Franz Wohlfahrt (; 7 April 1833 – 14 March 1884) was a German violin teacher and composer based in

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. Wohlfahrt was born and died in Leipzig, where his father, Heinrich Wohlfahrt, was a

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teacher. He wrote a series of etudes, 60 Studies for Violin, Op. 45, which are often among the first ones studied by beginning violinists and violists. He was a student of

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