The New International Encyclopædia/Lichtenberg, Leopold

LICHTENBERG, Leopold (1861—). An American violinist, born in San Francisco. He first appeared in public when eight years of age. Four years later he came under the tuition of Wieniawski, and toured with him through the various States of the Union. Subsequently he was for six months under Lambert in Paris, after which he rejoined Wieniawski in Brussels; and, devoting himself for three years to serious study, he was enabled to win a first prize at the national ‘concours.’ He returned to America, and for a time played under Theodore Thomas in New York, after which he made a three years' tour of Europe. Returning to America, he became a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and was appointed head of the violin faculty of the New York Conservatory.