Alfred Holmes
Alfred Holmes (born November 9, 1837 in London , † March 4, 1876 in Paris ) was an English violinist and composer.
Holmes began his career as a musical prodigy. In the 1850s he traveled with his brother Henry with great success throughout Europe and won the admiration of the violinist and composer Louis Spohr . From 1864 he lived as a composer in Paris. He became known for programmatic symphonies and overtures. In 1874 the Jeanne d'Arc symphony , a five-movement work for soloists, choir and orchestra, premiered in Saint Petersburg. It was followed by The Youth of Shakespeare , The Siege of Paris , Charls XII , Romeo and Juliet , Robin Hood , The Cid and The Muses .
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- Frederick Niecks: "Program Music in the Last Four Centuries" , Haskell House Publishers Ltd. 1969, p. 378
- Jürgen Schaarwächter: "Two Centuries of British Symphonism: From the beginnings to 1945. A preliminary survey. With a foreword by Lewis Foreman." Volume 1, Georg Olms Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-487-15227-1 , p. 186
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| SURNAME | Holmes, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1876 |
| Place of death | Paris , Seine department , France |