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Vieuxtemps

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[vyœ-tahn] / vyœˈtɑ̃ /

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

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

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

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

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2011

After he had played the first few bars of the "Ballade et Polonaise" by Vieuxtemps, the audience felt that he was a master; and his reception readily became a grand ovation.

From Music and Some Highly Musical People by Trotter, James M.