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WIENIAWSKI, HENRI (1835—1880)

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WIENIAWSKI, HENRI (1835—1880)

WIENIAWSKI, See also:
HENRI
HENRI (1835—1880) , See also:

POLISH

Polish violinist and composer, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

LUBLIN

Lublin, in See also:

Poland, on the loth of See also:

JULY

July 1835. He was a See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of the See also:

Paris See also:

CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

Conservatoire from 1843 to 1846, and again in 1849—1850. Meanwhile he had given concerts in his native See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and in See also:

Russia, and in 185o entered upon the career of a travelling virtuoso, together with his See also:

BROTHER

brother See also:

Joseph, a distinguished pianist. He was appointed See also:

SOLO, OR SOLO WHIST

solo violinist to the See also:

TSAR, or CZAR

tsar in 1860, and taught in the Conservatoire of St See also:

Peters-See also:

BURG

burg from 1862 to 1867. He went on tour again in 1872 with See also:

RUBINSTEIN, ANTON GRIGOROVICH (1829-1894)

Rubinstein in See also:

AMERICA

America, and on his return in 1874 was appointed to succeed Vieuxtemps as See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor in the See also:

BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels Conservatoire; but, like his predecessor, he was compelled through See also:

ILL

ill-See also:

HEALTH

health to give up the See also:

POST

post after three years, returning to a public career in spite of his illness, until his See also:

DEATH

death, which occurred in a See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital in See also:

Moscow, on the 31st of See also:

March 1880. He was a wonderfully sympathetic solo player, and a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good if not a See also:

GREAT

great quartet player. His Legende, the fantasias on See also:

FAUST, or FAUSTUS

Faust and on See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian airs, his two concertos and some other pieces, have retained their high See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the See also:

VIOLIN

violin repertory.

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