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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst has received more than 95,114 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst is the 611th most popular musician (up from 643rd in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 300th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Czech Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst ranks 611 out of 2,662Before him are Jeff Buckley, Pierre Rode, David Knopfler, Marty Friedman, Frank Beard, and Mark Hollis. After him are Enrico Toselli, GG Allin, Michael Stipe, Chaka Khan, Kenny Clarke, and Robert Palmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst ranks 36Before him are Zygmunt Krasiński, Augustus Pugin, Berthold Auerbach, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Hendrik Conscience, and Filippo Pacini. After him are Robert Fortune, Duke Peter of Oldenburg, Samuel Smiles, Hermann von Fehling, Melchora Aquino, and Yevhen Hrebinka. Among people deceased in 1865, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst ranks 37Before him are John Lindley, Evangelos Zappas, Felice Romani, Madeleine Sophie Barat, Fredrika Bremer, and Sengge Rinchen. After him are Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Friedrich August Stüler, Rafael Carrera, Robert Remak, and Adolph Kolping.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst ranks 297 out of 973Before him are Vladislaus III, Duke of Bohemia (1160), Tomáš Špidlík (1919), Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (1246), Lubomír Štrougal (1924), Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763), and Petr Fiala (1964). After him are Artur London (1915), Prince Ernst of Hohenberg (1904), Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849), Anton Schindler (1795), Joseph von Sonnenfels (1732), and Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859).

Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst ranks 10Before him are Wojciech Żywny (1756), Alice Herz-Sommer (1903), Rudolf Serkin (1903), Jan Hammer (1948), Jan Kubelík (1880), and Josef Suk (1929). After him are Ivan Mládek (1942), Eduard Nápravník (1839), Miroslav Vitouš (1947), Ignaz Brüll (1846), Alexander Dreyschock (1818), and Ivan Král (1948).