The Great Violinists

A Summary of the Greatest Violinists/Composers of the

Past Four Centuries

J.S.Bach R.Kreutzer

N.Paganini

H.Vieuxtemps

H.Wieniawski P.Sarasate F.KreislerE.Ysaye

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Johan Sebastian Bach

• Born: 21 March 1685• Died: 28 July 1750• Works for Violin:› 6 Sonatas for Violin and

Harpsichord› 6 Sonatas and Partitas for

Solo Violin› Violin Concerto in E› Violin Concerto in A minor› Double Concerto in D

minor› Concerto for Violin and

Oboe in C Minor

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Rodolphe Kreutzer

• Born: 16 November 1766• Died: 6 January 1831• Works for Violin:› 42 Etudes› 19 Violin Concertos› Had Beethoven’s Op 47

(the Kreutzer Sonata) dedicated to him

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Niccolo Paganini

• Born: 27 October 1782• Died: 27 May 1840• Works for Violin:› 24 Caprices› 6 Violin Concerti

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Henri Vieuxtemps

• Born: 17 February 1820• Died: 6 June 1881• Works for Violin› 5 Violin Concerti› Souvenir d’Amerique

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Henryk Wieniawski

• Born: 10 July 1835• Died 31 March 1880• Works for Violin:› 2 Violin Concerti› Legende› Scherzo Tarantella› Polonaise Brillante› Several Mazurkas› Souvenir de Moscou› La Carnaval Russe

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Pablo de Sarasate

• Born: 10 March 1844

• Died: 28 September 1908

• Works for Violin:

› Zigeunerweisen

› 6 Spanish Dances

› Several Works including Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, Saint-Saens’ Havanaise and … are dedicated to him.

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Eugene Ysaye

• Born: 16 July 1858• Died: 12 May 1931• Works for Violin› 6 Solo Violin Sonatas

(each dedicated to a different famous violinist, including Fritz Kreisler, Joseph Szigeti and George Enescu

› Chausson’s Poeme and Violin Concerto and Franck’s Violin Sonata are dedicated to him

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Fritz Kreisler

• Born 2 February 1875• Died: 29 January 1962• Works for Violin:› Tambourin Chinois› Caprice Viennois› Liebesfreud, Liebesleid,

Schon Rosmarin› Viennese Rhapsodic

Fantasietta› Praeludium and Allegro› La Gitana

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