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Marcel Darrieux
Marcel Darrieux (18 October 1891 – 2 September 1989) was a French classical violinist, particularly known for premiering Sergei Prokofiev's 1st Violin Concerto in 1923. Biography Born in Bordeaux, Darrieux graduated from the Conservatoire de Bordeaux (1906) then from the Conservatoire de Paris (1912). Henri Berthelier and Lucien Capet were among his teachers. From 1921 he belonged to the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique. Simultaneously, in the early 1920s he was concertmaster of the Concerts Koussevitzky orchestra under the direction of Serge Koussevitzky. He is best known as the first interpreter of Prokofiev's 1st Violin Concerto premiered on 18 October 1923. After the refusal of several well-known violin virtuosos (in particular, Bronisław Huberman) to approach this concerto, the composer entrusted the soloist part to the first solo violin of the orchestra. As Darrieux wrote in a letter to Prokofiev, "the musician was until then in absolute darkness, and since he pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular use. The violin typically has four strings (some can have five), usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its strings. It can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical music, Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments. Violins are also important in many varieties of folk music, including country music, bluegrass music, and in jazz violin, jazz. Electric violins with soli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
