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Henri Wieniawski

Henryk Wieniawski ([vʲɛˈɲafskʲi]; 10 July 1835 – 31 March 1880) was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer and pedagogue, who is regarded amongst the most distinguished violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski were also accomplished musicians, as was his daughter Régine, who became a naturalised British subject upon marrying into the peerage and wrote music under the name Poldowski.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 10, 1835 (Lublin), Died March 31, 1880 (Moscow)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1898 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Berliner 4803 7-in. Before Oct. 1898 Mazurka Jennie Hoyle [i.e., Dorothy Hoyle] Violin solo composer  
Victor B-1913 10-in. 11/8/1904 Fantasy : Gounod's Faust Maud Powell Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor C-8814 12-in. 4/7/1910 Souvenir de Moscow Mischa Elman Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-8824 10-in. 4/9/1910 Fantasie from garden scene Mischa Elman Violin solo, with piano arranger  
Victor C-9009 12-in. 5/25/1910 Romance Maud Powell Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor C-9033 12-in. 5/27/1910 Capriccio valse, op. 7 Maud Powell Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor C-12398 12-in. 9/27/1912 Polish dance Maud Powell Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor C-13036 12-in. 3/29/1913 Légende, op. 17 Efrem Zimbalist Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-13476 10-in. 6/25/1913 Garden scene Sascha Jacobsen Violin solo, with piano arranger  
Victor C-13878 12-in. 9/30/1913 Second concerto : Finale Jan Kubelík Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor C-13891 12-in. 10/1/1913 Sielanka Jan Kubelík Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-16458 10-in. 9/7/1915 Legende Victor Concert Orchestra Orchestra, with violin solo composer  
Victor B-18958 10-in. 1/4/1917 Kujawiak Charles Kellogg Whistling solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-21069 12-in. 11/9/1917 Scherzo-tarantelle Jascha Heifetz Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor C-22266 12-in. 10/3/1918 Romance Jascha Heifetz Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-23404 10-in. 10/13/1919 Caprice in E flat major Jascha Heifetz Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor C-24777 12-in. 1/3/1921 Legende Mischa Elman Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-24796 10-in. 1/19/1921 Le ménétrier Jan Kubelík Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-24797 10-in. 1/19/1921 Sielanka (La champêtre) Jan Kubelík Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-24799 10-in. 1/19/1921 Concerto no. 2 in D minor : Romance Jan Kubelík Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor C-25127 12-in. 3/29/1921 Romance Erica Morini Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor C-25128 12-in. 3/29/1921 Capriccio valse Erica Morini Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-29622 10-in. 3/5/1924 Ländlicher Tanz Cecilia Hansen Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-29622 10-in. 10/27/1925 Ländlicher Tanz Cecilia Hansen Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-31574 10-in. 1/5/1925 Mazurek Ignacy Dygas Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-32163 12-in. 3/17/1925 Kujawiak (Second mazurka) Cecilia Hansen Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor CVE-32163 12-in. 3/30/1925 Kujawiak (Second mazurka) Cecilia Hansen Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-45080 10-in. 5/31/1928 Caprice in E flat major (Alla saltarella) Mischa Elman Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-55180 10-in. 7/31/1929 El vuelo de la abeja (Flight of the bumble bee) Alfredo San Malo Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor CVE-58667 12-in. 2/19/1930 Scherzo-tarantelle Yehudi Menuhin Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-59464 10-in. 4/15/1930 Sielanka Gladys Posselt Ondricek ; Ruth Posselt Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor CVE-62244 12-in. 5/26/1930 Légende Mischa Elman ; Carroll Hollister Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor BS-78986 10-in. 2/14/1934 Souvenir de Moscow Myrtle C. Eaver ; Alexander Schmidt Violin and piano duet composer  
Victor CS-023337 12-in. 6/8/1938 Scherzo-tarantella Louis Persinger ; Ruggiero Ricci Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor CS-068172 12-in. 11/7/1941 Capriccio-valse Max Lanner ; Erica Morini Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor [Trial 1919-10-16-02] Not documented 10/16/1919 Concerto II : Finale Ota Gÿgi Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor [Trial 1921-02-21-02] 12-in. 2/21/1921 Valse caprice Erica Morini Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 19772 10-in. 2/23/1912 Romance Lila Isaacs Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 81055 10-in. 6/6/1923 Kuiawiak (Second mazurka) Duci De Kerékjártó ; Maurice Eisner Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 81473 10-in. 1/10/1924 Capriccio valse Samuel Chotzinoff ; Sascha Jacobsen Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 36521 12-in. 12/27/1912 Obertass Eugène Ysaÿe Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 48584 12-in. 2/7/1916 Romance Frank Gittelson Violin solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 48605 12-in. 2/19/1916 Mazurka Kathleen Parlow Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 48662 12-in. 3/28/1916 Faust : Fantaisie Kathleen Parlow Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 49271 12-in. 11/14/1917 Finale : A la zingara Eddy Brown ; L. T. Greenberg Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 49356 12-in. 3/25/1918 Polish dance Eddy Brown Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 49447 12-in. 6/17/1918 Concerto no. 2 : Romance Louis T. Gruenberg ; Toscha Seidel Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 49613 12-in. 4/19/1919 Souvenir de Moscow Sascha Jacobsen Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 49930 12-in. 2/10/1921 Capriccio valse Duci De Kerékjártó ; Mr. F. Moore Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 49951 12-in. 3/17/1921 Légende Toscha Seidel Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 98016 12-in. 3/8/1922 Scherzo torantelle Eddy Brown Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 98052 12-in. 1/11/1923 Souvenir de Moscow Duci De Kerékjártó ; Maurice Eisner Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 98090 12-in. 6/23/1923 Légende Duci De Kerékjártó ; Maurice Eisner Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia W140713 10-in. 6/23/1925 Mazurka Russian National Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Columbia 6090 12-in. approximately 1910 Valse capriccio Leo Strockoff Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 6116 12-in. approximately 1911 Polonaise de concert Leo Strockoff Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 6636 12-in. approximately 1915 Légende, op. 17 Albert Sammons Violin and piano duet composer  
OKeh S-766 10-in. ca. July 1919 Faust : Fantasie Fred Landau Violin solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick X9641 12-in. approximately Jan. 1923 Capriccio valse Paul Frenkel ; Bronislaw Huberman Violin solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick 7219-7220 10-in. approximately Jan. 1922 Second mazurka Paul Frenkel ; Bronislaw Huberman Violin solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick X9962-X9965 12-in. 2/21/1923 Romance Paul Frenkel ; Bronislaw Huberman Violin solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick 13838-13840 10-in. 9/22/1924 Le carnaval russe Mishel Piastro Violin solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick 15023-15025 10-in. 2/28/1925 Caprice in A minor Max Rosen Violin solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick 15093-15096 10-in. 3/9/1925 Caprice in A minor Max Rosen ; Richard Wilens Violin solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick E20271-E20272 10-in. 9/27/1926 Souvenir de Moscow Max List ; Mishel Piastro Violin solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick E24609-E24611 10-in. 9/30/1927 Le carnaval russe Frank Black ; Mishel Piastro Violin solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick C2723 10-in. 12/28/1928 Obertass mazurka Joseph Brinkman ; Alexander Sebald Violin solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick XC4771 12-in. 11/30/1929 Romance Orchestra (unidentified; Brunswick Records) Orchestra composer  
Edison 893 10-in. 12/28/1911 Souvenir of Moscow André Benoist ; Albert Spalding Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 1016 Not documented 5/1/1912 Polonaise in D Kathleen Parlow Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 2043 10-in. 12/6/1912 Legende Gregor Skolnik Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 2395 10-in. 7/24/1913 Polonaise in A André Benoist ; Albert Spalding Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 2398 10-in. 7/24/1913 Souvenir of Moscow André Benoist ; Albert Spalding Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 2939 10-in. 4/7/1914 Le menetrier Carl Flesch Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 2971 10-in. Mar. 1914 Legende (G minor) Daniel Melsa Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 2973 10-in. Mar. 1914 Polonaise in D Daniel Melsa Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 2974 10-in. Mar. 1914 Second concerto in D minor : Romanza Daniel Melsa Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 2975 10-in. Mar. 1914 Second concerto in D minor : Finale Daniel Melsa Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 2978 10-in. Mar. 1914 Fantasie Daniel Melsa Violin solo, with piano arranger  
Edison 3297 10-in. between 9/12/1914 and 9/16/1914 Legende Richard Czerwonky Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 3323 10-in. Sept.-Oct. 1914 Romance from 2nd concerto André Benoist ; Albert Spalding Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 3778 10-in. 5/12/1915 Souvenir of Moscow André Benoist ; Albert Spalding Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 4327 10-in. 12/10/1915 Souvenir of Moscow André Benoist ; Albert Spalding Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 4849 10-in. 7/6/1916 Scherzo-tarentelle Walter Golde ; Mary Zentay Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 6975 10-in. 10/13/1919 Scherzo-tarentelle André Benoist ; Albert Spalding Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 8018 10-in. 5/25/1921 Kujawiak (Seconde mazurka) André Benoist ; Albert Spalding Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 9233 10-in. 10/30/1923 Valse capriccio André Benoist ; Albert Spalding Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 10820 10-in. 2/8/1926 Légende, op. 17; arranged Carl Flesch ; Kurt Ruhrseitz Violin solo, with piano composer  
Edison 10843 10-in. 2/20/1926 Romance op. 44, no. 1 Carl Flesch ; Kurt Ruhrseitz Violin solo, with piano arranger  
Gramophone 670c 12-in. 6/14/1906 Souvenir de Moscow Mischa Elman Violin solo composer  
Gramophone Bb983 10-in. 2/7/1922 Tambourin Harold Craxton ; Jacques Thibaud Violin solo, with piano composer  
Gramophone 8772b 10-in. 8/24/1906 Fantasie from garden scene Mischa Elman Violin solo arranger  
Gramophone 2B6067 12-in. 2/23/1934 Scherzo tarantelle Jascha Heifetz ; Arpad Sandor Violin solo, with piano composer  
Gennett 8700 10-in. 1/10/1924 Scherzo tartantelle Celso B. Hurtado ; Henri Wieniawski Marimba, with piano composer  
Columbia (U.K.) WAX2510 12-in. between January and April 1927 Romance Yovanovitch Bratza Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia (U.K.) WLX175 10-in. approximately January 24, 1928 Air russe René Bénédetti Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia (U.K.) WLX176 10-in. approximately January 24, 1928 Air russe René Bénédetti Violin solo, with piano composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wieniawski, Henri," accessed March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102719.

Wieniawski, Henri. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102719.

"Wieniawski, Henri." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102719

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