Camilla Urso , (1842–1902) was a French

French people

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 violin

Violin

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Born at Nantes

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, France

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, Urso was the daughter of an Italian flutist (Salvador Urso) and a French singer (Émilie Gérouard). When she was six years old, despite general skepticism about her ability to master a “masculine” instrument, she began taking violin lessons. The success of her first public recital a year later convinced her parents of her talent, and the family moved to Paris, where Urso studied at the Paris Conservatory. She studied with Massart in Paris

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, and, about 1852, played in New York City

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, Boston, Philadelphia

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, and other American cities. She was exceedingly successful, especially in concerts with Alboni

Marietta Alboni

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 and Sontag

Henriette Sontag

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. She returned to France after having toured Canada

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, and in 1866 again visited New York. Subsequently she made tours of Australia

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 and South Africa

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. After 1895 she lived in New York. She is buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery

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