Vieuxtemps

Vieuxtemps, HENRI, violinist and composer, was born 20th February 1820 at Verviers in Belgium, began to give concerts in his thirteenth year, and after completing his studies at Vienna and Paris spent most of his time in travelling from place to place as a performer till in 1870 he became a teacher in the Brussels conservatoire. He retired in 1873, and died 6th June 1881. His works comprise concertos, fantasias, and dances for the violin. See Kufferath, Henri Vieuxtemps (Brussels, 1883).