RUDOLPH

See also:

• KREUTZER, KONRADIN (1780–184.9)
• RUDOLPH KREUTZER (1766-1831)

KREUTZER (1766-1831)  , French violinist, of German extraction, was born at Versailles, his father being a musician in the royal chapel . Rudolph gradually became famous as a violinist, playing with great success at various continental capitals . It was to him that in 1803 Beethoven dedicated his famous 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 music . He died at Geneva in 1831 .