Casadesus, Henri
Casadesus, Henri
French violinist, brother of François Casadesus and Marius Casadesus; b. Paris, Sept. 30, 1879; d. there, May 31, 1947. He studied with Lavignac and Laforge in Paris; from 1910 to 1917 he was a member of the Capet Quartet; he was a founder and director of the Société Nouvelle des Instruments Anciens, in which he played the viola d’amore; subsequently toured in the U.S. His collection of rare and ancient instruments were housed in the museum of the Boston Sym. Orch.
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