COMPOSER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Vieuxtemps has received more than 234,445 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Vieuxtemps is the 225th most popular composer (down from 210th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 111th in 2019) and the 10th 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 225 out of 1,451. Before him are Andrea Gabrieli, Ion Ivanovici, Nicola Porpora, Ernest Chausson, Jerry Goldsmith, and Johann Ambrosius Bach. After him are Gaspare Spontini, John Field, Eduard Künneke, Giacomo Carissimi, Dmitry Bortniansky, and Sofia Gubaidulina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 14. Before him are Jenny Lind, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Multatuli, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, and Božena Němcová. After him are William John Macquorn Rankine, Lewis A. Swift, Mathilde Bonaparte, Edmond Becquerel, Heungseon Daewongun, and Yaqub Beg. Among people deceased in 1881, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 13. Before him are Lewis H. Morgan, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Jenny von Westphalen, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Thomas Carlyle, and Auguste Mariette. After him are Nikolay Pirogov, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Nikolai Rubinstein, Empress Dowager Ci'an, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, and Theobald Boehm.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 118 out of 1,190. Before him are Karel van Mander (1548), Morris (1923), Yves Chauvin (1930), Elio Di Rupo (1951), Frans Snyders (1579), and Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724). After him are Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Paul Deschanel (1855), Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), and Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 10. Before him are Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Adrian Willaert (1490), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), André Grétry (1741), and Gilles Binchois (1400). After him are Pierre De Geyter (1848), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Cipriano de Rore (1515), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Alexander Agricola (1446), and Johannes Tinctoris (1435).

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