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The publication of this volume, which arose out of an international musicological conference, was commissioned by the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society in Poznan. The book contains also an extended bibliography, chronology of concert performances of Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880) and discography (published as a separate booklet). Contents: Preface; Henryk Wieniawski and Polish Musical Culture of the 19th Century; Die "leise, fromme Weise" bei Henryk Wieniawski. Zur poetischen, dramatischen und rituell-religiösen Virtuosität von Preghiera im Violinkonzert Opus 14; Zur geschichtlichen Entwicklung der "Geigen-Virtuosität" bis einschließlich Henryk Wieniawski; An Introduction to the Nineteenth-Century Parisian Concerto; The Issue of the Sonata Form in the Concertos of Henryk Wieniawski; The Violin Concerti of Henryk Wieniawski from Style Brillant to the Romantic Idiom; Henryk Wieniawski: 'A Chamber Musician Extraordinaire'; The Caprices of Henryk Wieniawski and Their Context; Henryk Wieniawski's Relationships with the Opera; Henryk Wieniawski in Paris; Henryk Wieniawski in the "Revue et Gazette Musicale de Paris": An Outline of Research into Reception; Louis Spohr and Henryk Wieniawski: Aesthetical and Spiritual Connections Between Two Great Violinist-Composers; Louis Spohr and the Metronome: A Contribution to Early 19th-Century Performance Practice; Alexej Lwow: Zeitgenosse Henryk Wieniawskis; Compositions of the Franco-Belgian School of Violin Music in the Concert Repertoire of 19th Century Poland; Remarks on the Reception of Henryk Wieniawski's Music in Poland Between 1890-1914; "Durchaus auch kompositorische Qualitäten" - das Unbehagen an der Virtuosität. Über Henryk Wieniawskis Wirken in Deutschland und Bezüge zu Joseph Joachim; Chronology of the Concert Performances of Henryk Wieniawski 1835-1880; Bibliography