Engelbert Röntgen

He was born in Deventer in the Netherlands, the son of Johann Röntgen, a German merchant, and his Dutch wife. He entered the Conservatorium der Musik at Leipzig in 1848, where he was a pupil of the violinist Ferdinand David.^[2][3]

In 1850 Röntgen became a member of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, in 1869 the second concertmaster and in 1873 he took David's place as first concertmaster of the orchestra.^[1] He remained in the orchestra until his death in 1897.^[1] He was also a teacher in the Conservatorium.^[2][3]

In 1861 he acquired the Lipinski Stradivarius; the violin remained with Röntgen and his descendants for three generations.^[3]

Röntgen married Friedericke Pauline Klengel, daughter of Moritz Klengel [de], himself concertmaster at the Gewandhaus for many years. They had a son and two daughters; their son Julius Röntgen became a pianist and composer.^[2][3]

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