Joseph Lambert Massart (19 July 1811 – 13 February 1892) was a Belgian violinist.
He was born in Liège, Belgium. Despite being sponsored by the king, he was not accepted at the Paris Conservatoire because of his foreign status. He became a private pupil of Rodolphe Kreutzer. Nevertheless, he was accepted as a Professeur at the Paris Conservatoire in 1843, where he subsequently taught for 47 years.
He performed Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata with Liszt.
Among his students were Fritz Kreisler, Eugène Ysaÿe, Henryk Wieniawski, Alfred De Sève, Isidor Lotto, Teresina Tua, and Charles Martin Loeffler.
Massart has been credited with the origination of the systematic vibrato. He compiled 'The Art of Working at Kreutzer's Etudes' (Alphonse Leduc A.L. 9220 No 239), a supplement that contains 412 fingerings and bowings taken from his time studying with Kreutzer.
Massart was also an excellent quartet player and gave many delightful chamber concerts, with his wife, who was a pianist. [1]
Massart died in Paris in 1892.