Frederick Niecks

Frederick Niecks (3 February 1845 – 24 June 1924) was a German musical scholar and author who resided in Scotland for most of his life.

[2][circular reference] At age 13 he made his debut playing Charles Auguste de Bériot's Violin Concerto No.

His activities there included leading a string quartet and presenting an annual series of historical concerts, in addition to his lecturing and teaching duties.

She died in 1944; she bequeathed to the Edinburgh University Library her collection of Chopiniana, including letters written by Chopin, Franz Liszt and Clara Schumann.

The Monthly Musical Record wrote in 1915: "His whole professional life has been one long big accident [including] the manner in which he first came to be regarded as the greatest living authority on Chopin".