Balfoort, Dirk Jacobus
Balfoort, Dirk Jacobus
Balfoort, Dirk Jacobus, Dutch violinist, teacher, and writer on music; b. Utrecht, July 19, 1886; d. The Hague, Nov. 11, 1964. He studied violin with Evert Cornelis. He publ. De Hollandsche vioolmakers (Amsterdam, 1931), Het Musiekleven in Nederland in de 17e en 18e eeuw (Amsterdam, 1938), and Antonio Stradivari (Amsterdam, 1945).
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