Ján Levoslav Bella

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Ján Levoslav Bella

Ján Levoslav Bella (born September 4, 1843 in Liptovský Mikuláš (Liptau-Sankt-Nikolaus), † May 25, 1936 in Bratislava ) was a Slovak composer .

Live and act

Ján Levoslav Bella was the oldest of ten children of the organist Johann Ignatz Bella and his wife Theresia Veselovská.

After attending the grammar school in Levoča , which the Spis bishop made possible for him, Bella studied Catholic theology in Banská Bystrica and two years in Vienna at the Pazmaneum composition with Simon Sechter , who was also Schubert and Bruckner's teacher.

In 1866 he was ordained a priest in Banská Bystrica. In 1870 he became Kapellmeister in Kremnitz .

From 1881 to 1921 he was city cantor and conductor in Sibiu / Transylvania , where he converted to the Protestant faith and married. There, in addition to masses and other sacred music, he composed his most important work, the opera ( Kováč Wieland - Wieland the Smith , 1926), a symphonic poem , as well as string quartets and quintets, piano and violin pieces and songs .

In 1921 he moved to Vienna to live with his daughter Augusta. From 1928 he lived in Bratislava. After the outbreak of his serious illness, he withdrew from the public. He died at the age of 93 and his remains were buried at the Pressburg Gaistor Cemetery.

His granddaughter is the pianist Dagmar Sturli-Bella .

Appreciation

Monument to Ján Levoslav Bella in Bratislava

The conservatory, founded in Banská Bystrica in 1992, was named after Ján Levoslav Bella.

Jan Levoslav Bella Prize

Since 1963, works by contemporary composers have been awarded the Jan Levoslav Bella Prize in Slovakia . Among the excellent composers are a. Ján Cikker , Ilja Zeljenka, Vladimír Godár, Peter Machajdík , Roman Berger, Iris Szeghy.

literature

  • Bella Johann Levoslav. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 66.
  • Slovak Music, 1990, 3–4, Bratislava (Music Information Center of the Slovak Music Fund) 1990.
  • Bernd Zimmermann A composer between peoples. For the 150th birthday of Ján Levoslav Bella (1843-1936) . In: Heimatblatt der Karpatendeutschen Landsmannschaft in Austria, year 45, volume 1/2, January / February 1994, p. 10

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ján Levoslav Bella - author of the first Slovak opera on Radio Slovakia International on September 23, 2011, accessed on October 14, 2011

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personal data
SURNAME Bella, Jan Levoslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak composer
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Liptovský Mikuláš
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1936
Place of death Bratislava