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Scherzo-Tarantella g minor op. 16
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Henryk Wieniawski

A Polish violinist and composer, who enjoyed great international success as a virtuoso. His technical abilities found their way into compositions characterized by a predilection for variation, virtuosity, and ornament. They constitute a significant part of nineteenth-century violin literature.

1835Born in Lublin on July 10. Here he is trained in violin by Stanisław Serwaczyński and Jan Hornziel.
1846A pupil of Lambert-Joseph Massart, he is awarded first prize at the Paris Conservatoire.
1848In Paris he makes his debut as a violinist.
1850He is a pupil in Hippolyte Raimond Colet’s class (harmony).
from 1851He undertakes extended concert tours, including to Russia, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, and London. He appears as a chamber musician in concerts organized by the Beethoven Quartet Society.
from 1860He is first soloist in the opera orchestra at the court in St. Petersburg. He leads the Russian Musical Society quartet.
1862–67Professor of violin at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.
1872–74Sets out on a concert tour through the United States, together with Anton Rubinstein for the first nine months of it.
1874–77He holds a violin professorship in Brussels. Eugène Ysaÿe becomes his private student.
1880Dies in Moscow on March 31.

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Ray Iwazumi (Editor, Fingering and bowing for Violin)

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