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Carl von Garaguly (28 December 1900 – 18 October 1984), also known as Carl Garaguly, was a Hungarian violinist and conductor who spent much of his working life in Scandinavia. He was born in Budapest, and worked many years in Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden, both as violinist and as a conductor.^[1]

Life and career[edit]

Garaguly was a child prodigy,^[2] performing in public from the age of 6, having received his first violin lessons from his father. By the age of 10 he was undertaking concert tours.^[3]

He studied violin with Jenő Hubay at the Hungarian State Academy in 1907–08, and with Henri Marteau at the Berlin High School for Music from 1914 to 1916,^[3] and was a member of the Marteau Society.^[1] Aged 17 he became the assistant deputy leader of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.^[4] During war service he made concert tours for the Red Cross before teaching for a time at the Conservatory of Arad, Transylvannia.^[3]

Garaguly moved to Sweden in 1923 and from that year until 1930 he was the leader of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and also first violin of the Gothenburg Quartet.^[4] Garaguly began his association with the Stockholm Concert Society (today the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra) in 1930 as deputy leader, in which post he also performed solos in concert works by Mozart, Wieniawski, Pergament, Berwald, Mendelssohn and Hubay.^[5] He continued as deputy leader up until being appointed principal conductor of the orchestra from 1942 until 1953.^[4] Having studied conducting with Clemens Krauss he had made his debut as conductor in March 1940, having previously conducted two schools concerts. During his tenure he led nearly 300 concerts, as well 100 school or youth concerts. He conducted two concerts in London in 1952 during the orchestra's visit.^[4] Garaguly's appointment was not universally welcomed, with some criticizing the orchestra board for not giving the job to Tor Mann. In addition, Kurt Atterberg attacked Garaguly's nomination because he was not born in Sweden (although he had lived there for half his life and was married to a Swedish woman).^[6] His primary repertoire interest was modern music, but he also conducted the major classics. His rehearsal and preparation was much admired and the orchestra became more reliable technically during his tenure.^[6] His final appearance conducting the orchestra was on 26 October 1982.^[5]

Garaguly was named music director of Harmonien (the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra) in 1952. He was conductor of the Arnhem Symphony Orchestra (officially called Het Gelders Orkest (HGO) in Dutch) from 1959 to 1972, and the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester in Denmark from 1965 to 1979, while also returning to Stockholm to guest conduct.^[4]

He gave the premiere of the symphony of Anne-Marie Ørbeck in 1954 in Bergen.^[7]

Discography[edit]

Berlin Classics have issued recordings of Garaguly conducting the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in Sibelius Symphonies 1 and 7, the Háry János Suite by Kodály, pieces by Johann Strauss and a suite from Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district, Op. 29 by Shostakovich. In their series of violin concertos with Kai Laursen, Danacord has several where the conductor is Garaguly leading the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra: Concerto for Violin in A major, Op. 6 by Svendsen, Concerto for Violin in G major by Ludvig Holm, Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 20 by Peder Gram, Concerto for Violin in G major, Op. 11 by Hakon Børresen, Concerto for Violin in D major by Enna, Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 27 by Gustav Helsted, Concerto for Violin, Op. 48 by Emborg and the Chamber Concerto no 9 for Violin and Viola, Op. 39 by Holmboe.^[8] Carl Nielsen's Symphony No 2 and Suite for String Orchestra were recorded by Garaguly with the Tivoli Orchestra (Vox). Other discs listed by CHARM are Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Victor Schiøler, piano (1945, Tono), Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major also with Schiøler, (1947 HMV), Brahms Symphony No. 1 by the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin (1957 Eterna), Sibelius Tapiola, also in Berlin, Lars-Erik Larsson's Music for orchestra, Op. 40 and Hilding Rosenberg's Concerto for string orchestra.^[9] A recording of Garaguly conducting for Jussi Björling on 9 June 1954 in Bergen has been issued on the Bluebell label.

As leader of the Garaguly Quartet, he is heard in recordings of Stenhammar's String Quartet No. 5 in C major, Op. 29, Atterberg's String quartet in B, Op 11/2, Larsson's Intima Miniatyrer Op. 20, and Rosenberg's String Quartet No 4.^[10]

On one disk of Caprice CAP 21620 a range of his solo violin recordings have been reissued.^[11]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b The Music and Theatre Library of Sweden Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2 February 2013.
^ Postcard photo as child prodigy, accessed 10 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Fifth Edition. London, Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1954
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Åhlén, Carl-Gunnar. 'The Musicians'. In the book accompanying BIS 421/424 - Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 75 years - 1914-1989, Grammofon AB BIS, 1988.
^ ^a ^b Konserthuset archives Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 18 March 2013
^ ^a ^b Schuberth, John. 'The Stockholm “Konsertförening”, 1914-46'. In the book accompanying BIS 421/424 - Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 75 years - 1914-1989, Grammofon AB BIS, 1988.
^ Norwegian MIC, accessed 2 February 2013
^ Conductor search in http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/ Accessed 2 February 2013
^ Discographical data from The CHARM Discography, Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music, <http://www.charm.kcl.ac.uk/about/about_structure Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine>, accessed 2 February 2013.
^ Caprice Records CAP 21502 Äldre svenska stråkkvartetter Vol 1:11, accessed 10 February 2013
^ Caprice Records CAP 21620 Henri Marteau - Swedish pupils and colleagues, accessed 10 February 2013.

