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Jean Sibelius
b. 12-8-1865; Hämeenlinna in the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland
d. 9-20-1957; Ainola (brain hemorrhage)
Jean Sebelius, a composer of the late Romantic period, was also an accomplished violinist.
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Eddie South
b. 11-27-1904; Louisiana, Missouri
d. 4-25-1962; Chicago, IL
Eddie South was a child violin prodigy studying classical music. He visited Europe in the 1920 and was influenced by Hungarian folk and Roma music which he worked into his move to vaudeville and Jazz orchestras due to limited opportunities for African Americans.
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Isaac Stern
b. 7-21-1920; Kremenets, Ukraine
d. 9-22-2001; NYC (congestive heart failure)
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Antonius Stradivarius
b. 1644; Cremona, Italy
d. 12-8-1737
Antonio Stradivari was a luthier, someone who makes or repairs lutes and other string instruments, and is considered the finest craftsman in violin making.
Sherlock Holmes, the detective character created by Arthur Conan Doyle, plays a Stradivari violin.
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Shinichi Suzuki
b. 10-17-1898; Nagoya, Japan
d. 1-26-1998; Matsumoto Shinichi Suzuki developed a philosophy of living which informs the music education methods which bears his name. He promoted the idea that children learn through their own observation of their environment.
FYI - Did you know?... when Suzuki studied violin in Germany in the early 1930s he was under the guardianship of Albert Einstein.
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Giuseppe Tartini
b. 4-8-1692; Piran, Republic of Venice (today Slovenia)
d. 10-31-1770
Baroque era composer and violinist Giuseppe Tartini is the first known owner of a Stradivarius violin
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