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Wieniawski Laminated Back Double Bass:
4/4 or 3/4; spruce
top, laminated maple back, maples sides and neck,
ebony fittings, high gloss/satin varnish. Price:
$1,235.00
Wieniawski Laminated Back Double Bass: 5/8,
1/2, 1/4, 1/8,
1/10; spruce top, laminated maple
back, maple sides and neck, hardwood fittings, high
gloss/satin varnish. Price: $1,173.00
Shipping is $475.00 directly from Europe. |
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One of the greatest performers of the
19th century, the Polish violinist/composer, HENRYK
(HENRI) WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880), began his studies
under Massart at the famous Paris Conservatoire (Conservatory
of Music).
At the age of 13 the young virtuoso began a series
of concert tours (including one to Russia with his
brother, a pianist). He also published a number of
important works before he was 18.
Wieniawski was appointed violinist to the Tsar of
Russia and accepted an invitation to join the staff
of the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music there,
where he served from 1860 until 1872.
A long and exhausting concert tour of the United
States with the pianist Anton Rubinstein was followed
by an appointment as successor to Vieuxtemps at the
Brussels (Belgium) Conservatory of Music where he
taught until 1877.
At the same time he continued his concert tours to
such places as Prague, Budapest, Poland, London, Berlin
and Russia, which were eventually brought to an end
by ill-health and his death in Moscow in 1880.
He played what he thought was an Amati violin --
this violin was later sold to the great violinist
Hubay who correctly identified it as being the work
of Petrus Guarnerius.
Wieniawski wrote Il faut risquer (French for...it
is necessary to risk!) in red across difficult passages.
He played with a high and angular right elbow, with
his first finger touching above the second joint on
the bow. The great violin pedagogue (teacher) Carl
Flesch later referred to it as the Russian grip. Wieniawski
produced a rapid staccato by tensing his right shoulder.
He was also known for his rich and expressive vibrato.
Like Paganini, Wieniawski was the archetype of the
romantic virtuoso whose approach and techniques have
become important aspects of modern playing.
Wieniawski's compositions (23 survive, all for violin)
were written with his own performances in mind. He
wrote two important books of etudes (or studies);
L'ecole moderne pour violin seul (The Modern School
for Solo Violin); and Etudes Caprices, op. 18. Other
important works include his Souvenir de Moscou, Le
carnaval russe, Legends, op. 17, polonaises and mazurkas,
and two violin concertos. |
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