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Spanish violinist and composer (–)

Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈpaβlosaɾaˈsate]; 10 March – 20 September ), commonly known as Pablo de Sarasate, was a Spanish violinist, composer and conductor of the Romantic period.

His best known works include Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), the Spanish Dances, and the Carmen Fantasy.^[1]

Biography

Sarasate was born in Pamplona, Navarre, in , the son of Don Miguel Sarasate, a local artillery bandmaster.

Apparently, after seeing his father struggle with a passage for a long time, he picked up the violin and played it perfectly. He began studying the violin with his father at the age of five and later took lessons from a