Mathieu Crickboom
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Mathieu Crickboom (March 2, 1871 - October 30, 1947) was a Belgian violinist born in Verviers (Hodimont) and ended his days in Bruxelles.
Crickboom was the principal disciple of Eugène Ysaÿe, who dedicated to him his Sonata for Violin Alone No. 5. In the same vein, Ernest Chausson dedicated his string quartet to Crickboom.
Crickboom played second violin in the Ysaÿe Quartet.
He lived for many years in Barcelona, where he directed a violin school and a concert society. 1897 saw the formation of the Crickboom Quartet with Pablo Casals, cello; Josep Rocabruna, second violin; and Rafael Gálvez, viola.
Having returned to Belgium, he became a professor at the Conservatory of Liège and, in turn, at the Conservatory of Bruxelles.
He edited numerous violin concertos by great composers of the 18th and 19th centuries, but his principal work was his violin method, arranged into progressive etudes, duos, popular melodies and technical themes, the preponderance of these works issuing from the great pedagogues of the 19th century or consisting of compositions of his own device.
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