George Saint-George (1841 – 5 January 1924) was a British musical instrument maker and composer.
Biography
editHe was born in Leipzig, Germany to English parents, and studied violin, piano and theory in Prague and Dresden.[1][2] He settled in London in the 1860s.[3]
Saint-George was a maker of viols and lutes; he was interested in the viola d'amore, and played the instrument in concerts. He composed a suite for strings L'Ancien Régime, based on 18th-century dance music, and other works.[3][4]
He died in London on 5 January 1924.[1]
His son Henry Saint-George (1866–1917) was a violinist and academic at the Trinity College of Music; he published two monographs, The Bow: Its History, Manufacture, And Use (1896) and Fiddles: Their Selection, Preservation and Betterment (1910), and was editor of The Strad[3][4] magazine.
See also
edit- Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges - an occasionally confused (but apparently unrelated) French violinist and composer
References
edit- ^ a b "Noted Violinist Dies in London". Oakland Tribune. 30 March 1924. p. 4. Retrieved 15 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Born in Dresden according to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music; in Leipzig according to MusicWeb International.
- ^ a b c "A 290th Garland of British Light Music Composers" MusicWeb International. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Saint-George, George". Percy A. Scholes, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. OUP, 1964.