CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF FAMOUS VIOLINISTS
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"C" indicates that the date given is only approximate
NAME Place of Birth Date of Birth Place of Death Date of Death
Alessandro, Romano Italy c1530 ? ?
Baltazarini Italy c1550 ? ?
Farina, Carlo Italy c1580 ? ?
Alberghi, Paolo Italy c1600 ? ?
Biber, Henry J. England c1600 ? ?
Cortellini, Camillo Italy c1600 ? ?
Madorus, Giovanni Venice c1600 ? ?
Manoir, Guillaume ? c1600 ? ?
Baltzar, Thomas Lubec 1630 London 1663
Bannister, John England 1630 London 1679
Lulli, Jean Baptiste de Florence 1633 Paris 1687
Strunck, Nicolas Adam Germany 1640 ? 1700
Laurenti, Bartolomeo G. Bologna 1644 ? 1726
Vitali, Tomasso Bologna c1650 ? ?
Eccles, John London 1650 London 1735
Marini, Carlo Antonio Bergamo c1650 ? ?
Corelli, Arcangelo Italy 1653 Rome 1713
Aschenbrunner, Christian H. Alstettin 1654 Jena 1732
Bassani, Giovanni B. Padua 1657 Ferrara 1716
Vivaldi, Antonio Venice 1660 ? 1743
Eccles, Henry London 1660 London ?
Bannister, John, Jr. England 1673 London 1735
Albinoni, Thomas Venice 1674 Venice 1745
Hesse, Ernest Christian Germany 1676 Darmstadt 1762
Somis, Lorenzo Piedmont 1676 ? 1763
Aubert, Jacques ? 1678 Paris 1753
Geminiani, Francesco Lucca 1680 Dublin 1762
Alberti, Guiseppe Matteo Bologna 1685 ? ?
Veracini, Francesco Florence c1685 ? 1750
Senaillé, Jean Baptiste Paris 1687 ? 1730
Pisendel, Johann Georg Karlsburg 1687 Dresden 1755
Birckenstock, Johann A. Hesse 1687 Eisenach 1733
Montanari, Francesco Padua ? Rome 1730
Matheis, Nicola ? ? ? 1749
Gentili, Georges Venice 1688 ? ?
Valentini, Guiseppe Florence 1690 ? ?
Castrucci, Pietro Rome 1690 London 1769
Tartini, Guiseppe Pirano 1692 Padua 1770
Locatelli, Pietro Bergamo 1693 Amsterdam 1764
Rothe, August Friedrich Sonderhausen 1696 ? 1784
Leclair, Jean Marie Lyons 1697 Paris 1764
Graun, Jean G. Germany 1698 Berlin 1771
Francoer, François Paris 1698 ? 1787
Abaco, Evaristo F. Dall Verona c1700 ? ?
Anderle, F.J. ? c1700 ? ?
Bitti, Martini ? 1700 ? ?
Borghi, Luigi ? ? ? ?
Brown, Abram ? ? ? ?
Carbonelli, Stefano Rome c1700 London ?
Dalloglio, Domenico Venice c1700 Russia 1764
Guignon, Jean Pierre Turin 1702 Versailles 1775
Dubourg, Matthew England 1703 London 1767
De Croes, Henri Jacques Antwerp 1705 Brussels 1786
Guillemain, Gabriel Paris 1705 ? 1770
Czarth, Georg C. Deutschbrod 1708 Mannheim 1774
Benda, Franz Albenatky 1709 Potsdam 1786
Girauek, Fernandino Bohemia 1712 Dresde 1761
Benda, Johann Albenatky 1713 Potsdam 1752
D'Auvergne, Antoine France 1713 Lyons 1797
Clegg, John Ireland 1714 ? c1750
Hempel, George C. Gotha 1715 Gotha 1801
Fritz, Caspar Geneva 1716 Geneva 1782
Giardini, Felice Turin 1716 Moscow 1796
Mozart, Leopold Augsburg 1719 Salzburg 1787
Stamitz, Johann Carl Bohemia 1719 Mannheim 1761
Bini, Pasqualino Pesaro 1720 ? ?
