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RUDOLPH KREUTZER (1766-1831)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 926 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RUDOLPH KREUTZER (1766-1831)  , French violinist, of German extraction, was born at
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Versailles, his
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father being a musician in the royal
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chapel . Rudolph gradually became famous as a violinist, playing with
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great success at various
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continental capitals . It was to him that in 1803 Beethoven dedicated his famous
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violin sonata (op . 47) known as the " Kreutzer." Apart, however, from his fame as a violinist, Kreutzer was also a prolific composer; he wrote twenty-nine operas, many of which were successfully produced, besides nineteen violin concertos and chamber
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music . He died at Geneva in 1831 .

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