Jacques Pierre Joseph Rode is my full name. I’m a violinist born in Bordeaux, France on February 16, 1774. But I didn’t live there my whole life I traveled to many places.This picture well describes me because I was a violinist and as we can see I’m holding a violin.

-"The Violin." Pinterest. Renata. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. https://www.pinterest.com/gerlaornata/the-violin/.

This is a picture of Giovanni Battista Viotti. He was a italian violinist and composer. He was also one of my first violin teachers. He gave me free lessons. Also had pieces he wrote that he let me be the first one to perform.

-"Giovanni Battista Viotti." - Wikipedia, a Enciclopedia Libre. Wikipedia, 1 May 2013. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Viotti.

Now we know I was a composer. So this is a piece that I wrote between 1798–1800. It includes 3 movements I. Allegro [giusto?], II. Adagio, III. Rondo. The piece last for about 20-25 minutes and is in the classical genre. The name of the piece is Violin Concerto No.4.

-"Violin Concerto No.4 in A Major (Rode, Pierre)." - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music. 28 Oct. 2015. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. <http://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_No.4_in_A_major_(Rode,_Pierre)>.

This is one of my most famous pieces. It is a series of 24 violin solos. They go through the circle of fifth. Providing each major key and its relative minor. If you click the link it will take you to  Shumsky playing all 24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN0NDEHCk5w&list=PLAvhWTKBdgci8o-pVrDNCIA8RX-0Le_Ng

-"Pierre Rode - Download PDF Free Sheet Music." Pierre Rode - Download PDF Free Sheet Music. 8 Jan. 2007. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. <http://www.free-scores.com/Download-PDF-Sheet-Music-pierre-rode.htm>.

-"Shumsky Plays Rode Caprices 1 - 3." YouTube. YouTube, 9 Sept. 2008. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN0NDEHCk5w&list=PLAvhWTKBdgci8o-pVrDNCIA8RX-0Le_Ng>.

This is a photo of Tsar Alexander II. He was the eldest son of Tsar Nicholas I. Tsar Alexander asked me to be the lead violinist of his court.

-Tsar Alexander II." - The Golden Age of Russian Literature. 2 May 2009. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. <http://mediawiki.middlebury.edu/wiki/RUSS0151a_s09/Tsar_Alexander

This is a picture of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was a french military and political leader during the French Revolution. He asked me to play the violin and tour with him on his voyage. This all happened in the 1800 on his Baudin expedition. I went and ended up being his personal violinist.

"Napoleon Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. <http://www.biography.com/people/napoleon-9420291>.

This is a photo of the paris conservatory. This is where i worked in 1799. There is where I became a professor teaching violin. I wrote a methods book there with Baillot and Kreutzer.

5 Dec. 2013. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. -<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Facade_of_the_Paris_Conservatory_of_Music_c1900_-_Prod'homme_1929_p139.png>.

This is the methods book that was wrote. Me, Rodolphe Kreutzer and Pierre Baillot all wrote this book. We wrote this during the time we worked at the paris conservatoire. This method book is a violin method book.

-"Méthode De Violon (Baillot, Pierre)." - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music. 15 Sept. 2015. Web. 6 Dec. 2015.

This is an excerpt from The Literary Gazette: A Weekly Journal of Literary in 1831. That includes some stuff about me. I know the print is hard to read but  you see my name in the first sentence under The Harmonicon.

"The Literary Gazette." Google Books. Web. 7 Dec. 2015. <https://books.google.com/books?id=-__Svtu309UC&pg=PA93&dq=pierre rode in the news paper&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBy5q1rsrJAhXIbT4KHVclDFAQ6AEIODAE#v=onepage&q=pierre rode in the news paper&f=false>.

This is a portrait of me. The painter of this painting is Chai Ben-Shan. I really enjoyed my time doing music. Also all the amazing people I got to work with was always a plus. Another good thing was the opportunities

"The World's Leading Classical Music Group." Pierre Rode- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music. Web. 7 Dec. 2015. <http://www.naxos.com/person/Pierre_Rode/75762.htm>.