Whitehouse William Edward

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Whitehouse William Edward

Whitehouse, William Edward, esteemed English cellist and pedagogue; b. London, May 20,1859; d. there, Jan. 12, 1935. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and joined its faculty after graduation. From 1889 until 1904 he was cellist in the London Trio with Achille Simonetti (violin) and Amina Goodwin (piano), with whom he toured all over Europe. He was greatly esteemed as a teacher; among his pupils were Felix Salmond and Beatrice Harrison. He wrote a number of attractive cello pieces (Allegro perpetuo, Remembrance, Serenade, etc.) and ed. several cello works of the 18th century. He publ. a memoir, Recollections of a Violoncellist (London, 1930).

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