Henri Vieuxtemps and Henryk Wieniawski were both performers and composers for this instrument.  
Henri Vieuxtemps and Henryk Wieniawski were both performers and composers for this instrument.  Edouard Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole is a five-movement solo piece for this instrument, while the composer of La Campanella was a virtuoso for it and developed left-hand pizzicato for it. Beethoven wrote a concerto for this instrument in D major, and Niccolo Paganini wrote 24 caprices for this instrument. Notably featured in Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, for 10 points, what is this instrument, the highest-pitched member of the string family?
Henri Vieuxtemps and Henryk Wieniawski were both performers and composers for this instrument.  
violin