Rode, (Jacques) Pierre (Joseph)
Rode, (Jacques) Pierre (Joseph) (b Bordeaux, 1774; d Château de Bourbon, Damazan, 1830). Fr. composer and violinist, pupil in Paris of Viotti, 1787. Début, Paris 1790. Prof. of vn., Paris Cons., from 1795 and solo violinist at the Opéra 1799. Violinist to Napoleon, 1800. Settled in St Petersburg 1803–8. Beethoven wrote vn. sonata in G, Op.96, for him. Skill declined and he abandoned public concerts. Wrote 13 vn. concs., 12 études, 24 caprices, 12 str. qts., and vn. method.
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