Morigi, Angelo ? ? Parma 1788
Lemière ? ? Paris 1771
Pagin, André Noel Paris 1721 ? ?
Abel, Leopold A. Cothen c1700 ? ?
Festing, Michael C. London ? London 1752
Ferrari, Domenico Piacenza ? Paris 1780
Enderle, Wilhelm C. Bayreuth 1722 Darmstadt 1793
Nardini, Pietro Tuscany 1722 Florence 1793
Lefêbre, Jacques Prinzlow 1723 ? 1777
Van Malder, Pierre Brussels 1724 Brussels 1768
Glaser, John Michel Erlangen 1725 ? ?
Hattasch, Dismas Hohenmant 1725 Gotha 1777
Gavinies, Pierre Bordeaux 1726 Paris 1800
Gow, Neil Strathband 1727 Inver 1787
Pugnani, Gaetano Turin 1727 Turin 1803
Manfredi, Filippo Lucca 1729 Madrid c1780
Gallo, Domenico Venice 1730 ? ?
Cannabich, Christian Mannheim 1730 Frankfort 1798
Lolli, Antonio Bergamo 1730 Sicily 1802
Vachon, Pierre Arles 1730 Berlin 1802
Goepfert, Charles F. Weissenstein 1733 Weimar 1798
Raimoni, Ignazio Naples 1733 London 1802
Lahoussaye, Pierre Paris 1735 Paris 1818
Haranc, Louis André Paris 1738 Paris 1805
Celestine, Eligio Rome 1739 ? ?
Weigl, Franz J. Bavaria 1740 Vienna 1820
Tomasini, Luigi Bohemia 1745 Gotha 1805
Jarnowick, Giovanni M. Palermo 1745 St. Petersburg 1804
Navoigille, Guillaume J. Givet 1745 Paris 1811
Paisible Paris 1745 St. Petersburg 1781
Salomon, Johann Peter Bönn 1745 London 1815
Cambini, Giovanni G. Leghorn 1746 Bicêtre 1825
Gervais, Pierre Noel Mannheim 1746 Bordeaux 1805
Stamitz, Carl Mannheim 1746 Jena 1801
Ghirett, Gaspar Naples 1747 Parma 1827
Leduc, Simon Paris 1748 Paris 1787
Mestrino, Niccolo Milan 1748 Paris 1790
Guerillot, Henri Bordeaux 1749 Paris 1805
Navoigille, Herbert J. Givet 1749 ? ?
Obermeyer, Joseph Bohemia 1749 ? ?
Bagatella, Antonio Padua 1750 ? ?
Almeyda, C.F. ? c1750 ? ?
Fuchs, Peter Bohemia 1750 Vienna 1804
Henry, Bonventure ? c1750 ? ?
Kriegck, J.J. Bebra 1750 Meiningen 1813
Sirmen, Maddalena Venice c1750 ? ?
Woldemar, Michael Orleans 1750 Clermont-Ferrand 1816
Barthelemon, François H. Bordeaux 1751 ? 1808
Campagnoli, Bartolomeo Cento 1751 Neustrelitz 1827
Lamotte, François Vienna 1751 Holland 1781
Berthaume, Isidore Paris 1752 St. Petersburg 1802
Kasska, Wilhelm Ratisbon 1752 Ratisbon 1806
Brunetti, Gaetano Pisa 1753 Madrid 1808
Janitsch, Anton Switzerland 1753 Westphalia 1812
Lem, Pierre Copenhagen 1753 ? ?
Fiorillo, Federigo Brunswick 1753 ? c1800
Stamitz, Anton Mannheim 1753 Paris ?
Viotti, Giovanni B. Piedmont 1753 London 1824
Kranz, Johann F. Weimar 1754 Stuttgart 1807
Mosel, Giovanni F. Florence 1754 ? ?
