List of violinists
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This is a list of notable violinists.
Contents |
[edit] Baroque Era
Composer-violinists were common in the Baroque era:
- Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
- Thomas Baltzar (1631 - 1663)
- Heinrich Biber (1644 - 1704)
- Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)
- Johann Wilhelm Cramer (1746 - 1799)
- Evaristo Dall'Abaco (1675 - 1742)
- Matthew Dubourg (1707 - 1767)
- Carlo Farina (1600 - 1640)
- Francesco Geminiani (1687 - 1762)
- Jean-Marie Leclair (1697 - 1764)
- Pietro Locatelli (1684 - 1762)
- Francesco Manfredini (1695 - 1765)
- Michele Mascitti (1663 - 1760)
- Jean-Joseph Mondonville (1711 - 1772)
- Johann Georg Pisendel (1687 - 1755)
- Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623 - 1680)
- Giovanni Battista Somis (1686 - 1763)
- Lorenzo Somis (1688 - 1775)
- Giuseppe Tartini (1692 - 1770)
- Carlo Tessarini (1690 - 1765)
- Giuseppe Torelli (1658 - 1709)
- Francesco Maria Veracini (1690 - 1768)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
- Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632 - 1692)
- Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663 - 1745)
- Johann Jakob Walther (1650 - 1717)
[edit] Classical Era
- Pierre Baillot (1771 - 1842)
- Franz Benda (1709 - 1786)
- Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751 - 1827)
- Christian Cannabich (1731 - 1798)
- Franz Clement (1780 - 1842)
- Wilhelm Cramer (1746 - 1799)
- Pierre Gaviniès (1728 - 1800)
- Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703 - 1771)
- François-Antoine Habeneck (1781 - 1849)
- Joseph Haydn (1732- 1809)
- Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766 - 1831)
- Antonio Lolli (1730 - 1802)
- Jean Cassanea de Mondonville (1711 - 1772)
- Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787)
- Wolfgang Mozart (1756 - 1796)
- Johann Daniel Müller (1716 - 1785)
- Pietro Nardini (1722 - 1793)
- Gaetano Pugnani (1731 - 1798)
- Pierre Rode (1774 - 1830)
- Alessandro Rolla (1757 - 1841)
- Anton Stamitz (1754 - 1796)
- Carl Stamitz (1745 - 1801)
- Johann Stamitz (1717 - 1757)
- Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755 - 1824)
[edit] 19th century
- Jean-Delphin Alard (1815 - 1888)
- Leopold Auer (von) (1850 - 1930)
- Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802 - 1870)
- Franz Berwald (1796 - 1868)
- Ole Bull (1810 - 1880)
- Mathieu Crickboom (1871 - 1947)
- Charles Dancla (1817 - 1907)
- Ferdinand David (1810 - 1873)
- Jakob Dont (1815 - 1888)
- Frantisek Drdla (1868 - 1944)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814 - 1865)
- Georg Hellmesberger (1800 - 1873)
- Victor von Herzfeld (1856 - 1920)
- Willy Hess (1859 - 1939)
- Jan Hrimalý (1844 - 1915)
- Frantz Jehin-Prume (1839 - 1899)
- Joseph Joachim (1831 - 1907)
- Franjo Krežma
- Karol Lipinski (1790 - 1862)
- Piere Martin Marsick (1847 - 1924)
- Jacques Féréol Mazas (1782 - 1849)
- Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840)
- François Prume (1816 - 1849)
- Oskar Rieding (1840 - 1918)
- Franz Ries (1846- 1932)
- Pablo de Sarasate (1844 - 1908)
- Émile Sauret (1852 - 1920)
- Otakar Sevcik (1852 - 1934)
- Camillo Sivori (1818 - 1894)
- Louis Spohr (1784 - 1859)
- Josef Suk (1874 - 1935)
- Carl Venth (1860 - 1938)
- Henri Vieuxtemps (1820 - 1881)
- Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931)
- Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880)
- August Wilhelmj (1845 - 1908)
[edit] Post-19th century
[edit] Baroque violinists
- Giuliano Carmignola[citation needed]
- Enrico Gatti
- Reinhard Goebel
- Jeanne Lamon
- Sigiswald Kuijken
- Andrew Manze
- Eduard Melkus[citation needed]
- Rachel Podger
- Simon Standage
- Ryo Terakado[citation needed]
- Elizabeth Wallfisch
[edit] Indian violinists (including Carnatic and Hindustani)
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[edit] Jazz violinists
- Svend Asmussen (1916- )
- Elek Bacsik (1926-1993)
- Billy Bang (1947- )
- Polly Bradfield
- Regina Carter (1966- )
- Mark Feldman
- Johnny Frigo (1916- )
- Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
- Carla Kihlstedt
- Tim Kliphuis
- Didier Lockwood (1956- )
- Jean-Luc Ponty (1942- )
- Stuff Smith (1909-1967)
- Eddie South
- Robert Thompson (1979- )
- Michał Urbaniak
- Jelle van Tongeren
- Joe Venuti
[edit] Popular music violinists (including fiddlers)
- Darol Anger (jazz, "psychograss")
- Emilie Autumn (rock, gothic, industrial)
- Andrew Baloff
- Katherine Baloff
- Aly Bain (Scottish and Shetland fiddling)
- Miri Ben-Ari (hip-hop)
- Cameron Berkley (alternative rock)[citation needed]
- Byron Berline (bluegrass)
- Charlie Bisharat (pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk)
- Bitch (aka Capital B) of Bitch and Animal (now Capital B and the Exciting Conclusion)
- Tracy Bonham (alternative rock)
- Karen Briggs (pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk)
- Linda Brava (classical, pop, folk)
- Vassar Clements (bluegrass, country, jazz)
- Sharon Corr (of The Corrs, pop, rock, folk)
- Papa John Creech (blues, rock)
- David Cross (King Crimson)
- Charlie Daniels (country, country rock, jazz)
- D'arcy (of The Smashing Pumpkins)
- Elyghen (Elvenking)
- Henry Flynt (classical hillbilly)
- Alasdair Fraser (Scottish)
- Johnny Gimble (bluegrass, Nashville session player)
- Jerry Goodman, progressive rock, jazz
- Mitchell Grobb (Canadian fiddler)
- Petra Haden (alternative rock)
- Don "Sugarcane" Harris (blues, rock)
- Jerry Holland (Cape Breton fiddle music)
- Eileen Ivers (Irish fiddle)
- Jana Jae (classical, bluegrass, country)
- Eddie Jobson (Roxy Music, U.K.)
