Lambert Massart Lambert Massart Joseph Lambert Massart (19 July 1811 – 13 February 1892) was a Belgian violinist who has been credited with the origination of the systematic vibrato. He compiled "The Art of Working at Kreutzer's Etudes," a supplement that contains 412 fingerings and bowings taken from his time studying with Rodolphe Kreutzer. He was an excellent String quartet player who gave many delightful chamber concerts, having also played Beethoven's "Kreutzer Sonata" in A minor with Franz Liszt on 23 May 1843. Massart was born in Liège, and was taught music first by his father Joseph Marie and later by his
Violin Sonata No. 2 (Schumann) violin "pizzicato" triple-stops, mirroring the chordal introduction of the first movement. The finale returns to the key and mood of the beginning, with a long and dramatic trajectory toward an exuberant conclusion in the major. Violin Sonata No. 2 (Schumann) The Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D minor Op. 121 by Robert Schumann was completed in November 1851, Dedicated to the violinist Ferdinand David, the sonata received its first public performance from Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim on October 29, 1853 in Düsseldorf, in a concert that marked the beginning of a long term musical collaboration. The