Leduc, Pierre Paris 1755 Holland 1816
Fauvel, André Joseph Bordeaux 1756 ? ?
Lacroix, Antoine Remberville 1756 Lubeck 1812
Wranitzky, Paul Moravia 1756 Vienna 1808
Haack, Karl Potsdam 1757 Potsdam 1819
Rolla, Alessandro Pavia 1757 Milan 1841
Galeazzi, Francesco Turin 1758 Rome 1819
Liber, Wolfgang Donanworth 1758 Ratisbon 1817
Weberlin, Jean F. Stuttgart 1758 Stuttgart 1825
Bruni, Antonio B. Piedmont 1759 ? ?
Gautherot, Louise ? 1760 ? ?
Guiliani, François Florence 1760 ? 1819
Haack, Friedrich Potsdam 1760 ? ?
Krommer, Franz Kamenitz 1760 Vienna 1831
Neubauer, Franz C. Bohemia 1760 Bückeburg 1795
Jarnewicz, Felix Wilna 1761 Edinburgh 1848
Wranitzky, Anton Moravia 1761 Vienna 1819
Wessely, Johann Bohemia 1762 ? ?
Bonnet, Jean Baptiste Montauban 1763 ? ?
Danzi, Franz Mannheim 1763 Carlsruhe 1826
Peshatschek, François Bohemia 1763 Vienna 1816
Alday, P Perpignan 1764 ? ?
Lorenziti, Bernado Würtemburg 1764 ? 1813
Schlick, Regina (Sacchi) Mantua 1764 ? ?
Cartier, Jean Baptiste Avignon 1765 Paris 1841
LaCroix, Antoine ? 1765 ? ?
Hampeln, Karl von Mannheim 1765 Stuttgart 1834
Eck, Johann F. Mannheim 1766 Bamberg 1809
Hunt, Karl Dresden 1766 ? ?
Kreutzer, Rudolph Versailles 1766 Geneva 1831
De Volder, Pierre Jean Antwerp 1767 Brussels 1841
Romberg, Andreas Vechta 1767 Gotha 1821
Pauwels, Jean E. Brussels 1768 Brussels 1804
Spagnoletti, P. Cremona 1768 London 1834
Valmalete, Louis de Rieux 1768 ? ?
Grasset, Jean J. Paris 1769 Paris 1839
Paravicini, Signora Turin 1769 ? ?
Boucher, Alexandre Jean Paris 1770 Paris 1861
Gerbini, Luigia ? 1770 ? ?
Girault, August Paris 1770 Paris 1806
Hoffmann, Heinrich Anton Mainz 1770 Mainz 1842
Baillot, Pierre M.F. de Sales Passy 1771 Paris 1842
Festa, Guiseppe M. Naples 1771 ? 1839
Labarre, Louis J.C. Paris 1771 ? ?
Vacher, Pierre Jean Paris 1772 Paris 1819
Lottini, Denis Orleans 1773 Orleans 1826
Vaccaro, Francesco Modena 1773 Portugal 1823
Eck, Franz Mannheim 1774 Strasburg 1804
Rode, Pierre Bordeaux 1774 Loire-et-Garonne 1831
Eberwen, Traugott M. Weimar 1775 Rudolstadt 1831
Libon, Philippe Cadiz 1775 Paris 1838
Schuppanzigh, Ignace Vienna 1776 Vienna 1830
Dobrynski, Ignace Volhyna 1777 Warsaw 1841
Giorgis, Joseph Turin 1777 ? ?
Kieserwetter, Cristophe G. Anspach 1777 London 1827
Moralt, Johann B. Mannheim 1777 Munich 1825
Paravicini, Mme. Milan 1778 ? ?
Blanchard, Henri L. Bordeaux 1778 Paris 1858
Radicati, Felice A. Turin 1778 ? 1823
Weiss, Franz Silesia 1778 ? ?
Bridgetower, George A. Poland ?1779 ? c1850
Müller, John Henry Königsberg 1780 ? ?
