De Bferiot quitted his native town and repaired to Paris. Here he met with Viotti, at that time director of the Opera. Viotti, on hearing young De Bferiot's performance advised him to " give himself up to the business of perfecting his style, to hear all men of talent; profit by everything and imitate nothing." De B6riot then entered the Paris Conservatoire and took lessons of Baillot, after which he appeared at concerts with the greatest success. In 1826, being then twenty-four years old, he visited England and performed before the Philharmonic Society and met with a most enthusiastic reception. From 1830 to 1835 he travelled through England, France, and Italy, accompanied by Maria Malibran, the famous singer, whom he married in 1835. His wife, however, dying in the following year, he proceeded to Brussels and remained there four years, at the termination of which he travelled through Germany. In 1843 he was appointed professor of the violin in the Conservatoire at Brussels, which post he held till 1852, when he became blind, thus rendering his retirement necessary, a circumstance which brought his artistic career to a close. De Beriot's principal
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