Notable Violinists Posters and Art Prints “A...-B...-”
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Leopold Auer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Thomas Baltzar
Joshua Bell

Leopold Auer
b. 6-7-1845; Veszprém, Hungary
d. 7-16-1930; Dresden, Germany

Leopold Auer, violinist, teacher of Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz, was also a conductor and composer.

Johann Sebastian Bach
b. 3-21-1685; Eisenach, Saxe-Eisenach, Germany
d. 7-28-1750; Leipzig

Classical baroque composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist, Johann Sebastian Bach, was from a musically gifted family that included Johann Christian Bach and Charles Philippe Emmanuel Bach.

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Thomas Baltzar
b. c. 1630; Lubeck, Germany
d. 7-24-1663; England

Violinist and composer Thomas Baltzar was from a family of musicians and received violin lessons from many different teachers.

Baltzar eventually was a member of Charles II private ensemble with the high salary of £110. He is bried at the cloisters of Westminster Abbey.

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Joshua Bell
b. 12-9-1967; Bloomington, Indiana

Joshua Bell, a Grammy Award winning violinist, began violin lessons at age four.

Joshua Bell "Stop and Hear the Music" by the Washington Post ...

Jack Benny
b. 2-14-1894; Chicago, Illinois
d. 12-26-1974; Beverly Hills, California

Comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television, and film actor Jack Benny was also a notable violinist.

Ole Bull
b. 2-5-1810; Bergen, Norway
d. 8-17-1880; Bergen

Ole Bornemann Bull was a well known violinist and composer of his time. His obituary in the NY Times of August 19th, 1880 states, “He frankly made no pretensions to being a musician of the modern school, and always had enough admireres to sustain him in the belief that in him music found its truest exponent, and that he occupied the first position in the world of art.”