He was born in
Vienna in 1862 and died in
Innsbruck in 1926. He studied at the
Vienna Conservatory with
Karl Heissler and
Josef Hellmesberger, Sr. from 1873 to 1878. Afterwards he also studied privately with
Jakob Grün. He debuted with the
Vienna Philharmonic Society in 1883. He subsequently toured Europe and visited England in 1888. From 1889 he was professor at the
Royal Academy of Music. He performed at the
London Proms. He established the
Wessely Quartet. He worked with
Hans Richter,
August Manns,
Henry Wood,
Alexander Mackenzie,
York Bowen and
Arthur Sullivan. He taught
Spencer Dyke,
Albert Sandler,
Percy Hilder Miles,
E. Florence Whitlock,
Lionel Tertis and
Rebecca Clarke, (before the latter two changed to viola). Wessely played on the
Deurbroucq Stradivarius violin, 1727, gifted to him in 1903 by pupils and friends at the Royal Academy of Music. ==Works==