Joseph Hollman

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Joseph Hollman
Joseph Hollman on the cover of Freund's weekly
Born26 October 1852
Died31 December 1927
Occupationcellist
caricature of a man playing the cello; he has a large moustache and a mane of grey hair
Hollman caricatured in Vanity Fair by Francis Carruthers Gould, 1897

Joseph Hollman (26 October 1852 – 31 December 1927), was a Dutch cellist.

Biography

Hollman was born in Maastricht in 1852, and was admitted to the Brussels Conservatory at the age of fourteen. There he studied cello with Adrien-François Servais and music theory with François-Joseph Fétis.[1] He continued his studies with Léon Jacquard in Paris and with Karl Davydov in St. Petersburg. In the 1880s he played in the Meiningen Court Orchestra. In 1887 he settled in Paris, where he established himself as a leading soloist. His concert travels took him to the United States, China and Japan.[1]

Hollman composed a number of short works for his instrument.[2] Camille Saint-Saëns, who frequently appeared in concert with Hollman, dedicated his Second Cello Concerto to him.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Joseph Hollman (1852–1927 Archived 2018-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Netherlands Music Institute, retrieved 3 March 2018
  2. ^ "Joseph Hollman", International Music Score Library Project, retrieved 3 March 2018
  3. ^ Rees, pp. 368, 387 and 433

Sources

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  • Rees, Brian (1999). Camille Saint-Saëns – A Life. London: Chatto and Windus. ISBN 978-1-85619-773-1.


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