Henry Vieuxtempsand the violaHenry Vieuxtemps is famous as a violinist and composer of violin music but not many know that he also played the viola and wrote viola music. Henry was born in 1820 and died in 1881. From the age of four he studied the violin with his father and Bériot and by the age of 17 he had already been travelling throughout Europe to Russia.
Henry Vieuxtemps (1820-1881) Giclee Print Praised by Berlioz and other contemporaries both as a virtuoso and a composer, Vieuxtemps appeared in London in 1841 after which he started a world career. He spent five years in Russia as soloist to the tsar and professor of the violin, contributing significantly to the development of violin playing in Russia. During his career Henry Vieuxtemps also did three tours to America with great success. By the way, now that we are used to travel by plane or fast trains it always fills me with further admiration when I read of those performers who travelled such long distances with the slow means of transport they had available at their times. Vieuxtemps was a fine violist and quartet player and was involved in the organization of recitals whose programmes included the works of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven, together with Bach, Cherubini and others. Compositions for violaBeing also a viola player, Vieuxtemps composed some works of great interest for viola, which could fit well any romantic music programme, or any programme, actually.Here they are.
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