George Saint-George

George Saint-George was a British musical instrument maker and composer.

Biography

He was born in Leipzig, Germany to English parents, and studied violin, piano and theory in Prague and Dresden. He settled in London in the 1860s.
Saint-George was a maker of viols and lutes; he was interested in the viola d'amore, and played the instrument in concerts. He composed a suite for strings L'Ancien Régime, based on 18th-century dance music, and other works.
He died in London on 5 January 1924.
His son Henry Saint-George was a violinist and academic at the Trinity College of Music; he published two monographs, The Bow: Its History, Manufacture, And Use and Fiddles: Their Selection, Preservation and Betterment, and was editor of The Strad magazine.