Henryk Wieniawski

Henryk Wieniawski (* July 10, 1835 in Lublin, † March 31, 1880 in Moscow) was a Polish composer and violinist.

Life

Wieniawski received early music lessons from his mother, who trained pianist Regina Wieniawska - Wolff. At age five he received his first violin lessons, changed after only a short time to the Warsaw Conservatory, and at the age of eight, he was accepted at the Paris Conservatoire, where he was taught by Joseph Clavel. At 13, he received the Gold Medal of the Conservatory, after which he formed with Lambert Joseph Massart on. In the salon of his mother he met the elite of Polish emigrants, including Frédéric Chopin and the poet Adam Mickiewicz. During this time he worked on the design of simple plants and studied with his brother Józef at the Conservatory composition. After this episode, he went at the age of 15 years on concert tours with the Belgian violinist Henri Vieuxtemps. During this time, he met Polish compatriots as Karol Lipiński, Stanisław Moniuszko ( this dedicated to him a sonata ) and Robert Schumann, and Anton Rubinstein.

Between 1860 and 1872 he lived in Saint Petersburg. He had great influence on the development of the Russian violin school. After completion of his last contract he undertook a two-year North American tour. In 1875 he was appointed professor at the Conservatory in Brussels, but without interrupting his international concert tours. During this time, his health deteriorated rapidly. Wieniawski had a heart condition; during a concert, he collapsed on stage during the game. He died during a tour of Russia on March 31, 1880 in Moscow.

In memory of Wieniawski's 100th birthday and his work was organized in Warsaw in 1935 was named after him Violin Competition. Since 1952, this will take place in Poznan at intervals of five years.

Work

His work has been created exclusively for their own use. Wieniawski makes numerous concessions to contemporary taste of his audience. As a composer, he was able to convey the Slavic influence of his Polish homeland convincing. Besides his numerous salon pieces he composed three violin concertos.

  • Op.1: Grand caprice fantastique sur un thème original, dedicated Lambert Joseph Massart; 1847
  • Op.2 Sonata Allegro and Presto for violin and piano concertante, Stanisław Moniuszko dedicated;
  • Dedicated souvenir at Posen, Mazurka in D minor, Jeanette de Niemojewska; : op.3 1854
  • Op.4: Première polonaise de concert in D major, Karol Lipinski dedicated; 1852
  • Op.5: Adagio élégiaque A Major, Adolf dedicated hair; 1852
  • Op.6: Souvenir à Moscou, transcription of two Russian romances and variations; 1853
  • Op.7: Capriccio - Valse in E major; 1852
  • Op.8: Grand duo polonais, concertante for violin and piano; 1852
  • Op.9: Romance sans paroles et Rondo élégant, dedicated to Maximilian of Bavaria; 1852
  • Op.10: L' école moderne. Etudes - caprices dedicated for solo violin, Ferdinand David; 1854
  • Op.11: Le Carnaval russe, improvisations and variations humoreske Tsar Nicholas I dedicated; 1853
  • Op.12: 2 Mazurkas, La champetre et Chanson polonaise; (1850? ) 1853
  • Op.13: Fantaisie pastorale; 1853
  • Op.14: Violin Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, dedicated to the King of Prussia; 1852
  • Op.15: Thème original varié; 1854
  • Op.16: Scherzo - tarantelle G minor, Lambert Massart dedicated; 1855
  • Op.17: Légende, Isabel Hampton dedicated ( his later wife ); 1859
  • Op.18: Etudes - Caprices, 2 violins; 1862
  • Op.19: 2 Mazurkas caractéristiques; Obertass and le Menetrier; 1860
  • Op.20: Fantaisie brilliant over fist, opera by Charles Gounod, dedicated to the King of Denmark; 1865
  • Op.21: Polonaise brillante in A major, Karl XV King of Norway and Sweden, dedicated; 1870
  • Dedicated 2nd Violin Concerto in D minor, Pablo de Sarasate; : op.22 1870
  • Op.23: Gigue in E minor
  • Op.24: Fantasy orientale in A minor
  • 3 Violin Concerto in A Minor, in 1878.
  • Cadenza to Concerto No.7 by Rode, 1848
  • Cadenza to Concerto No.2 of Lipiński, 1850
  • Cadenza for the concerto by Mendelssohn, 1853
  • Cadenza to Beethoven's Concerto, 1854
  • Cadenza to Concerto No.5 by Vieuxtemps, 1864
  • Cadenza to Concerto by Ernst, 1860
  • Fantasia on a Theme opera The Prophet by Meyerbeer, 1848.
  • Fantasia on a Theme opera Richard the Lionheart, by Grétry, 1851.
  • Fantasia on a Theme opera La sonnambula by Bellini, 1855.
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