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KREUTZER, RUDOLPH (1766-1831)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 926 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KREUTZER, See also:RUDOLPH (1766-1831) , See also:French violinist, of See also:German extraction, was See also:born at See also:Versailles, his See also:father being a musician in the royal See also:chapel. Rudolph gradually became famous as a violinist, playing with See also:great success at various See also:continental capitals. It was to him that in 1803 See also:Beethoven dedicated his famous See also:violin See also: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 See also:music. He died at See also:Geneva in 1831.

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