Alfred Grünfeld

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Alfred Grünfeld 1906

Alfred Grünfeld (born July 4, 1852 in Prague , † January 4, 1924 in Vienna ) was an Austrian pianist , composer and music teacher .

Life

Grave of Alfred Grünfeld and his sister Emma

Grünfeld was the son of a leather dealer. He received his first music lessons at the age of four.

Alfred Grünfeld studied with Josef Krejčí at the Prague Conservatory and with Theodor Kullak and JT Hoyer at the New Academy of Music in Berlin. In 1873 he went to Vienna, where he obtained the title of " chamber virtuoso " and worked as a professor at the New Vienna Conservatory there . He made numerous concert tours through Europe and the USA. He is best known for the performance of his concert paraphrases of Strauss waltzes. Johann Strauss (son) dedicated his Spring Voice Waltz Op. 410

The best known is probably his concert paraphrase on Johann Strauss' waltz motifs “Soirée de Vienne”, Op. 56, which is still often made to sound in the concert hall and demands a lot of dexterity from the pianist due to the magnificent, virtuoso decoration of the work.

His brother Heinrich Grünfeld (1855–1931) was also a well-known composer and cellist . His niece Erna Grünfeld taught piano at the Prague Conservatory, and Ivan Moravec was one of her students .

He rests in a grave of honor in Vienna's central cemetery (group 32 C, number 2). In 1925, Alfred-Grünfeld-Gasse was named after him in Vienna- Alsergrund (9th district) . Above Baden near Vienna, a memorial plaque erected in 1991 reminds of him on the Alfred Grünfeld-Ruhe in the Vienna Woods. This plaque, dedicated to Baden's frequent guest, was destroyed in 1938 for political reasons.

Works (selection)

Works for piano

  • Dance arabesque f. Pianoforte comp. v. Alfred Grünfeld. Op. 41
  • Romance fd Pianoforte comp. v. Alfred Grünfeld. Op. 42.
  • Romance Op. 45, No. 1 (1896).
  • Hungarian fantasy: using national motifs. Op. 55 (1912)
  • Soirée de Vienne: concert paraphrase on Johann Strauss' waltz motifs (from "Fledermaus" and others). Op. 56.
  • Waltz paraphrase on “Voices of Spring Op. 410 ”by Johann Strauss .
  • Kaiser Waltz (performed by Konstantin Scherbakov (EMI))

Opera and operetta

Memorial plaque for Alfred Grünfeld

Honors

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean-Pierre Thiollet : 88 notes pour piano solo. Neva Editions, 2015, p. 172, ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0 .
  2. ↑ Local messages. (...) Wilbrandt-Baudius-Grünfeld Academy. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 9/1900, January 31, 1900, p. 3, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt
  3. ^ Yearbook for the History of Protestantism in Austria . Festival ceremony for Wilhelm Kühnert . Volume 96, 1/3. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 1980, ISSN 1013-6991 , p. 62.  
  4. ↑ Local news. (...) Personal message. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 81/1916, October 7, 1916, p. 2, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
  5. ^ Hanns Jäger-Sunstenau , Karl Uhlirz : The honorary citizens and honorary citizens of the city of Vienna. In memory of the Austrian historian Karl Uhlirz, director of the Vienna City Archives 1889–1903, died in 1914 as a university professor in Graz . Research and contributions to Viennese urban history, Volume 23. Deuticke, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-7005-4629-7 , p. 61.

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personal data
SURNAME Grünfeld, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pianist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1924
Place of death Vienna