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Vieuxtemps

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[vyœ-tahn] / vjœˈtɑ̃ /

noun

  1. Henri François Joseph 1820–81, Belgian violinist and composer.


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On Saturday the violist Jeanne Mallow and the pianist Vladimir Valjarevic delve into Brahms’s “Sonatensatz” and the luscious Sonata in B flat by Vieuxtemps.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2016

By sharing his past, he tied history to my life—including his musical history with Ysaÿe, who, coincidentally, had himself been a student of Vieuxtemps.

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2015

My own recording of the Vieuxtemps concerto that Mrs. Berkovich brought to me and the first Mozart concerto that Mr. Brodsky taught me was released this spring.

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2015

The Mainly Mozart Series packages pieces by its namesake composer with works by Haydn and Vieuxtemps.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2011

Although still young, his father intended to send him to Vieuxtemps for his further artistic accomplishment, and with this purpose in view he was willing to buy an Italian violin.

From George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General by George Gem?nder

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