Clarence Myerscough was a British

United Kingdom

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 violin

Violin

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ist.

After studying at the Royal Academy of Music

Royal Academy of Music

The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...

 and the Paris Conservatoire

Conservatoire de Paris

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 under Frederick Grinke

Frederick Grinke

Frederick Grinke was a Canadian-born violinist who had an international career as soloist, chamber musician and teacher...

 and Rene Benedetti, he won the All England Violin Competition in the Festival of Britain

Festival of Britain

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 (1951) and came second in the Carl Flesch

Carl Flesch

Carl Flesch was a violinist and teacher.Carl Flesch was born in Moson in Hungary in 1873. He began playing the violin at seven years of age. At 10, he was taken to Vienna, and began to study with Jakob Grün. At 17, he left for Paris, and joined the Paris Conservatoire...

 Competition (1952).

He later formed the Fidelio Quartet together with his brother, the violist Henry Myerscough

Henry Myerscough

Henry Myerscough was a British violist.In addition to solo work and teaching, he formed the Fidelio Quartet with his brother, the violinist Clarence Myerscough, and performed for many years as a session musician, including The Beatles' "White" Album and Quatermass.He played a viola by luthier...

, as was known as much for his chamber music performances and recordings as for solo work. He frequently performed works by Niccolò Paganini

Niccolò Paganini

Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique...

, whose birthday he shared.

He taught for over 35 years at the Academy, becoming head of the string section, as well as teaching each weekend at The King's School, Canterbury

The King's School, Canterbury

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.

He played a violin by luthier

Luthier

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 Giovanni Paolo Maggini

Giovanni Paolo Maggini

Giovanni Paolo Maggini , was a string maker born in Botticino , Italy. Maggini was a pupil of the most important violin maker of the Brescian school, Gasparo da Salò....

, which on his death passed to his daughter Nadia, also a violinist, who performed with her father many times.