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Henri Vieuxtemps
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Belgian violinist and composer (1820-1881)
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Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps was a Belgian violinist, composer, and music educator. Born in Verviers in 1820, he studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna under Simon Sechter and Anton Reicha. He later served as a university teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. His career was associated with the Romantic movement within classical music.
Vieuxtemps was a native French speaker and is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. He taught students including Enrique Fernández Arbós and Eugène Ysaÿe. He died in Algiers in 1881. His works are held in the collection of the Royal Library of Belgium.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Belgium
- Active from
- 1820
- Active to
- 1881
Discography
- Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 21987
- Viuextemps: Violin Concerto no. 5 / Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto no. 3 / Ysaÿe: Sonata for Violin Solo no. 51987
- Violin Concerto no. 1 in E, op. 10 / Fantasia-appassionata, op. 351994
- Violin Concertos1995
- Violin Concertos nos. 2 and 31997
- Violin Concertos1998
- Violin Concertos nos. 1 and 41999
- Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos nos. 4 & 5 / Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso / Havanaise / Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen / Waxman: "Carmen" Fantasy2001
- Music for Viola and Piano2002
- Violin Concertos nos. 5, 6 and 72003
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 21,973
- Total plays
- 103,756
Tags
Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps (February 17, 1820 – June 6, 1881) was a Belgian composer and violinist active in France. Vieuxtemps was born in Verviers, Belgium, son of a weaver and amateur violinist and violin-maker. He received his first violin instruction from his father and a local teacher and gave his first public performance at the age of six, playing a concerto by Pierre Rode. Soon he was giving concerts in various surrounding cities <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Henri+Vieuxtemps
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henri
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Verviers
- Occupation
- violinist
- Employer
- Royal Conservatory of Brussels
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Student of
- Anton Reicha
- Genre
- classical music
- Movement
- Romantic music
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Henry Vieuxtemps par Marie-Alexandre Alophe.jpg
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- Commons category
- Henri Vieuxtemps
- date of birth
- 1820-02-17
- date of death
- 1881-06-06
- birth name
- Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps
- student
- Eugène Ysaÿe
- has works in the collection
- Royal Library of Belgium
- name in native language
- Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps
- relative
- Paul Landowski
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Works in European collections
14 objects attributed to Henri Vieuxtemps, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Henri Vieuxtemps, Lithograph by Josef Kriehuber, 1842 Sheet music for La Fiancée de Messine from the King Baudouin Foundation. Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps ( French: [ɑ̃ʁi fʁɑ̃swa ʒozɛf vjøtɑ̃]; 17 February 1820 – 6 June 1881) was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century. He is also known for playing what is now known as the Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesù, a violin of superior workmanship.
Biography
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