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Severn

Edmund Severn (1862–?) was an American violinist and composer who studied under Emanuel Wirth, Franz Milcke, and Bernhard Listemann before establishing himself as a performer and teacher. He pursued an international career as a concert violinist and composed a body of works that combined technical demands with melodic directness. His Polish Dance remains the most widely played of his compositions, a vivid character piece in the tradition of the salon repertoire that has held its place in teaching and recital programmes for well over a century. His precise death date is not clearly established in surviving records

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