External links[edit]

Biography (in Swedish)

Cultural offices
Preceded by Fritz Busch	Principal Conductors, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 1942–1953	Succeeded by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Preceded by Olav Kielland	Principal Conductors, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra 1952–1958	Succeeded by Arvid Fladmoe

[biblioteket-1] The Music and Theatre Library of Sweden Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2 February 2013.

[2] Postcard photo as child prodigy, accessed 10 February 2013.

[GroveV-3] Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Fifth Edition. London, Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1954

[Åhlén-4] Åhlén, Carl-Gunnar. 'The Musicians'. In the book accompanying BIS 421/424 - Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 75 years - 1914-1989, Grammofon AB BIS, 1988.

[konserthuset-5] Konserthuset archives Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 18 March 2013

[Schuberth-6] Schuberth, John. 'The Stockholm “Konsertförening”, 1914-46'. In the book accompanying BIS 421/424 - Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 75 years - 1914-1989, Grammofon AB BIS, 1988.

[7] Norwegian MIC, accessed 2 February 2013

[8] Conductor search in http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/ Accessed 2 February 2013

[9] Discographical data from The CHARM Discography, Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music, <http://www.charm.kcl.ac.uk/about/about_structure Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine>, accessed 2 February 2013.

[10] Caprice Records CAP 21502 Äldre svenska stråkkvartetter Vol 1:11, accessed 10 February 2013

[11] Caprice Records CAP 21620 Henri Marteau - Swedish pupils and colleagues, accessed 10 February 2013.

