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HENRI WIENIAWSKI (1835—1880)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 623 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HENRI WIENIAWSKI (1835—1880)  ,
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Polish violinist and composer, was born at
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Lublin, in Poland, on the loth of
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July 1835 . He was a pupil of the Paris Conservatoire from 1843 to 1846, and again in 1849—1850 . Meanwhile he had given concerts in his native country and in Russia, and in 185o entered upon the career of a travelling virtuoso, together with his
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brother Joseph, a distinguished pianist . He was appointed solo violinist to the
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tsar in 1860, and taught in the Conservatoire of St Peters-
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burg from 1862 to 1867 . He went on tour again in 1872 with Rubinstein in
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America, and on his return in 1874 was appointed to succeed Vieuxtemps as professor in the Brussels Conservatoire; but, like his predecessor, he was compelled through
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ill-
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health to give up the
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post after three years, returning to a public career in spite of his illness, until his
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death, which occurred in a hospital in Moscow, on the 31st of March 1880 . He was a wonderfully sympathetic solo player, and a good if not a
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great quartet player . His Legende, the fantasias on Faust and on
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Russian airs, his two concertos and some other pieces, have retained their high place in the
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violin repertory .

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