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Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst

1812 - 1865

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Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (8 June 1812 – 8 October 1865) was a Moravian-Jewish violinist, violist and composer. He was seen as the outstanding violinist of his time and one of Niccolò Paganini's greatest successors. He contributed to polyphonic playing and discovered new ways to compose polyphonic violin music. His most famous, and technically difficult, compositions include the sixth of his Polyphonic Studies "Die letzte Rose", and Grand Caprice on Schubert's "Erlkönig". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst is the 693rd most popular musician (up from 697th in 2019), the 333rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 344th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Czech Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst ranks 693 out of 3,175. Before him are Kenny Loggins, Jadranka Stojaković, Paul Tortelier, Jeff Porcaro, Eric Woolfson, and Rudolf Barshai. After him are Chaka Khan, Angélique Kidjo, Jelly Roll Morton, Zino Francescatti, Suzanne Vega, and Rufus Wainwright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst ranks 37. Before him are Édouard Séguin, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Berthold Auerbach, James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Hermann von Fehling, and Filippo Pacini. After him are Luigi Carlo Farini, George Allman, William Fox, Knud Knudsen, Ignacio Comonfort, and Samuel Smiles. Among people deceased in 1865, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst ranks 45. Before him are Andrés de Santa Cruz, Evangelos Zappas, Rafael Carrera, Achille Valenciennes, Joseph Paxton, and Robert Remak. After him are Isabella Beeton, Adolph Kolping, Friedrich August Stüler, Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Joseph Lebeau, and Léon Jean Marie Dufour.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst ranks 333 out of 1,200. Before him are Rudolf Weigl (1883), Victor Kugler (1900), Count Gustav Kálnoky (1832), Alexander von Krobatin (1849), Josef Sudek (1896), and Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849). After him are Svatopluk Pluskal (1930), Józef Czapski (1896), Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763), Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859), Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873), and Zdeněk Nehoda (1952).

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Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst ranks 9. Before him are Alice Herz-Sommer (1903), Jan Kubelík (1880), David Popper (1843), Wojciech Żywny (1756), Jan Hammer (1948), and Rudolf Serkin (1903). After him are Josef Suk (1929), Ivan Mládek (1942), Franz Konwitschny (1901), Eduard Nápravník (1839), Ignaz Brüll (1846), and Alexander Dreyschock (1818).

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