Eugène Ysaÿe
Belgian violinist, composer and conductor
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1858
- Died
- 1931
- Works
- 10
Top works
- For two violins
- Extase
- Six sonates pour violon seul, op. 27
- Lointain passé
- Andante, opus posthumous, for violin and piano
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Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe ( French: [øʒɛn iza.i]; 16 July 1858 – 12 May 1931) was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as his former student Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar".
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