Carl Magnus Hafner ( German: Carl Magnus Hafner ; November 23, 1815 , Korneuburg - January 15, 1861 , Hamburg ) is a German violinist of Austrian origin.
The youngest child in a family with seven children. He studied in Vienna with Josef Maizeder and Leopold Jansy [1] . He graduated from the course in 1839, giving a concert in Vienna , which was highly appreciated by critics, who noted the purity of intonation, the beauty of tone and the adequacy of the style of the young violinist [2] . After that, until the end of his life he worked in Hamburg. He was best known as the Primarius of the string quartet, which included various notable musicians - including Theodore Zack (cellist of the initial composition), a student of Hafner Otto von Königsloff (second violin in the early 1840s), cellist Louis Lee ; after the death of Hafner, his place was taken by Jon Boye [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Robert Schumann Tagebücher / Hrsg. von G. Nauhaus. - Basel und Frankfurt am Main: Stroemfeld / Roter Stern, 1987. - Bd. Ii. 1836-1854. - S. 607.
- ↑ The Musical World , No. CLVI (03/07/1839), p. 147.
- ↑ Signale für die musikalische Welt , Bd. 18, No. 18 (14.03.1870), S. 274.