A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Alexander, Johann

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From volume 1 of the work.

1502416A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Alexander, JohannGeorge GroveThomas Percy Hudson


ALEXANDER, Johann (or, according to Fétis, Joseph), violoncellist, lived at Duisburg at the end of the last and beginning of the present century. He was distinguished more for the beauty of his tone and the excellence of his style than for any great command over technical difficulties. He wrote a good instruction book for his instrument, 'Anweisung für das Violoncell,' Breitkopf and Härtel, 1801; also variations, potpourris, etc.

[ T. P. H. ]