A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Wiener, Wilhelm

WIENER, Wilhelm, violin player, born at Prague, Aug. 1838; learnt violin from Mildner, and harmony from Tomaschek, in the Conservatorium there. After playing a great deal in Prague, he left it at sixteen for Brussels, and thence came to London, where he has been established ever since as an excellent teacher and player. He held the second violin at the Musical Union for many of its last years, was joint leader of the Philharmonic band with L. Straus for several seasons, and is widely known and esteemed.

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