Joseph Böhm

His brother Franz Böhm (1788–1846), the maternal grandfather of the mathematician Georg Cantor, was also a well-known violinist and soloist in the Russian empire.

[2] He made his Vienna debut in 1816, playing works by Rodolphe Kreutzer and Franz Weiss.

His many students included Jenő Hubay, Joseph Joachim, Eduard Reményi, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Jakob Dont, Georg Hellmesberger, Sr., Jakob Grün and Sigismund Bachrich.

In 1816, he arranged concerts dedicated to the string quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn and Franz Schubert.

In 1821, he participated in a string quartet, consisting of fellow violinist Karl Holz, violist Franz Weiss, and cellist Joseph Linke.