Ferdinand David
Ferdinand David · Arts & Literature
Violinist and composer
1810, Hamburg, Germany — 1873, near Klosters, Switzerland
Germany
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Ferdinand David was a German violinist, composer and pedagogue who, as concertmaster of the Leipzig Gewandhaus under his friend Felix Mendelssohn, gave the 1845 premiere of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and helped shape its solo part. He was born to a Jewish family in Hamburg. As a founding professor at the Leipzig Conservatory, he trained a generation of leading violinists.
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Violinist and composer
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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