A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
pointed principal 2nd violin at the Thd&tre Feydeau, and on various other occasions gained popularity in the performance of other concertos of Viotti's. At the age of 22, Rode started on a professional tour through Holland and Hamburg to Berlin. On his return he was shipwrecked off the coast of England, which accident gave him an opportunity of visiting his master, Viotti, who happened then to be in this country. He also attempted an exhibition of his talent, but he failed to create any impression here, probably owing to the then existing political feeling towards Frenchmen. This failure, on his part, to secure any encouragement for hisart, was shortly followed up with a request from the Government, similar to that received by his master Viotti, viz., to depart from this country. Nothing daunted, Rode made his way back to Hamburg, and travelled throught Germany, and again reached Paris; here he was appointed Professor of the violin at the Conservatoire, playing with great success at the Feydeau Concerts. Rode's disposition for travelling, however, again manifested itself, and we next find him at Madrid, in which capital lie met Boccherini, then established in that city, and with whom he entered into friendship.
Again, in the year 1800, Rode returned to Paris where he was appointed solo
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