- Joseph Böhm
Joseph Böhm (
April 4 ,1795 –March 28 ,1876 ) was aviolinist andteacher .He was born in
Pest . He was taught by his father and byPierre Rode .He made his
Vienna debut in 1816 playing works byRodolphe Kreutzer andFranz Weiss .He afterwards toured
Italy ,Germany , andFrance .On
June 1 ,1819 he was appointed professor at the the Vienna Conservatory, the first violin professor there. He was professor from 1819 to 1848. His many students includedJenő Hubay ,Joseph Joachim ,Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst ,Jakob Dont ,Georg Hellmesberger, Sr. ,Jakob Grün , andSigismund Bachrich .He was quite involved in
chamber music . In 1816, he arranged concerts dedicated to thestring quartet s ofLudwig van Beethoven andJoseph Haydn . He also collaborated withCarl Maria von Bocklet .In 1821, he participated in a string quartet, consisting of fellow violinist Karl Holz, violist
Franz Weiss , and cellistJoseph Linke .He had a working relationship with
Ludwig van Beethoven , being a member of thestring quartet , which premiered Beethoven's 12th String Quartet.He died in Vienna.
References
*cite book |last= Clive|first=Peter |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Schubert and His World: A Biographical Dictionary |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year=1997 |month= |publisher=Oxford University Press |location= |language= |isbn=019816582X |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=pp.17-18 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote=
External links
* [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~leonid/violinist_composers.htm Short Biography]
* [http://www.schillerinstitute.org/fid_91-96/954_beethoven-225.html Beethoven, Joseph Böhm, and the Vienna School]
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