Clarence Myerscough (born

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, 27 October 1930; died

, 8 October 2000) was a British

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

ist. He studied at the

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(where in 1952 he won the Rowsby Woof Prize) and the

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under Frederick Grinke and Rene Benedetti. He won the All England Violin Competition in the

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(1951) and came second in the Carl Flesch Competition (1952). He later formed the Fidelio Quartet together with his brother, the violist Henry Myerscough, and was known as much for his chamber music performances and recordings as for solo work. He frequently performed works by

Niccolò Paganini Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (; ; 27 October 178227 May 1840) was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His 24 Caprices ...

, whose birthday he shared. He taught for over 35 years at the Academy, becoming head of the string section, as well as teaching each weekend at

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. He played a violin by

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Giovanni Paolo Maggini Giovanni Paolo Maggini (c. 1580 - c. 1630), was a luthier born in Botticino (Brescia), Republic of Venice. Maggini was a pupil of the most important violin maker of the Brescian school, Gasparo da Salò. Maggini's early instruments are now con ...

, which on his death passed to his daughter

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, also a violinist, who performed with her father many times.

References

* * * 1930 births 2000 deaths British male violinists Academics of the Royal Academy of Music 20th-century British violinists 20th-century British male musicians {{violinist-stub