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Hans Wessely

b. Vienna, 23.12.1862 d. Innsbruck, 29.9.1926

Teachers: Karl Heissler, Joseph Hellmesberger (Vienna Conservatory, 1873-8); Jacob Grün (privately, after 1878).

Associates: Hans Richter, August Manns, Henry Wood, Alexander Mackenzie, York Bowen, Arthur Sullivan.

Professional appointments: Professor at Royal Academy of Music, London, from 1889.

Chamber ensembles: Wessely String Quartet, active from 1901 till 1916. Members: Spencer Dyke, Ernest Tomlinson (initially, for at least one concert in 1901, Lionel Tertis), Patterson Parker.

Pupils: Spencer Dyke, Albert Sandler.

Editions

Dont: Etudes, Op 35 (Augener, 1913).

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