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'''Marie Soldat-Roeger''' (born in [[Graz]] ([[Styria]]), March 25, 1863, died in Graz (Styria), September 30, 1955) was a [[violin]] [[master (musician)|master]] and [[virtuoso]] active in [[orchestra]]l and [[chamber music]] in the [[Vienna]] of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. A pupil of violin master [[Joseph Joachim]], she was born 'Marie Soldat', but in 1889 married a lawyer named Roeger. |
'''Marie Soldat-Roeger''' (born in [[Graz]] ([[Styria]]), March 25, 1863, died in Graz (Styria), September 30, 1955) was a [[violin]] [[master (musician)|master]] and [[virtuoso]] active in [[orchestra]]l and [[chamber music]] in the [[Vienna]] of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. A pupil of violin master [[Joseph Joachim]], she was born 'Marie Soldat', but in 1889 married a lawyer named Roeger. |
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Marie Soldat-Roeger was discovered by [[Brahms]] when she was a girl of 15; for many years she was the only woman to play his violin concerto. |
Marie Soldat-Roeger was discovered by [[Brahms]] when she was a girl of 15; for many years she was the only woman to play his violin concerto. |
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In the late 1880s and early 1890s, she formed an all-female string quartet, in which she played first violin. [[Agnes Tschetschulin]] played second violin, Gabriele Roy played viola and Lucy Campbell played cello. The group was managed by the Herman Wolff Agency, which also managed the Berlin Philharmonic. The group was billed as the world's first all-female professional string quartet.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-02|title=A celebration of historical Finnish women who wrote music, Part 2: Agnes Tschetschulin|url=https://fmq.fi/articles/part-2-agnes-tschetschulin|access-date=2021-05-21|website=FMQ|language=en-us}}</ref> |
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In 1895 she founded the celebrated, all-female [[Soldat-Roeger Quartet]], whose viola-player was [[Natalie Bauer-Lechner]]. |
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== Bibliography == |
== Bibliography == |
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Marie Soldat-Roeger (born in Graz (Styria), March 25, 1863, died in Graz (Styria), September 30, 1955) was a violin master and virtuoso active in orchestral and chamber music in the Vienna of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. A pupil of violin master Joseph Joachim, she was born 'Marie Soldat', but in 1889 married a lawyer named Roeger.
Marie Soldat-Roeger was discovered by Brahms when she was a girl of 15; for many years she was the only woman to play his violin concerto.
In the late 1880s and early 1890s, she formed an all-female string quartet, in which she played first violin. Agnes Tschetschulin played second violin, Gabriele Roy played viola and Lucy Campbell played cello. The group was managed by the Herman Wolff Agency, which also managed the Berlin Philharmonic. The group was billed as the world's first all-female professional string quartet.[1]
In 1895 she founded the celebrated, all-female Soldat-Roeger Quartet, whose viola-player was Natalie Bauer-Lechner.
Bibliography
- Spemanns „Goldenes Buch der Musik“, Berlin/Stuttgart 1909, Kro. 1201-1205
- Neue musikalische Presse 8, 1899, Nr.14, 2. April 1899, S.6/7, Wien
- B. Kühnen, Die Geige war ihr Leben. Drei Geigerinnen im Portrait, Wien, 2000
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- ^ "A celebration of historical Finnish women who wrote music, Part 2: Agnes Tschetschulin". FMQ. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2021-05-21.