A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 269
'Cellist, studied under several masters, and finally became a pupil of Louis Duport. From 1787 to 1812 he was a member of the Opera orchestra, Paris, after which he returned to his native place and established a music school, with much success. He composed 6 duos con-certants for 'celli; Pot-pourri, etc.
Rovelli, Joseph, born at Bergamo, in 1753, died at Parma, Nov. 12th, 1806. Esteemed 'cellist, received his musical education in Milan, where he resided several years. In 1782 he entered the service of the Court at Parma as chamber virtuoso. His concertos and solos for the 'cello are well known in Italy.
Rudersdorff, J., born at Amsterdam in 1799, died at Konigsberg in 1866. Fiddler and composer. He made his debut at the age of eight, playing one of Pleyel's concertos. In 1822 he entered the service of Prince Bariatinsky at Ivanov-skoi, Russia, and three years afterwards became conzertmeister at Hamburg. He then went to Dublin and resided there upwards of twenty years. In 1851 he went to Berlin where he conducted the orchestras successively at Sommer's, at Kemper-Hof, and at Kroll's. During the six years he was at Berlin he appeared at 1,100 concerts and performed 600 solos. This artist wrote music of various kinds ; amongst the best known are:—6 Polon-
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