Habeneck, François A. Mézières 1781 Paris 1849
Lafont, Charles Philippe Paris 1781 Tarbes 1839
Polledro, Giovanni B. Turin 1781 Turin 1853
Mazas, Jacques F. Beziers 1782 ? 1849
Puppo, Felice A. Turin 1778 ? 1823
Bohrer, Anthony Munich 1783 Hanover 1852
Linke, Joseph Silesia 1783 Vienna 1837
Paganini, Nicolo Genoa 1784 Nice 1840
Spohr, Louis Brunswick 1784 Cassel 1859
Zocca Ferrara 1784 ? ?
Fontaine, Antoine N.M. Paris 1785 St. Cloud 1866
Lafonde ? 1785 ? ?
Eberwen, Karl Weimar 1786 Weimar 1868
Granafond, Eugene Compiegne 1786 ? ?
Pixis, Friedrich, Wilhelm Mannheim 1786 Prague 1842
Cudmore, Richard Chichester 1757 Manchester 1841
Guhr, Charles Militsch 1787 Frankfurt 1848
Berwald, Johann F. Stockholm 1788 Stockholm 1861
Fesca, Friedrich E. Magdeburg 1789 Carlsruhe 1826
Maurer, Ludwig Potsdam 1789 St. Petersburg 1878
Mayseder, Joseph Vienna 1789 Vienna 1863
Wery, Nicolas L. Liège 1789 Luxemburg 1867
Femy, François Ghent 1790 ? ?
Klose, J. London 1790 London 1830
Lipinski, Karl Joseph Poland 1790 Urlow 1861
Goetz, Jean N.C. Weimar 1791 ? 1861
Benesch, Joseph Batelow 1793 ? ?
Pichatschek, François Vienna 1793 Carlsruhe 1840
Filipowicz, Elizabeth M. ? 1794 ? ?
Jansa, Leopold Bohemia 1794 Vienna 1875
Krahmer, Mme. Caroline ? 1794 ? ?
Parmy, Joseph Austria 1794 Mainz 1835
Batta, Pierre Maastricht 1795 Brussels 1876
Bohm, Joseph Pesth 1795 Vienna 1876
Drin, Finlay Aberdeen 1795 Edinburgh 1853
Lacy, Michael R. Bilbao 1795 London 1867
Giorgetti, Fernandino Florence 1796 Florence 1867
Mori, Nicolas London 1796 London 1839
Calcagno, Catarina Italy 1797 ? ?
Collins, Isaac ? 1797 London 1871
Girard, Narcisse Nantes 1797 Paris 1860
Müller, Karl Friedrich Brunswick 1797 ? 1873
Roberrechts, Andre Brussels 1797 Paris 1860
Rolla, Antoine Parma 1797 Dresden 1837
Tolberque, Jean B.J. Belgium 1797 Paris 1869
Coronini, Paolo Vincenza 1798 ? 1875
Batta, Pantaleon Paris 1799 Paris 1870
Rudersdorff, J. Amsterdam 1799 Königsberg 1866
Gattie, Henry ? 1800 ? ?
Hellmesberger, Georg Vienna 1800 Newaldegg 1873
Meerts, Lambert Brussels 1800 Brussels 1863
Müller, Theodore Heinrich Brunswic 1800 ? 1855
Nohr, Christian F. Thuringia 1800 Meiningen 1875
Schulz, Mlle. L. ? 1800 ? ?
Wanski, Johann N. Posen c1800 ? ?
Kalliwoda, Johann W. Prague 1801 Carlsruhe 1866
Saint Lubin, Leon de Turin 1801 Berlin 1856
De Bériot, Charles Louvain 1802 Brussels 1870
Ella, John England 1802 London 1888
Labitzky, Joseph Schönfeld 1802 Carlsbad 1881
Molique, Wilhelm Bernard Nuremburg 1802 Stuttgart 1869
Ries, Hubert Bonn 1802 Berlin 1886
Lomagne, Joseph Perpignan 1804 Perpignan 1868
Magnien, Victor Epinal 1804 Lille 1885
Kudelski, Karl Matthias Berlin 1805 Baden-Baden 1877
Pollini, Mme. ? 1805 ? ?
