A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
Stamitz ; in 1751 entered the Benedictine Monastery of Ettenheimmiinster, and in 1759 became a priest. He then became librarian of his convent, and gave himself up to the study of mathematics with such zeal as is said to have hastened his end. His compositions are chiefly for the church.
Habeneck, Francois Antoine, born at Mezieres, Ardennes, June 1, 1781, died in Paris, Feb. 8, 1849. This distinguished fiddler was the eldest of three brothers of this name, all of whom received their first instruction on the violin from their father, a native of Mannheim, but served in France as a performer in one of the regimental bands. Frangois' progress on the violin was rapid, for at the age of ten he played concertos in public. After visiting several towns in company with his father's regiment, he went to Brest, and remained there many years, applying himself chiefly to the development of his artistic faculties, so far as he was able to do so in the absence of either master or model; he also wrote several concertos and an opera, in the doing of which he was simply guided by his musical instinct, for he was as yet practically ignorant of the rules of harmony. Having attained the age of twenty, he quitted Brest, and arrived in Paris, entering the Conservatoire there as a pupil
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