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CHARLES AUGUSTE DE BERIOT (18cn-187o)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 777 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLES AUGUSTE DE
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BERIOT (18cn-187o)  , Belgian violinist and composer . Although not definitely a
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pupil of
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Viotti or Baillot he was much influenced by both . He was very successful in his
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concert
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tours, and held appointments at the courts of
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Belgium and
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France . From 1843 to 1852 he was
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violin
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professor at the
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Brussels
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conservatoire . Then his eyesight began to fail, and in 1858 he became
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blind . His compositions are still often played, and are
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good, clean displays of technique .

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