A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
of this century. He was engaged at the Kings Theatre in the year 1817. His compositions are solos for his instrument.
• Cudmore, Richard, born at Chichester in 1787, died in Manchester, January, 1841. He is chiefly remarkable for the extraordinary musical talents which he developed at a very early age, especially on the violin. His first master was James Forgett an organist in Chichester, under whom he made such rapid progress that, we are told, at the age of nine he performed a concerto in public, and two years later a concerto of his own composition. He was then introduced to Salomon, and received instruction from that great master during a period of two years. When twelve years of age Cud-more is said to have led the band at the Theatre in Chichester, and to have played a concerto at the benefit of the actor Suett. In the same year he came to London and, so it is said, performed among the first violins at the Italian opera. Such performances as the foregoing are, however, so at variance with the general experience of even the finest fiddlers, that one is tempted, in the absence of any absolute testimony, to receive the relation of them cum grano salis. After several years residence at Chichester, Cudmore removed to London and became a pupil of Woelfl on the pianoforte, shortly
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