August WilhelmjArticle Free Pass August Wilhelmj, (born
September 21, 1845, Usingen, Germany—died January 22, 1908,
London, England), German violinist whose most famous work is his
arrangement of the air from J.S. Bach’s orchestral Suite in D
major, which became known as the “Air on the G String.” A
prodigy, he gave his first concert at the age of eight in
Wiesbaden. He studied with Ferdinand David at the Leipzig
Conservatory from 1861 to 1863, and with Joachim Raff in
Frankfurt in 1864. In 1865 he began his concert career, and
eventually made a number of world tours. He was the
concertmaster at the Bayreuth Festival in 1876 when the first
performance of Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen took
place. In 1885, at the invitation of the Sultan of Turkey, he
played for the ladies of the Sultan’s harem. He was appointed
professor of music at the Guildhall School of Music in London in
1894. The last great violinist in the German style, his playing
was poised and majestic with a rich tone. What made you want t