Léon Reynier (11 August 1833 – 5 May 1895) was a well known and greatly appreciated French virtuoso
violinist.
Life
Reynier was born in
Saint-Cloud. He is said to have been presented by
Napoleon III with a richly varnished 1681 orange-reddish
Stradivarius.
A pupil of
Lambert Massart,
he was awarded first prize in 1848 at the
Conservatoire de Paris.
From 1875-1879 he became one of the musicians in the French chamber music society ''La Trompette'' founded in 1860, along with Léon Hollander (2nd violin),
Benjamin Godard
Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (18 August 184910 January 1895) was a French violinist and Romantic-era composer of Jewish extraction, best known for his opera ''Jocelyn''. Godard composed eight operas, five symphonies, two piano and two violin concer ...
(viola) and
Jules Delsart
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(violoncello).
He was the dedicatee of the
string quartet
The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...
of
César Franck.
He died in Paris aged 61.
See also
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List of Stradivarius instruments
References
1833 births
1895 deaths
19th-century French male violinists
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
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