Concerto No. 9 in A minor, Op. 104 for Violin

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Schirmer Library of Classics Volume 782

Violin with Piano reduction

Charles Auguste de Bériot (20 February 1802 – 8 April 1870) was a Belgian violinist and composer.

Born in Leuven, where there is now a street named in his honor, de Bériot moved to France in 1810, where he studied violin with Jean-François Tiby, a pupil of Giovanni Battista Viotti. He was later encouraged by Viotti himself and briefly worked with Pierre Baillot but did not embrace all their teachings and was also influenced by Paganini. He served as chamber violinist to King Charles X of France and to King William I of the Netherlands and toured with great success to London, Paris and the great music centres of Europe.