Charles Martin Loeffler was born in Mülhausen, Alsace, January 30, 1861.
He studied the violin under Massart and Léonard in Paris, and under
Joachim in Berlin. He studied composition with Guirand in Paris. Played
violin in Pasdeloup's orchestra, then in the orchestras at Nice and
Lugano. From 1883 till 1903 he was second leader in the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. Since 1903 he has been devoting himself completely to
composition. He is living at present in Medford, Massachusetts.
His compositions include: Suite for violin and orchestra, "Les Viellées
de l'Ukraine," 1891; Concerto for cello, 1894; Divertissement for
orchestra, 1895; "La Mort de Tintagiles," 1897; "Divertissement
espagnol" for orchestra and saxaphone; "La Villanelle du Diable"; "A
Pagan Poem"; "Hora mystica"; "Psalm 137"; "To One Who Fell in Battle";
Two rhapsodies for oboe, viola and pianoforte; String-sextet;
String-quartet; Music for Four Stringed Instruments; Songs on poems by
Baudelaire, Verlaine, Yeats, Rossetti, Lodge, Kahn, etc.