Dando, Joseph H.B. London 1806 ? 1894
Hartmann, Franz Coblentz 1807 Cologne 1857
Panofka, Heinrich Breslau 1807 Florence 1887
Sauzay, Moritz Moravia 1808 Breslau 1885
Bessems, Antoine Antwerp 1809 Antwerp 1868
Müller, Franz F.G. Brunswick 1809 ? ?
Bull, Ole Borneman Bergen 1810 Bergen 1880
David, Ferdinand Hamburg 1810 Switzerland 1873
Ganz, Leopold Mainz 1810 Berlin 1869
Ghys, Joseph Ghent 1810 ? 1848
Blagrove, Henry Gamble Nottingham 1811 London 1872
Hamm, Johann V. Winterhausen 1811 Stuttgart 1834
Sainton, Prosper Philippe Toulouse 1813 London 1890
Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm Brünn 1814 Nice 1865
Alard, Delphine J. Bayonne 1815 Paris? 1888
Artot, Alexandre J.M. Brussels 1815 Paris 1845
Dont, Jacob Vienna 1815 Vienna 1888
Sivori, Ernest Camillo Genoa 1815 Paris 1894
Zerchoff, Mlle. ? 1815 ? ?
Batta, Alexandre Maastricht 1816 ? ?
Prume, François Herbert Liège 1816 Liège 1849
Deldevez, Ernest Paris 1817 Paris 1897
Göbel, Johann Ferdinand Baumgarten 1817 ? ?
Bazzini, Antonio Brescia 1818 Milan 1897
Dancla, Jean B. C. Bagnières de Bignon 1818 ? ?
Kramer, Traugott Codburg 1818 ? ?
Eller, Louis Graz 1819 Pau 1862
Hering, Karl Berlin 1819 ? 1889
Léonard, Hubert Bellaire 1819 Paris 1890
Batta, Joseph Maastricht 1820
Dreyschock, Raimund Bohemia 1820 Leipzig 1869
Kéler-Béla Hungary 1820 Wiesbaden 1882
Neumann, Louise ? 1820 ?
Vieuxtemps, Henri Verviers 1820 Algiers 1881
Wallace, Eliza England 1820
Gautier, Karl Vaugirard 1822 Vaugirard 1878
Hauser, Miska Presburg 1822 Vienna 1887
Dancla, Leopold France 1823 1895
Gaertner, Karl Stralsund 1823
Hermann, Constant Douai 1823
Eichberg, Julius Düsseldorf 1824 Boston 1893
Hullweck, Ferdinand Dessau 1824 Blasewitz 1887
De Kontski, Apollinari Warsaw 1825 Warsaw 1879
Bott, Jean Joseph Cassel 1826 1895
Collins, Rosina 1826
Hauser, Maurice Berlin 1826 Königsberg 1857
Kundinger, August Kitzengen 1827
Milanollo, Teresa Turin 1827
Mollenhauer, Edward Erfurt 1827
Hellmesberger, Georg Vienna 1828 Hanover 1853
Hermann, Frederick Frankfort 1828
Huber, Karl Varjas 1828 Pesth 1885
Hellmesberger, Joseph Vienna 1829 Vienna 1893
Röntgen, Engelbert Holland 1829
Adelburg, August R. Von ? 1830 ? 1873
Arditi, Emilia ? 1830
Garcin, Jules A. S. Bourges 1830 ? 1896
Hennen, Friedrich Heerlen 1830
Remenyi, Edouard Hungary 1830 SanFrancisco 1898
Zirges, Hortensia 1830
Bargheer, Karl Louis Bückeburg 1831
Joachim, Joseph Kitsee 1831
Kassmayer, Moritz Vienna 1831 Vienna 1884
Kömpel, August Bavaria 1831 Weimar 1891
Singer, Edmund Hungary 1831
Laub, Ferdinand Prague 1832 Tyrol 1875
