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Henri Vieuxtemps

1820 - 1881

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Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps (French: [ɑ̃ʁi fʁɑ̃swa ʒozɛf vjøtɑ̃]; 17 February 1820 – 6 June 1881) was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century. He is also known for playing what is now known as the Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesù, a violin of superior workmanship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Vieuxtemps is the 175th most popular composer (up from 225th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 118th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Composer.

Henri Vieuxtemps is most famous for being one of the most prominent violinists of the 19th century. He was born in Belgium and studied in Paris. He was a professor at the Brussels Conservatory and a member of the Royal Academy of Music in London.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 175 out of 1,451. Before him are Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Gian Carlo Menotti, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Michel Legrand, and Luciano Berio. After him are Max Reger, Giuseppe Torelli, Francesco Cavalli, Siegfried Wagner, Gustav Holst, and Philip Glass.

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Among people born in 1820, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 11. Before him are Nadar, William John Macquorn Rankine, Anne Brontë, Harriet Tubman, Henri, Count of Chambord, and Edmond Becquerel. After him are Multatuli, Jenny Lind, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Susan B. Anthony, Lewis A. Swift, and Heungseon Daewongun. Among people deceased in 1881, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 12. Before him are Benjamin Disraeli, Lewis H. Morgan, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Thomas Carlyle, and Jenny von Westphalen. After him are Auguste Mariette, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Nikolai Rubinstein, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Empress Dowager Ci'an, and Nikolay Pirogov.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 88 out of 1,190. Before him are Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), Étienne Lenoir (1822), Jacky Ickx (1945), Adrian Willaert (1490), and Émile Verhaeren (1855). After him are Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1217), Ernest Solvay (1838), Morris (1923), Hubert van Eyck (1366), Matilda of Flanders (1031), and Princess Louise of Belgium (1858).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 7. Before him are Orlande de Lassus (1534), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), César Franck (1822), André Grétry (1741), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), and Adrian Willaert (1490). After him are Gilles Binchois (1400), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Pierre De Geyter (1848), and Cipriano de Rore (1515).

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