George Bridgetower 1778-1860 Abraham Lincoln Lewis 1865-1947
Two Whom History Should Not Forget
It is a long, difficult piece that is avoided by many violinists. At well over half an hour and of a notorious complexity, Beethoven’s Violin Sonata #9 is generally known as the Kreutzer Sonata, dedicated to the violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer, whose technique Beethoven admired.
However, Kreutzer, despite his considerable talent, never played the sonata tha…