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Eugène Ysaÿe

1858 - 1931

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Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (French: [øʒɛn iza.i]; 16 July 1858 – 12 May 1931) was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène Ysaÿe is the 221st most popular composer (down from 201st in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 107th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belgian Composer.

Eugène Ysaÿe is most famous for his compositions for violin and piano, including the "Violin Sonata in D minor" and the "Sonata for Violin and Cello."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Eugène Ysaÿe ranks 221 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Joseph Fux, Umberto Giordano, Josef Mysliveček, Francesca Caccini, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Josef Suk. After him are Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Andrea Gabrieli, Ludwig Minkus, Fromental Halévy, Benedetto Marcello, and Franz Xaver Süssmayr.

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Among people born in 1858, Eugène Ysaÿe ranks 26. Before him are Maria Christina of Austria, Princess Louise of Belgium, Marie Bashkirtseff, Keke Geladze, Ludwig Quidde, and Eugène Dubois. After him are Beatrice Webb, Kang Youwei, Mihajlo Pupin, Eleonora Duse, Giovanni Segantini, and Lovis Corinth. Among people deceased in 1931, Eugène Ysaÿe ranks 26. Before him are F. W. Murnau, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Armand Fallières, Nathan Söderblom, Peter Kürten, and Carin Göring. After him are Dionysios Kasdaglis, Vincent d'Indy, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Martinus Beijerinck, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, and Giovanni Boldini.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Eugène Ysaÿe ranks 114 out of 1,190. Before him are Karel van Mander (1548), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Justus Lipsius (1547), Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502), Peyo (1928), and Jean-Marie Pfaff (1953). After him are Elio Di Rupo (1951), Félicien Rops (1833), Leo Baekeland (1863), Henri Pirenne (1862), Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), and Adriaen Brouwer (1605).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Eugène Ysaÿe ranks 10. Before him are André Grétry (1741), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Adrian Willaert (1490), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Gilles Binchois (1400), and Jacob Obrecht (1457). After him are Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Pierre De Geyter (1848), Cipriano de Rore (1515), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Alexander Agricola (1446), and Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802).

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