Courvoisier

(koor-vwas-ya, or koor’foi-sér), (1) K., Basel, Nov. 12, 1864 +1908; violinist; pupil of David, Réntgen and Joachim; 1871, a member of the Thalia Th., orch., Frankfort; then, till 1875, cond. of singing Barth; ’76, cond. Dii eldorf Th., orch., and choral societies; 1885, singing-teacher at Liverpool; c. a symphony, 2 concert overtures, a vin.-concerto (MS.), etc.; ‘‘Die Violintechnik” (transl. by H.,E. Krehbiel; N. Y., 1896); an ‘“‘Ecole de la velocité” and a ‘“‘Méthode” (London, 1892). (2) Walter, near Basel, Feb. 7, 1875 _—Locarno, Dec. 27, 1931; pupil of Bagge and Thuille; after 1910, prof. of theory, Munich Akad.