!!!Hellmesberger, Josef senior

b. Vienna, Nov. 3, 1828, 
d. Vienna, Oct. 24, 1893, violinist, musical director of the court 
orchestra, son of Georg  Hellmesberger sr., father of Ferdinand  
Hellmesberger and Josef  Hellmesberger jr.; 1851-1859 conductor of 
light concerts and chairman of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde; 
taught at the Vienna Conservatory; from 1860 concert-master at Vienna 
Court Opera. In 1849 founded the H.-Quartet, which he led until 1891 
(numerous premières).

!Literature
OeBL; NDB.



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