A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
donner ne saurait der t'ai." Goepfert, soon after this, experienced the vicissitudes of fortune till the year 1764, when, on the occasion of the coronation of the Emperor Joseph II., he went to Frankfort, where he met with the celebrated Ditterdorf, and took him for his model in music. His fame now began to spread throughout Germany. In 1765 he was engaged as solo violin at the grand concerts given at Frankfort, and he afterwards held various lucrative positions in Berlin, Potsdam, and Weimar, in which latter place he became court musician. He composed six polonaises for violin, with orchestral accompaniment. His best pupil was J. F. Kranz.
Goetze, Jean Nicolas Conrad, born at Weimar, Feb. 11, 1791, died Feb. 5, 1S61. Fiddler and composer, pupil of Spohr at Gotha, A. E. Muller at Weimar, and Kreutzer at Paris, the cost of this tuition being defrayed by the hereditary grand duchess, Marie Paulowna. From 1826 to 1848 he was musical director to the Grand Duke at Weimar, and chorus master at the Opera there. Besides operas, vaudevilles, melodramas, etc., he wrote variations for violin with accompaniment, and six trios for two violins and 'cello.
Gollmick, Adolf, born at Frankfort, Feb. 5, 1825, died in London, March 7,
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Dictionary Fiddlers Goepfert Emperor Joseph II Frankfort Ditterdorf Germany Frankfort Berlin Potsdam Weimar Kranz Jean Nicolas Conrad Weimar Feb Feb Spohr Gotha Muller Weimar Kreutzer Paris Marie Paulowna Grand Duke Weimar Opera Adolf Frankfort Feb London March His His Fiddler Besides
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