Fränzl, Ignaz, born June 3rd 1736, at Mannheim, died 1803; was leader in the Electoral orchestra; an accomplished orchestral player. His son and pupil
Fränzl, Ferdinand, born May 24th 1770, at Schwetzingen, died 1833, at Mannheim, was more celebrated than his father.
Ganz, Leopold, born Nov. 28th 1810, at Mayence, died June 15th 1869, at Berlin, was leader in the Berlin Court orchestra.
Gaviniés, Pierre, born May 11th 1726 or 1728, at Bordeaux, died Sept. 9th 1800, at Paris. He wrote studies, notably “Les 24 matinées”. (His father, François Gaviniés, was a violin maker, and was, in 1762, dean of the Paris Violin Makers’ Guild. Tr.)
Geminiani, Francesco, born towards the end of the 17th century, at Lucca, died Dec. 1762, at Dublin, was one of Corelli’s most famous pupils. G. brought out the earliest Italian violin method, which became in great request, and by which the essential features of Corelli’s style have been handed down to the present day. The best of his violin sonatas have been published in G. Jensen’s “Classische Violin Musik”.
Giardini, Felice, born April 12th 1716, at Turin, died Dec. 17th 1796, at Moscow. He toured, with brilliant success, in Germany and England, became orchestral conductor, and later theatre director, in which capacity, however, he had no success.
Gompertz, Richard, born April 27th 1859, at Cologne; pupil there of Königslow and Joachim; now professor in the Royal College of Music, London.
Graun, J. Gottlieb, born at the commencement of the 18th century, died Oct. 27th 1771 (brother of Heinrich Graun, the composer of “Der Tod Jesu”), was leader in the Court orchestra, Berlin.
Grünberg, Max, born Dec. 5th 1850, at Berlin. He was solo violinist at Meiningen under Bülow, leader and teacher in the Sondershausen Conservatorium, then at Prague, and now lives in Berlin, where he has founded a Conservatorium; is a celebrated teacher.
Habeneck, François Antoine, born June 1st 1781, at Mezieres, died Feb. 8th 1849, Paris; pupil of Baillot in Paris. He was member of the orchestra, and subsequently conductor, at the Grand Opéra, then became concert conductor, in which capacity he introduced Beethoven’s symphonies to the Parisians. Founder of the celebrated Conservatoire concerts.