1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ERNST. HEINRICH WILHELM (1814-1865), German violinist and composer, was born at Briinn, in Moravia, in 1814. He was educated at the Conservatorium of Vienna, studying the violin under Joseph Bohm and Joseph Mayseder, and composition under Ignaz von Seyfried. At the age of sixteen he made a concert tour in south Germany, which established his reputation as a violinist of the highest promise. In 1832 he went to Paris, where he lived for several years. During this period he formed an intimacy with Stephen Heller, whic…
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