Karl Wendling
German violinist and teacher
About Karl Wendling
Lived 1875 – 1962 (aged 86). Karl Wendling was a German concertmaster, music educator, university teacher and violinist.
Karl/Carl Wendling ([ventling]) (10 August 1875, Strasbourg – 27 March 1962, Stuttgart) was a German violinist and musical educator.
He studied in his hometown with Heinrich Schuster and , and later in Berlin with Carl Halir and Joseph Joachim. From 1902 on he was concertmaster at the Bayreuth Festival. In 1907 and 1908, he was concertmaster with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Karl Muck. He had his own string quartet, "The Wendling Quartet". From 1909 on, he was a teacher at the Royal Stuttgart Conservatory, where he became director in 1929.
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Who was Karl Wendling?
German violinist and teacher (1875–1962)
When was Karl Wendling born?
Karl Wendling was born on 10 August 1875 in Strasbourg.
When did Karl Wendling die?
Karl Wendling died on 27 March 1962 in Stuttgart.
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Karl Wendling was a concertmaster, music educator, university teacher and violinist.
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Karl Wendling was German.
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