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FESCA, FREDERIC ERNEST (1789–1826)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 292 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FESCA, See also:FREDERIC ERNEST (1789–1826) , See also:German violinist and composer of instrumental See also:music, was See also:born on the 15th of See also:February 1789 at See also:Magdeburg, where he received his See also:early musical See also:education. He completed his studies at See also:Leipzig under See also:Eberhard See also:Muller, and at the early See also:age of fifteen appeared before the public with several concerti for the See also:violin, which were received with See also:general See also:applause, and resulted in his being appointed leading violinist of the Leipzig See also:orchestra. This position he occupied till 18o6, when he became See also:concert-See also:master to the See also:duke of See also:Oldenburg. In 18o8 he was appointed See also:solo-violinist by See also:King See also:Jerome of See also:Westphalia at See also:Cassel, and there he remained till the end of the See also:French occupation (1814), when he went to See also:Vienna, and soon afterwards to Carlsruhe, having been appointed concert-master to the See also:grand-duke of See also:Baden. His failing See also:health prevented him from enjoying the numerous and well-deserved triumphs he owed to his See also:art, and in 1826 he died of See also:consumption at the early age of See also:thirty-seven. As a virtuoso Fesca ranks amongst the best masters of the German school of violinists, the school subsequently of See also:Spohr and of See also:Joachim. Especially as See also:leader of a quartet he is said to have been unrivalled with regard to classic dignity and simplicity of See also:style. Amongst his compositions, his quartets for stringed See also:instruments and other pieces of chamber music are the most remarkable. His two operas, Cantemira and See also:Omar and Leila, were less successful, lacking dramatic See also:power and originality. He also wrote some sacred compositions, and numerous songs and vocal quartets.

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