Lauterbach, Johann C. Bavaria 1832
Milanollo, Maria Turin 1832 1848
Becker, Jean Mannheim 1833 Mannheim 1884
Bennewitz, Anton Privat 1833
Graff, Carl Hungary 1833
Filby, Heinrich Vienna 1834
De Ahna, Heinrich K. H. Vienna 1835 Vienna 1892
Jaffé, Moritz Posen 1835
Monasterio, Jesus Potes (Spain) 1835
Strauss, Ludwig Pressburg 1835
Wieniawski, Henry Poland 1835 Moscow 1880
Besekirskij, Wasil W. Moscow 1836
Carrodus, John T. Keighley 1836 London 1895
Holmes, Alfred London 1837 Paris 1876
Grün, Jacob Buda-Pesth 1837
Brousil, Bertha ? 1838
Piercy-Feeny, Mme. 1838
Neruda, Wilhelmina (Lady Hallé) Brünn 1838
Werner, Hildegard 1838
Holmes, Henry London 1839
Jacobsohn, Simon Mittau 1839
Rappoldi, Edouard Vienna 1839
Bargheer, Adolph 1840
David, Peter P. Leipzig 1840
Lotto, Isidor Warsaw 1840
Gobbi, Aloys Pesth 1844
Heermann, Hugo Hulbrönn 1844
Sarasate, Pablo de Pampeluna 1844
Auer, Leopold Hungary 1845
Singelee, Louise 1845
Castellan, Mlle 1845
Wilhelmj, August Usingen 1845
Courvoisier, Carl Basle 1846
Schradieck, Henry Hamburg 1846
Papini, Guido Florence 1847
Walter, Benno Munich 1847
De Bono, Victoria 1848
Heckmann, Georg J. R. Mannheim 1848 Glasgow 1891
Marsick, Martin P. J. Jupille 1848
Drechsler-Adamson, Mme. 1849
Gibson, Alfred Nottingham 1849
Drechsler-Woycke, Mme. ? 1850
Brodsky, Adolph Taganrog 1851
Hagen, Adolph Bremen 1851
Sauret, Emil Dun-le-Roi 1852
Boulanger, Mlle. 1853
Meyer, Waldemar Berlin 1853
Zajic, Florian Bohemia 1853
Ferrari, Signora Elvira 1854
Hermant, Mlle. 1854
Drechsler-Hamilton, Mme Agnes 1855
Holländer, Gustav Silesia 1855
Sahla, Richard Graz 1855
Kess, Wilhelm Dordrecht 1856
Petri, Henri Wilhelm Utrecht 1856
Thomson, César Liège 1857
Barcevicz, Stanislaus Warsaw 1858
Hilf, Arno Saxony 1858
Huber, Eugen (Jeno Hubay) Budapest 1858
Halir, Karl Hohenlohe 1859
Hess, Willie Mannheim 1859
Ondricek, Franz Prague 1859
Ysaye, Eugene Liège 1859
Loeffler, Charles Martin Alsace 1861
Rossi, Marcello Vienna 1862
Wolff, Johannes Hague 1862
Rose, Arnold Roumania 1863
Soldat, Marie Gratz 1863
Prill, Carl Berlin 1864
Senkrah, Arma New York 1864
Eissler, Marianne Brünn 1865
Kneisel, Franz Roumania 1865
Carpenter, Nettie New York 1865
Dunn, John Hull 1866
Wietrowitz, Gabrielle Laibach 1866
Dengremont, Maurice Rio Janeiro 1867 ? c1887
Gregorowitsch, Charles St. Petersburg 1867
Tua, Teresina Turin 1867
Powell, Maud Aurora, Ill. 1868
Sapellnikoff Odessa 1868
Burmester, Willy Hamburg 1869
Petschnikoff, Alexander Moscow 1873
Marteau, Henri Reims 1874
Saenger-Sethe, Irma Brussels 1876
Jackson, Leonora Boston 1879