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Ödön Singer

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Edmund Singer

Ödön Singer (14 October 1830 – 23 January 1912), also known as Edmund Singer,[1] was a Hungarian virtuoso violinist and composer.

He was born in Tata, Hungary in 1830 and studied under Joseph Böhm in Vienna. He was a childhood friend of Joseph Joachim. In 1854 he became concertmaster of the Weimar orchestra. He died in Stuttgart, Germany in 1912.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pocknell, Pauline, ed. (2000). Franz Liszt and Agnes Street-Klindworth: A Correspondence, 1854–1886. p. 444. ISBN 9781576470060.
  2. ^ Eshbach, Robert (16 June 2013). "First Lessons". josephjoachim.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.