Jacques Thibaud

He wrote six solo violin sonatas, which were a monumental addition to the violin repertoire, dedicating each one to a different violinist.

Zagetti, Thiebaud, Anescu, Kreisler, Crickboom, and Quiroga.

But what a curious idea, writing six sonatas dedicated to six different violinists.

I mean, did he know them well? Did they study with him? Well, his relationship with each of them was different.

And he wrote the sixth sonata with the Spanish Abiniera character, reflecting Quiroga's playing.

As for the others, the first movement of the second sonata is titled Obsession.

It repeatedly quotes the first movement of Bach's E major partita, affectionately teasing Thiebaud's habit of warming up with it.

And as for number four, well, Kreisler was in the habit of turning up and performing forgotten manuscripts by Totini or Pugnani.