Lionel Tertis [SEP] date of death
Lionel Tertis
Lionel Tertis, CBE (29 December 187622 February 1975) was an English violist, and one of the first viola players to achieve international fame. He was also a noted teacher.
Career.
Tertis was born in West Hartlepool, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants. (It has often been noted that both he and cellist Pablo Casals were born on the very same day.) He first studied violin in Leipzig, Germany and at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London.
Romance for viola and piano (Vaughan Williams)
The Romance for viola and piano was one of many pieces found in Ralph Vaughan Williams' library after his death in 1958. The date of the composition is not known, but it is thought to date from around 1914. It is probable that it was written for and dedicated to the great English violist, Lionel Tertis, along with Vaughan Williams' other pieces for viola: "Flos Campi" (1925) and the Suite for viola and small orchestra (1933–1934)