as the first performance of the Violin Concerto, op. 50 by Felix Woyrsch 1903 in Altona. It was also in 1910 that Bruch composed the Concert Piece for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 84, for Hess. Hess advised Bruch on composing for strings, and also performed the premieres of other works by Bruch. Among works by other composers written for Hess was Arthur Foote's Ballade, Op. 69. He played in a piano trio with cellist Hugo Becker and pianist James Kwast. One of the instruments he played on was a Guadagnini. Hess died in Berlin in 1939, aged 79. Notable students Arthur Fiedler Arthur Catterall Henri Temianka Georg Kulenkampff Nikos Skalkottas Tossy Spivakovsky Philip Newman Harold Sumberg Adolf Busch References 1859 births 1939 deaths Musicians from Mannheim People from the Grand Duchy of Baden German classical violinists Male classical violinists German male violinists German classical violists German music educators Violin pedagogues