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Repertoire Compositions: Origins

Joachim was a renowned 19th century Hungarian violinist. He was born in 1831 in present-day Austria to a Jewish family from Hungary. As a child, he displayed remarkable musical talent and began studying violin at age 5. By age 7, he had given his first public performance. He went on to have a successful international career as a soloist and teacher while also cultivating important friendships with composers like Brahms and Schumann.

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Repertoire Compositions: Origins

Joachim was a renowned 19th century Hungarian violinist. He was born in 1831 in present-day Austria to a Jewish family from Hungary. As a child, he displayed remarkable musical talent and began studying violin at age 5. By age 7, he had given his first public performance. He went on to have a successful international career as a soloist and teacher while also cultivating important friendships with composers like Brahms and Schumann.

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The Schumanns, Brahms; Berlin

Honors and Jubilees


Repertoire
Compositions
List of compositions
Original compositions
An orchestration
Cadenzas
Recordings of Joachim's compositions
Joachim's own discography
Joachim's students
Joachim's instruments
Cultural references
Notes
Sources
External links

Life

Origins
Joachim was born in Köpcsény, Moson County, Kingdom of
Hungary (present-day Kittsee in Burgenland, Austria). He was
the seventh of eight children born to Julius, a wool merchant, and
Fanny Joachim, who were of Hungarian-Jewish origin.[2] He
spent his childhood as a member of the Kittsee Kehilla (Jewish
community), one of Hungary's prominent Siebengemeinden
('Seven Communities') under the protectorate of the Esterházy
family. He was a first cousin of Fanny Wittgenstein, née Figdor,
Joachim's birth house in Kittsee
the mother of Karl Wittgenstein and the grandmother of the
philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the pianist Paul
Wittgenstein.[3]

Early career
In 1833 his family moved to Pest, which in 1873 was united with Buda and Óbuda to form Budapest.
There from 1836 (age 5) he studied violin with the Polish violinist Stanisław Serwaczyński, the
concertmaster of the opera in Pest, said to be the best violinist in Pest.[2] Although Joachim's parents
were "not particularly well off", they had been well advised to choose not just an "ordinary" violin
teacher.[4] Joachim's first public performance was 17 March 1839 when he was of age 7.[5]

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