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+{{Short description|Hungarian violinist and conductor}}
-'''Carl von Garaguly''' (28 December 1900 &ndash; 4 October 1984), also known as '''Carl Garaguly''', was a [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] [[violin]]ist and [[Conducting|conductor]] who spent much of his working life in [[Scandinavia]]. He was born in [[Budapest]], and worked many years in [[Gothenburg]] and [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], both as violinist and as a conductor.<ref name="biblioteket">[http://biblioteket.statensmusikverk.se/ard/forteckningar/MMGaraguly.html The Music and Theatre Library of Sweden], accessed 2 February 2013.</ref>
+[[File:1907 circa Ansichtskarte der kleine ungarische Violin-Virtuos Karl Gara-Guly, Bildseite (Ausschnitt).jpg|thumb|Karl Gara-Guly at the age of six or seven]]
+'''Carl von Garaguly''' (28 December 1900 &ndash; 18 October 1984), also known as '''Carl Garaguly''', was a [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] [[violin]]ist and [[Conducting|conductor]] who spent much of his working life in [[Scandinavia]]. He was born in [[Budapest]], and worked many years in [[Gothenburg]] and [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], both as violinist and as a conductor.<ref name="biblioteket">[http://biblioteket.statensmusikverk.se/ard/forteckningar/MMGaraguly.html The Music and Theatre Library of Sweden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205909/http://biblioteket.statensmusikverk.se/ard/forteckningar/MMGaraguly.html |date=2016-03-04 }}, accessed 2 February 2013.</ref>
 == Life and career ==
 Garaguly was a child prodigy,<ref>[http://temposenzatempo.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/three-boy-violinists.html Postcard photo as child prodigy], accessed 10 February 2013.</ref> performing in public from the age of 6, having received his first violin lessons from his father. By the age of 10 he was undertaking concert tours.<ref name="GroveV">[[Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Fifth Edition]]. London, Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1954</ref>
-He studied violin with [[Jenő Hubay]] at the [[Franz Liszt Academy of Music|Hungarian State Academy]] in 1907-08, and with [[Henri Marteau]] at the [[Berlin University of the Arts|Berlin High School for Music]] from 1914–16,<ref name="GroveV"/> and was a member of the Marteau Society.<ref name="biblioteket"/>
+He studied violin with [[Jenő Hubay]] at the [[Franz Liszt Academy of Music|Hungarian State Academy]] in 1907–08, and with [[Henri Marteau]] at the [[Berlin University of the Arts|Berlin High School for Music]] from 1914 to 1916,<ref name="GroveV"/> and was a member of the Marteau Society.<ref name="biblioteket"/>
 Aged 17 he became the assistant deputy leader of the [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref name="Åhlén">Åhlén, Carl-Gunnar. 'The Musicians'. In the book accompanying [[BIS Records|BIS]] 421/424 - Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 75 years - 1914-1989, Grammofon AB BIS, 1988.</ref> During war service he made concert tours for the Red Cross before teaching for a time at the Conservatory of [[Arad, Romania|Arad]], Transylvannia.<ref name="GroveV"/>
 Garaguly moved to Sweden in 1923 and from that year until 1930 he was the leader of the [[Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra]], and also first violin of the Gothenburg Quartet.<ref name="Åhlén"/>
-Garaguly began his association with the Stockholm Concert Society (today the [[Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra]]) in 1930 as deputy leader, in which post he also performed solos in concert works by Mozart, Wieniawski, Pergament, Berwald, Mendelssohn and Hubay.<ref name="konserthuset">[http://www.konserthuset.se/Default.aspx?PageId=52&Sida=Historisk%2bs%c3%b6kning&hsParticipant=garaguly&hsKfo=-1&hs=1 Konserthuset archives], accessed 18 March 2013</ref>
+Garaguly began his association with the Stockholm Concert Society (today the [[Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra]]) in 1930 as deputy leader, in which post he also performed solos in concert works by Mozart, Wieniawski, Pergament, Berwald, Mendelssohn and Hubay.<ref name="konserthuset">[http://www.konserthuset.se/Default.aspx?PageId=52&Sida=Historisk%2bs%c3%b6kning&hsParticipant=garaguly&hsKfo=-1&hs=1 Konserthuset archives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032437/http://www.konserthuset.se/Default.aspx?PageId=52&Sida=Historisk%2Bs%C3%B6kning&hsParticipant=garaguly&hsKfo=-1&hs=1 |date=2016-03-04 }}, accessed 18 March 2013</ref>
 He continued as deputy leader up until being appointed principal conductor of the orchestra from 1942 until 1953.<ref name="Åhlén"/>
-Having studied conducting with Clemens Krauss he had made his debut as conductor in March 1940, having previously conducted two schools concerts. During his tenure he led nearly 300 concerts, as well 100 school or youth concerts. He conducted two concerts in London in 1952 during the orchestra's visit.<ref name="Åhlén"/> Garaguly's appointment was not universally welcomed, with some criticizing the orchestra board for not giving the job to Tor Mann. In addition, Kurt Atterberg attacked Garaguly’s nomination because he was not born in Sweden (although he had lived there for half his life and was married to a Swedish woman).<ref name="Schuberth">Schuberth, John. 'The Stockholm “Konsertförening”, 1914-46'. In the book accompanying [[BIS Records|BIS]] 421/424 - Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 75 years - 1914-1989, Grammofon AB BIS, 1988.</ref>
+Having studied conducting with Clemens Krauss he had made his debut as conductor in March 1940, having previously conducted two schools concerts. During his tenure he led nearly 300 concerts, as well 100 school or youth concerts. He conducted two concerts in London in 1952 during the orchestra's visit.<ref name="Åhlén"/> Garaguly's appointment was not universally welcomed, with some criticizing the orchestra board for not giving the job to Tor Mann. In addition, Kurt Atterberg attacked Garaguly's nomination because he was not born in Sweden (although he had lived there for half his life and was married to a Swedish woman).<ref name="Schuberth">Schuberth, John. 'The Stockholm “Konsertförening”, 1914-46'. In the book accompanying [[BIS Records|BIS]] 421/424 - Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 75 years - 1914-1989, Grammofon AB BIS, 1988.</ref>
 His primary repertoire interest was modern music, but he also conducted the major classics. His rehearsal and preparation was much admired and the orchestra became more reliable technically during his tenure.<ref name="Schuberth"/> His final appearance conducting the orchestra was on 26 October 1982.<ref name="konserthuset"/>
-Garaguly was named music director of ''[[Harmonien]]'' (the [[Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra]]) in 1952. He was conductor of the Arnhem Symphony Orchestra (officially called Het Gelders Orkest (HGO) in Dutch) from 1959-1972, and the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester in Denmark from 1965 to 1979, while also returning to Stockholm to guest conduct.<ref name="Åhlén"/>
+Garaguly was named music director of ''[[Harmonien]]'' (the [[Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra]]) in 1952. He was conductor of the Arnhem Symphony Orchestra (officially called Het Gelders Orkest (HGO) in Dutch) from 1959 to 1972, and the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester in Denmark from 1965 to 1979, while also returning to Stockholm to guest conduct.<ref name="Åhlén"/>
 He gave the premiere of the symphony of [[Anne-Marie Ørbeck]] in 1954 in Bergen.<ref>[http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2002100715132269544060 Norwegian MIC], accessed 2 February 2013</ref>
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 Berlin Classics have issued recordings of Garaguly conducting the [[Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra]] in Sibelius Symphonies [[Symphony No. 1 (Sibelius)|1]] and [[Symphony No. 7 (Sibelius)|7]], the [[Hary Janos Suite#Suite|Háry János Suite]] by Kodály, pieces by Johann Strauss and a suite from [[Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (opera)|Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district]], Op. 29 by Shostakovich.
 In their series of violin concertos with Kai Laursen, [[Danacord]] has several where the conductor is Garaguly leading the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra: