A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
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orchestra. In 1858 he went to Brussels, appearing there and at Paris with great success. In i860 he returned to his native town. Since then he has travelled much, giving concerts in various towns on the continent. He has also published music for his instrument:
Bessems, Antoine, born at Antwerp 1809, died there 1868. In 1826 he entered the Paris Conservatoire as a pupil of Baillot, after which he became a member of the Italian Opera, where he remained for some time. He then went on concert tours, and finally settled in Antwerp in 1852, devoting himself to writing instrumental and sacred compositions.
•Biber, Henry John Francis, vice chapel-master to the bishop of Saltzburg, published in 1681 a set of solos for a violin and bass. He seems to have been amongst the first fiddle players of his time; and his solos are the most difficult and fanciful, says Dr. Burney, of any music of the same period. One of the pieces is written on three staves, as a score for two violins and bass, but meant to be played in double stops. Others are played in different turnings of fourths and fifths, as for a treble viol. A second work by this musician, entitled " Fedici-num Sacro Prophanum," consists of twelve sonatas, in four and five parts, to be played on three instruments; and a third,
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