Tag: 1850-1899

van Leeuwen

van Leeuwen

Born in 1872 Dr. van Leeuwen became MD in 1897. Besides he studied music and began working scientifically about building violins. After 5 years of learning he fully built violins, creating his own system and was well-known because of their sonority. In Brussels he got the silver medal in 1910. web wikipedia DEwikipedia EN youtube - vimeo facebook - twitter - instagram work Read more [...]
Franjo Kresnik

Franjo Kresnik

Dr. Franjo (Franz) Kresnik (born Wien 1869 – died Rijeka 1943) was an excellent physician and a Central European intellectual, a bohemian mind whose two loves in life made him very special. His passions were medicine and violin making. Most of his life was spent in Sušak (now a part of Rijeka, Croatia), where he worked, played music and studied the art of making stringed instruments. He visited Cremona on several occasions and studied a number of violins, drawings and tools made and used Read more [...]
Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer

Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer OM (German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐ] (listen); 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was an Alsatian-German[3] polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. A Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method current at this time, as well as the traditional Christian view. His Read more [...]