George Saint-George

George Saint-George (1841 – 5 January 1924) was a British musical instrument maker and composer.

## Biography

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He was born in Leipzig, Germany to English parents, and studied violin, piano and theory in Prague and Dresden.[1][2] He settled in London in the 1860s.[3]

Saint-George was a maker of viols and lutes; he was interested in the viola d'amore, and played the instrument in concerts. He composed a suite for strings L'Ancien Régime, based on 18th-century dance music, and other works.[3][4]

He died in London on 5 January 1924.[1]

His son Henry Saint-George (1866–1917) was a violinist and academic at the Trinity College of Music; he published two monographs, The Bow: Its History, Manufacture, And Use (1896) and Fiddles: Their Selection, Preservation and Betterment (1910), and was editor of The Strad[3][4] magazine.

## See also

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* Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges \- an occasionally confused (but apparently unrelated) French violinist and composer

## References

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1. ^ a b "Noted Violinist Dies in London". Oakland Tribune. 30 March 1924. p. 4. Retrieved 15 March 2020 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ Born in Dresden according to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music; in Leipzig according to MusicWeb International.
3. ^ a b c "A 290th Garland of British Light Music Composers" MusicWeb International. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
4. ^ a b "Saint-George, George". Percy A. Scholes, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. OUP, 1964.

## External links

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* Free scores by George Saint-George at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* France
* BnF data