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Primrose was born in Glasgow and studied violin there and, later, at the then Guildhall School of Music in London. From there he moved to Belgium to study under Eugčne Ysa˙e who encouraged him to take up the viola instead. He found success on the instrument, playing in the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini and touring Europe and America as a soloist. In 1944 he commissioned a viola concerto from Béla BartókBela Bartok ( March 25, 1881 September 26, 1945) was a composer, pianist and collector of East European folk music. Bartok was one of the founders of the field of ethnomusicology, the study of folk music and the music of non-Western cultures. Life Bartok.
Later in his life, Primrose became a noted teacher, writing several books on viola playing and teaching widely in the USAThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America š or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in and JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh. He died from cancerFor other meanings of Cancer: see Cancer (disambiguation . apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. Cancer is a group of related diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division. Currently, it is believed that cancers arise from both genetic in Provo, UtahProvo is a Utah city about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City. Provo is adjacent to Orem and Springville, Utah. Provo is the county seat of Utah County. Settled in 1849 by 33 families from Salt Lake City, Provo has grown to a population of 105,166 (2000 cen.