August Wilhelmj

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August Wilhelmj (21 September 1845, Usingen22 January 1908, London) was a German violinist.

He has become famous for his late nineteenth century arrangement of the second movement of J. S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 for the violin and piano, known as Air on the G String.

Among his pupils was American violinist Nahan Franko.

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