Camillo Ritter

Camillo Ritter (born December 3, 1875 in Koblenz , † September 21, 1940 in Garelochhead ( Argyll and Bute )) was a Scottish classical violinist and music teacher of Austrian family origin.

life and work

Ritter's mother Emma Maria Bondy had studied piano at the Vienna Conservatory in the mid-1850s. The father Franz Ritter was a artist. In 1862 both married. The family moved to Koblenz. When her father died in January 1879, Emma Maria Ritter moved to Glasgow with her two children Ida and Camillo. In 1892 Emma Maria Ritter was appointed professor of piano at the Glasgow Athenaeum School of Music , now the Glasgow Conservatory of Music. This made her the first female music professor, in fact the first ever female professor in a university institution in Great Britain. She and her children were granted British citizenship in the same year.

Camillo Ritter then studied violin with Joseph Joachim in Berlin. Ritter taught the violin at the University of Edinburgh . In his day he was considered the leading violin teacher in Scotland.

Camillo Ritter's pupils included the young William Primrose and Isobel Dunlop .

After his retirement, Ritter had retired to Garelochhead ( Dunbartonshire ).

Web links

University of Edinburgh: Ritter, Camillo, 1876-1940. Archived from the original on March 17, 2020 ; accessed on March 17, 2020 (English).
William Primrose was born August 23,1903 in Glasgow. In: violinstudent.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019 ; Retrieved on March 17, 2020 (English, there are some remarks on Camillo Ritter).
Isobel Dunlop. In: minervascientifica.co.uk. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019 ; Retrieved on March 17, 2020 (English, there also remarks on Camillo Ritter).
The first female professor in the UK (Emma Ritter-Bondy). BBC, March 8, 2017; archived from the original on November 2, 2017 ; Retrieved on March 17, 2020 (English, there also comments on Camillo Ritter).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d University of Edinburgh: Camillo Ritter.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Camillo Ritter. In: minervascientifica.co.uk.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Camillo Ritter. In: Violinstudent.com.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Camillo Ritter. In: BBC. The first female professor in the UK (Emma Ritter-Bondy).

personal data
SURNAME	Knight, Camillo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ritter, Camillo Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	classical violinist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	December 3, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH	Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH	September 21, 1940
Place of death	Garelochhead ( Argyll and Bute )

[:1-1] University of Edinburgh: Camillo Ritter.

[:2-2] Camillo Ritter. In: minervascientifica.co.uk.

[:0-3] Camillo Ritter. In: Violinstudent.com.

[:3-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Camillo Ritter. In: BBC. The first female professor in the UK (Emma Ritter-Bondy).