A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
Paris, February 22nd, 1822. Performer and composer. At the age of twenty-three he went to Paris, and devoted himself principally to composition, in which branch he obtained great success. His works are : 24 quartets ; 4 concertos, Op. 2; symphonies concertantes for two violins, Op. 3 and 4; 2 ditto for violin, Op. 7; 3 symphonies for grand orchestra, Op. 8; 2 symphonies, Op. 11: 2 ditto concertantes for two violins and flute, Op. 12; 2 ditto for two violins, Op. 13; 3 quartets, Op. 14; ditto, Op. 17; 3 trios for two violins and viola, Op. 15 ; sym-phonie concertante for two violins, Op. 16; concerto for violin, Op. 18.
'David, Ferdinand, born at Hamburg, January 19th, 1810, died at Klosters, in Switzerland, July 18th, 1873; a distinguished performer and teacher. He studied under Spohr and Hauptmann, at Cassel, in 1823, and two years later appeared at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, with his sister, a talented young pianist, and subsequently known as Madame Dulcken. In 1827 he joined the orchestra of the " Konigsstadt" Theatre at Berlin, where he remained for a period of three years, after which he became leader of a quartet party in the house of a wealthy amateur at Dorpat in Livonia, whose daughter he subsequently married. Having by this time made a name as a
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Dictionary Fiddlers February Paris David Ferdinand Hamburg January Klosters Switzerland July Spohr Hauptmann Cassel Gewandhaus Leipzig Madame Dulcken Konigsstadt Theatre Berlin Dorpat Livonia Performer His
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