Christopher Rawdon Briggs
Christopher Rawdon Briggs (born October 8, 1869 in Wakefield , † December 20, 1948 in Manchester ) was an English violinist and music teacher.
Briggs joined the Royal Manchester College of Music in 1893 on the recommendation of Joseph Joachim , where he taught until 1907. Also in 1893 he became a member and shortly afterwards concertmaster of the Hallé orchestra , which he had to leave in 1914 because of progressive deafness. When the conductor of the orchestra, Adolph Brodsky , founded a string quartet in 1895, Carl Fuchs and Simon Speelman were its members as second violinist . For some time he also led his own string quartet with John Bridge , Jack Holmes and Walter Hatton . His deafness forced him to stop his concert and teaching activities after 1914. Briggs played a violin by Antonio Stradivari ("Camposelice", 1699) and an instrument by Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri ("Briggs", 1730) during his active time .
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- Dr. Stephen Etheridge: "The First Manchester Children's Society Concert, 1916: Royal Manchester College of Music (RMCM) Graduates, Children and Keeping Music-Making Alive?"
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| SURNAME | Rawdon Briggs, Christopher |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English violinist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wakefield |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1948 |
| Place of death | Manchester |