# Edwin Grasse

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**Edwin Grasse** (13 August 1884 – 8 April 1954) was an American [violinist](/source/Violin), [organist](/source/Organ_(music)) and composer. Among his compositions were [orchestral](/source/Orchestra) works, including a [symphony](/source/Symphony) and a [violin concerto](/source/Violin_concerto), and much [chamber music](/source/Chamber_music), including a [string quartet](/source/String_quartet).[1]

Born in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), Grasse was blind from infancy. He began studying the piano at the age of 3 and the violin at age 5. He studied the violin in his native city with Carl Hauser for nine years before entering the [Royal Conservatory of Brussels](/source/Royal_Conservatory_of_Brussels) in 1899.[2] There he excelled under the instruction of [César Thomson](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Thomson), earning a premier prix in violin and winning the Prix de Capacité in 1901. The latter prize had not been awarded in a decade. In 1902 he made his debut as a concert violinist in Berlin. He spent the next few years performing throughout Europe. After returning to New York City he studied organ with Daniel Philippi. He was active as a performer mainly in New York City through 1940, appearing regularly in concerts at [Carnegie Hall](/source/Carnegie_Hall), [Steinway Hall](/source/Steinway_Hall), and [Town Hall](/source/The_Town_Hall_(New_York_City)). He died in New York City at the age of 69.[3]

## Selected works

- Sonata in C for violin and piano, Op. 14 (1912)
- *Scherzo capriccioso* for violin and piano, Op. 19 (1912)
- *Wellenspiel* (Waves at Play), Character Piece for violin and piano (1914)
- *Song without Words* in G major for violin and piano (1915)
- *Im Ruderboot* (In a Row Boat) for violin and piano (1915)
- *Polonaise No. 1* in C major for violin and piano (1915)
- *Promenades à cheval* for violin and piano (1932)

## References

1. Howard, John Tasker (1939). *Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It*. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.

1. ["Edwin Grasse, Blind Musician, to Give Recital"](https://books.google.com/books?id=y-w6AQAAMAAJ&dq=Augusta+Cottlow&pg=RA10-PA29) *Musical Courier* (March 11, 1920): 29.

1. ["Edwin Grasse, 69, A Blind Violinist"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/04/10/83749686.pdf). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. April 10, 1954.

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