| First name: | Léon de |
| Last name: | Saint-Lubin |
| Dates: | 1805-1850 |
| Category: | Quartet |
| Nationality: | french |
| Opus name: | Opus 48 in d (1844) |
| Publisher: | Hofmeister |
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| Information: | Composer Leon de Saint-Lubin Inspired by Paganini to perfect his skills as a violinist, Léon de Saint-Lubin enjoyed a highly successful career in Vienna, where Beethoven wrote a cadenza especially for him, and in Berlin, where he presented luminaries such as Liszt, Mendelssohn and Spohr in concert. Several of Saint-Lubin’s spectacular violin works are revived by the talented young American-based Anastasia Khitruk, whose Naxos recordings have been acclaimed: |