Engelbert Röntgen (30 September 1829 – 12 December 1897)Obituary
'' Signale für die musikalische Welt'' 1897, volume 64 page 1011. Austrian National Library. was a German violinist, for many years concertmaster of the

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...

Life

He was born in

Deventer Deventer (; Sallaans dialect, Sallands: ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Salland historical region of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Overijssel, ...

in the Netherlands, the son of Johann Röntgen, a German merchant, and his Dutch wife. He entered the ''Conservatorium der Musik'' at Leipzig in 1848, where he was a pupil of the violinist

Ferdinand David Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "courage" or "ready, prepared" related to Old High German "to risk, ventu ...

."Engelbert Röntgen and the Gewandhaus"
''A Violins Life: The Lipinski Stradivarius''. Retrieved 9 April 2020. In 1850 Röntgen became a member of the

, in 1869 the second

concertmaster The concertmaster (from the German language, German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (UK) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (clarinet or oboe in a concert band). After the Conducting, conductor, the concertma ...

and in 1873 he took David's place as first concertmaster of the orchestra. He remained in the orchestra until his death in 1897. He was also a teacher in the Conservatorium. In 1861 he acquired the

Lipinski Stradivarius The ''Lipinski Stradivarius'' is an antique violin constructed in 1715 by the Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona, during Stradivari's "golden period" between 1700 and 1725. There are fewer than 650 extant Stradivarius violins in the wo ...

; the violin remained with Röntgen and his descendants for three generations.

Family

Röntgen married Friedericke Pauline Klengel, daughter of , himself concertmaster at the Gewandhaus for many years. They had a son and two daughters; their son Julius Röntgen became a pianist and composer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Röntgen, Engelbert 1829 births 1897 deaths People from Deventer 19th-century classical violinists German male classical violinists Concertmasters of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra German people of Dutch descent Musicians from Overijssel