Franz Ries was a Romantic German violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

ist and composer

Composer

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, son of Hubert Ries

Hubert Ries

Pieter Hubert Ries was a German violinist and composer.Ries was born in Bonn, the son of Franz Anton Ries and the brother of Ferdinand Ries; after studying with his father, Hubert studied in Kassel with Louis Spohr and Moritz Hauptmann...

. He studied at the Paris Conservatory. He also worked in the publishing business.

Career

His talent formed under the direction of his father and in the Paris Conservatory under the violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

ist Massart

Joseph Massart

Joseph Lambert Massart was a Belgian violinist.He was born in Liège, Belgium. Despite being sponsored by the king, he was not accepted at the Paris Conservatoire because of his foreign status. He became a private pupil of Rodolphe Kreutzer...

, but after a short, brilliant career

Career

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, he abandoned it suffering under a nerve problem, and settled in Dresden

Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

 as a music retailer in 1875, where he still occasionally composed and performed on the violin. Then, from 1884 until his death, he lived as a co-owner of the company R. & Erler Berlin.

Compositions

• Moto Perpetuo for Violin
• String Quartet No.1 in D minor, Op.5
• String Quartet No.2
• 6 Lieder, Op.6
• Drei Characterstücke, Op.7 (violin and piano)
• 6 Lieder, Op.8
• Traumbilder, Op.13 (3 Clavierstücke)
• 3 zweistimmige Gesänge, Op.14
• 3 Lieder, Op.16 (alto and baritone)
• 3 Lieder, Op.17
• 4 Romances, Op.20 (violin and piano)
• Kriegslied von Emanuel Geibel
• 12 Albumblätter
• Suite No.2 in F for Violin and Piano, Op.27
• String Quintet in C minor, Op.28
• Suite No.3 for Violin and Piano, Op.34
• Praeludium and Allegro Opus 34. No.5

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