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German violinist
Franz Anton Xaverius Ries
(10 November 1755 – 1 November 1846) was a German violinist. His father,
Johann Ries
(1723?1784), was court trumpeter to the
Elector
of
Cologne
in
Bonn
.
Ries was born in
Bonn
, and studied under
J.P. Salomon
. He was a child prodigy, and was
concertmaster
of the Kurfurstlichen Hoforchester in Vienna. He spent most of his life in Bonn, though he had success in his early years in Vienna as both a solo violinist and in quartets. One of his students in Bonn was the young
Beethoven
. He was given an appointment by
Elector Maximilian
in 1779, which he kept until the court's dissolution in 1794.
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After this he continued teaching; he was awarded an Order of the Red Eagle and an
honorary doctorate
from
Bonn University
. He died in
Godesberg
, nine days before his 91st birthday.
Two of his sons,
Ferdinand
and
Hubert
, became well-known composers in their own right.
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