Karel Halíř [SEP] place of death
Karel Halíř
Karel Halíř (1 February 185921 December 1909) was a Czech violinist who lived mainly in Germany. "Karel" is also seen as Karol, Karl or Carl; "Halíř" is also seen as Halir or Haliř.
Biography.
Karel Halíř was born in Hohenelbe, Bohemia (now Vrchlabí, Czech Republic), and studied with Antonín Bennewitz in Prague (1867–73) and with Joseph Joachim in Berlin (1874–76). For the next four years (1876-1879) he was part of
Ahna (until his death in 1892), replaced by Karel Halíř (2nd violin) and Emanuel Wirth (viola). He was always a very active chamber music player, renowned in Germany, in Europe more generally, and in London.Hausmann performed in Britain almost every year, beginning in 1876, until a month before his death. 
In 1879-80, Charles Villiers Stanford wrote a Cello Concerto in D minor for Robert Hausmann. This followed Hausmann's premiering in England Stanford's Cello Sonata, Op.