Brahms' concerto for this instrument was written for Joseph Joachim.
Jean-Marie Leclair was a composer of sonatas and concertos for this instrument. Ernest Bloch wrote "Three Pictures of Hasidic Life" for this instrument in a piece called Baal Shem. One prominent virtuoso for this instrument wrote the pieces Schon Rosmarin and Tambourin Chinois. Henryk Szeryng and Nathan Milstein made notable recordings of Bach works for an unaccompanied one of these instruments, including a work capped by a Chaconne, his Partita No. 2 in D minor for this instrument. It depicts the title bird in Ralph Vaughan William's The Lark Ascending. Brahms' concerto for this instrument was written for Joseph Joachim. For 10 points, name this stringed instrument played by Fritz Kreisler, for which Paganini wrote his 24 Caprices, which the concertmaster plays in an orchestra.
Jean-Marie Leclair was a composer of sonatas and concertos for this instrument.
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