- Eyvind Kang (jazz and classical)
- Doug Kershaw (Cajun)
- Mark Knight ("madfiddler") (alternative rock)
- Gundula Krause (bluegrass, cajun, folk, folk-rock)
- Alison Krauss (bluegrass)
- Jim Lea (rock, pop)
- Donnell Leahy (Canadian fiddler)
- Laurie Lewis (bluegrass, American old-time)
- Ashley MacIsaac (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
- Sean Mackin of Yellowcard (rock, pop punk)
- Buddy MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
- Natalie MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
- Hugh Marsh (jazz, popular)
- Mike Molitano (bluegrass)
- Nash the Slash (classical, rock, experimental)
- Sarah Neufeld (indie rock)
- Mark O'Connor (bluegrass, folk, classical)
- Owen Pallett (a.k.a. Final Fantasy, also plays with The Arcade Fire)
- Enion Pelta-Tiller (of ThaMuseMeant and Taarka)
- Antonio Pontarelli (rock violin)
- David Ragsdale (rock)
- Bridget Regan (rock, folk)
- Ernesto Rodrigues (experimental)
- Beata Salamon (Hungarian folk)
- Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant)
- Antoine Silverman (bluegrass, jazz)
- Robby Steinhardt (rock)
- Boyd Tinsley (Dave Matthews Band)
- April Verch (Canadian)
- Joan Wasser (The Dambuilders, indie rock)
- Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek)
- Maylaffayza Wiguna (Pop and Hip-Hop)
- Jenny Wilhelms (folk)
- Patrick Wolf (experimental, alternative, folk, electronic)
- Bobby Yang (rock violin)[citation needed]
[edit] Electric violinists
- Zachary Carrettin
- Ben Heaney
- Mark Wood
[edit] Further reading
- The Art of Violin Playing, Daniel Melsa, Foulsham & Co. Ltd.
- Biographical Notice of Nicolo Paganini, by F.J. Fétis (c.1880), Schott & Co.
- The Book of the Violin, edited by Dominic Gill (1984), Phaidon Press. ISBN 0-7148-2286-8
- The Devil's Box - Masters of Southern Fiddling by Charles Wolfe (1997), Country Music Foundation Press. ISBN 0-8265-1324-7
- An Encyclopedia of the Violin, by Alberto Bachmann (1965/1990), Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80004-7
- The Great Violinists, by Margaret Campbell (1980/2004), Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-623-0
- Paganini - The Genoese, by G.I.C. de Courcy (1957), University of Oklahoma Press
- Stuff Smith - Pure at Heart, edited by Anthony Barnett & Eva Løgager (1991), Allardyce Barnett Publishers. ISBN 0-907954-15-4
- Szigeto on the Violin, by Joseph Szigeti (1969/1979), Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23763-X
- Tartini - His Life and Times, by Prof. Dr. Lev Ginsburg (1968), Paganiniana Publications Inc. ISBN 0-87666-590-3
- Unfinished Journey, Yehudi Menuhin (1976), Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0-354-04146-0
- The Violin, by Yehudi Menuhin (1996), Flammarion. ISBN 2-08-013623-2
- The Violin and I, by Kato Havas (1968/1975), Bosworth & Co. Ltd.
- Violin Playing - As I Teach it, by Leopold Auer (1921/1960), Gerarld Duckworth & Co Ltd.
- Violins & Violinists, by Franz Farga (1950), Rockliff Publishing Corporation Ltd.
- Ysaÿe, by Prof. Dr. Lev Ginsburg (1980), Paganiniana Publications Inc. ISBN 0-87666-620-9
[edit] External links
- Legendary Violinists (a public arts website)
- Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Henry C. Lahee, an 1889 publication at Project Gutenberg
- Violinists on the Web: An alphabetical listing of web pages on violinists, past and present.