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See also:STRAUS, See also:LUDWIG (1835-1899) , See also:Austrian violinist, was See also:born at See also:Pressburg on the 28th of See also:March 1835. He studied at the See also:Vienna Conservatorium from 1843 to 1848, as a See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil of Bohm; made his first See also:appearance in 1850, and five years afterwards made a tour in See also:Italy; in 1857 he became acquainted with his lifelong friend, the 'cellist See also:Piatti, and toured with him in See also:Germany and See also:Sweden. From 186o to 1864 he was See also:concert-meister at See also:Frankfort, and during these years he visited See also:England frequently, in the See also:year 1864 taking up his See also:residence there. He was for many years See also:leader of See also:Halle's See also:orchestra in See also:Manchester, and a See also:familiar figure at the Popular Concerts in See also:London. He was first See also:violin in the See also:Queen's See also:Band. He retired, owing to See also:ill See also:health, in 1893, and from that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time till his See also:death, on the 23rd of See also:October 1899, lived at See also:Cambridge. His playing, whether of violin or See also:viola, had very See also:great qualities; he was perfect in ensemble, and his See also:power of self-effacement was of a piece with his See also:gentle disposition and with the pure love of See also:art which distinguished him through See also:life. A more lovable nature never existed, and his quiet See also:influence on the art of his time was very great.
End of Article: STRAUS, LUDWIG (1835-1899)
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