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VIOLINISTS GROUP 9. A group of violinists including: HEGEDUS, FERENCZ. (1881-1944). Hungarian violinist active in the early 20th century. AMusQS. (“Ferencz Hegedus”). 1p. Oblong 4to. Munich, December 8, 1913. A boldly inscribed four-measure quotation from Cesar Franck’s sonata, written next to a mounted printed portrait. A student of Jeno Hubay at the Budapest Conservatory, Hegedus played the 'Gillott, Lord Dunmore' Violin, 1732 Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri. In lovely condition. HUBAY, JENO. (1858-1937). Hungarian violinist and composer. AMusQS. (“Jeno Hubay”). 1p. Oblong large 8vo. London, January 28, 1908. A lovely unidentified triple bar, three-measure quotation inscribed in German on printed music paper. After studying with Joseph Joachim and Henri Vieuxtemps, Hubay headed the Liszt Academy in Budapest and, in 1917, established the Budapest Quartet with David Popper. His distinguished pupils included Joseph Szigeti, Eugene Ormandy, Stefi Geyer, Jelly d’Aranyi, Zoltan Szekely, and many others. His oeuvre includes chamber and vocal works as well as operas. Some browning on the left of the sheet slightly affecting the appearance. KNEISEL, FRANZ. (1865-1926). Romanian-born, American violinist and conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. AMusQS. (“Franz Kneisel”). 1p. 32mo. New York, 1912. A single measure penned on a small card with a printed portrait of Kneisel holding his violin and bow. After being recruited to join the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Kneisel was a founding member of the Kneisel Quartet, the first professional string quartet in America, and one of only two members to play with the quartet for its entire history, from 1885 to 1917. Kneisel’s students include Joseph and Lillian Fuchs. LAFONT, CHARLES P. (1781-1839). French violinist and composer and one of the preeminent figures in the French school; student of Kreutzer and Rode. He was chamber violinist to Czar Alexander I of Russia. AMusMsS. (“C. P. Lafont”). 1p. Oblong 4to. N.p., N.d. 32 triple measures of a brief work he has entitled, “Le chant du Barde pendant l’orage,” (“The Song of the Bard During a Storm”) perhaps inspired by “Le chant du Barde,” written in 1783 by French writer and politician, Louis de Fontaines (1757-1821). On the verso is an eight-measure AMusQS (“G.A. Osborne”) by the Irish composer and pianist GEORGE A. OSBORNE (1806-1893) who was close friends of de Beriot, Chopin and Berlioz. Some wear to one edge where removed from an album; otherwise fine. Lafont played a 1719 Stradivarius that was later owned by Johann Lauterbach. See below. LAMOUREUX, CHARLES. (1834-1899). French violinist and conductor who directed the first performance of Handel’s Messiah in Paris in 1873. AMusQS. (“C. Lamoureux”). 1p. 12mo. Chatou, July 20, 1890. Three double bars of an unidentified composition marked “Largo.” Lamoureux lived in Chatou since 1876, when he acquired a villa he named Villa Handel. Chatou is also famous for being the location of the restaurant depicted in Renoir’s 1881 painting, Le Déjeuner des canotiers. In very fine condition. LAUB, FERDINAND. (1832-1875). Czech violinist and close friend of Tchaikovsky who praised him as “the best violinist of our time.” Laub premiered the composer’s first and second string quartets. AMusQS. (“Ferdinand Laub”). 1p. Oblong 8vo. Helsingfors (Helsinki), February 22, 1872. Eight measures from an unidentified composition penned on a decorative album page. Mounted to a larger sheet with some minor newsprint residue at the bottom, otherwise fine and attractive. LAUTERBACH, JOHANN. (1832-1918) German violinist. AMusQS. (“Joh. Lauterbach”). 1p. Oblong, long 8vo. Leipzig, October 6, 1880. A four-measure quotation entitled “Polonaise.” Violinist Charles Lafont (see above) previously owned Lauterbach’s 1719 Stradivarius. It had been donated to the National Museum of Warsaw in 1939, but was stolen by a Nazi officer five years later. The instrument was allegedly returned to Poland, but the authorities claim that the violin is unlikely to be the original “Lauterbach Stradivarius.” In very fine condition. LICHTENBERG, LEOPOLD. (1861-1935). American violinist and student of Henryk Wieniawski. AMusQS. (“Leopold Lichtenberg”). 1p. 8vo. Boston, February 24, 1887. Four measures from an unidentified composition, marked “Allegro Moderato.” In fine condition. [specialstring]