Henryk Wieniawski

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Henryk Wieniawski was a 19th-century Polish violin virtuoso and composer renowned for his technically demanding and lyrically expressive works for the violin.

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Henryk Wieniawski canonical 6

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instanceOf classical composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
violinist ⓘ
virtuoso ⓘ
awardReceived Premier Prix of the Conservatoire de Paris (violin) ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Poland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1835-07-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1880-03-31 ⓘ
educatedAt Conservatoire de Paris ⓘ
employer Brussels Conservatory ⓘ
Imperial Russian Musical Society ⓘ
ethnicGroup Poles ⓘ
familyName Wieniawski ⓘ
fieldOfWork violin composition ⓘ
violin performance ⓘ
genre Romantic music ⓘ
classical music ⓘ
givenName Henryk ⓘ
hasHeritage Polish-Jewish descent ⓘ
influenced Polish violin school ⓘ
instrument violin ⓘ
movement Romantic music ⓘ
nativeLanguage Polish ⓘ
notableFor lyrically expressive violin writing ⓘ
technically demanding violin works ⓘ
notableWork Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gounod’s Faust, Op. 20 ⓘ
Légende in G minor, Op. 17 ⓘ
Polonaise brillante in A major, Op. 21 ⓘ
Polonaise de concert in D major, Op. 4 ⓘ
Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor, Op. 16 ⓘ
Souvenir de Moscou, Op. 6 ⓘ
Violin Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 14 ⓘ
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 ⓘ
Études-Caprices, Op. 18 ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
violinist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Congress Poland ⓘ
Lublin ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Moscow ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
positionHeld professor of violin at the Brussels Conservatory ⓘ
residence Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Paris ⓘ
St. Petersburg ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Józef Wieniawski ⓘ

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Niccolò Paganini → influenced → Henryk Wieniawski ⓘ
EPPO → namedAfter → Henryk Wieniawski ⓘ
Karol Lipiński → influenced → Henryk Wieniawski ⓘ
Karol Lipiński → influenced → Henryk Wieniawski ⓘ
Warsaw Conservatory → notableStudent → Henryk Wieniawski ⓘ
Guarneri del Gesù violin → usedBy → Henryk Wieniawski ⓘ