August Wilhelmj
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German violinist (1845–1908)
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August Wilhelmj (21 September 1845, Usingen – 22 January 1908, London) was a German violinist. He has become famous for his late nineteenth century arrangement of the second movement of J. S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 for the violin and piano, known as Air on the G String. Among his pupils was American violinist Nahan Franko. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/August+Wilhelmj">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- August
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Usingen
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Joachim Raff
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- August Wilhelmj.jpg
- Work location
- Wiesbaden
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- Commons category
- August Wilhelmj
- date of birth
- 1845-09-21
- date of death
- 1908-01-22
- name in native language
- August Wilhelmj
- P8168
- Sakon Nakhon
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to August Wilhelmj, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana