Giovanni Battista Viotti
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Giovanni Battista Viotti was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness. He was also a director of Fr
Portrait of Giovanni Battista Viotti by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1805
Pierre Rode
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Jacques Pierre Joseph Rode was a French violinist and composer.
Giovanni Battista Viotti
…Majesty to order Viotti out of the kingdom". This may refer to Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds, and to Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield. Pierre Rode, Viotti's favourite pupil, was expelled from England, too, and may have left the country some days previous to Viotti who awaited the outcome of his…
Pierre Rode