Adrian Hans Eduard Rappoldi (13 September 1876 – 12 October 1948) was a German violinist, son of

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and Laura Rappoldi. Born in Berlin, he studied at the

Dresden Conservatory Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the List ...

with

Leopold Auer Leopold von Auer ( hu, Auer Lipót; June 7, 1845July 15, 1930) was a Hungarian violinist, academic, conductor, composer, and instructor. Many of his students went on to become prominent concert performers and teachers. Early life and career Au ...

(violin) and

Felix Draeseke Felix August Bernhard Draeseke (7 October 1835 – 26 February 1913) was a composer of the "New German School" admiring Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner. He wrote compositions in most forms including eight operas and stage works, four symphonies, ...

(composition), then in Berlin with

Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim (28 June 1831 – 15 August 1907) was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer and teacher who made an international career, based in Hanover and Berlin. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he is widely regarded as one of ...

and

August Wilhelmj __NOTOC__ August Emil Daniel Ferdinand Wilhelmj ( ; 21 September 184522 January 1908) was a German violinist and teacher. Wilhelmj was born in Usingen and was considered a child prodigy; when Henriette Sontag heard him in 1852 at seven years ol ...

. From a young age, he performed with his mother. He was first violinist in the Benjamin Bilse orchestra, and then worked as a

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in the Bilsesche Kapelle, later in Teplitz, Chemnitz and Helsinki, and from 1909 succeeded Henri Petri at the Dresden Conservatory. In 1910, he returned to Dresden, where he taught at the local Conservatory. Rappoldi published two small collections of

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s (consisting partly of transcriptions, partly of his own works of didactic plan). He translated into German "The School of Violin Playing" by Mathieu Crikboma (1929). The name "Rappoldi" bears the name of the violin by

Antonio Stradivari Antonio Stradivari (, also , ; – 18 December 1737) was an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The Latinized form of his surname, ''Stradivarius'', as well as the colloq ...

(1719), acquired by the musician in 1910.1719 – Violino "Rappoldi"
/ref> Rappoldi died in

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...

at the age of 72.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rappoldi, Adrian German classical violinists German male classical violinists 19th-century violinists 20th-century violinists German music educators 1876 births 1948 deaths Musicians from Berlin 19th-century German male musicians 20th-century German male musicians