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See also:HENRI See also:WIENIAWSKI (1835—1880)
, See also:Polish violinist and composer, was See also:born at See also:Lublin, in See also:Poland, on the loth of See also:July 1835
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He was a See also:pupil of the See also:Paris See also:Conservatoire from 1843 to 1846, and again in 1849—1850
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Meanwhile he had given concerts in his native See also:country and in See also:Russia, and in 185o entered upon the career of a travelling virtuoso, together with his See also:brother See also:Joseph, a distinguished pianist
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He was appointed See also:solo violinist to the See also:tsar in 1860, and taught in the Conservatoire of St See also:Peters-See also:burg from 1862 to 1867
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He went on tour again in 1872 with See also:Rubinstein in See also:America, and on his return in 1874 was appointed to succeed Vieuxtemps as See also:professor in the See also:Brussels Conservatoire; but, like his predecessor, he was compelled through See also:ill-See also:health to give up the See also:post after three years, returning to a public career in spite of his illness, until his See also:death, which occurred in a See also:hospital in See also:Moscow, on the 31st of See also: |
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