Ödön Singer (14 October 1830 – 23 January 1912), also known as Edmund Singer, was a Hungarian virtuoso violinist and composer. He was born in

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in 1830 and studied under Joseph Böhm in

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. He was a childhood friend of

Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim (28 June 1831 – 15 August 1907) was a Hungarian Violin, violinist, Conducting, conductor, composer and teacher who made an international career, based in Hanover and Berlin. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he is widely ...

. In 1854 he became

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 ...

of the

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orchestra. He died in

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in 1912.

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Hungarian classical violinists Violinists from Austria-Hungary Concertmasters Hungarian male classical violinists 1830 births 1912 deaths {{Hungary-musician-stub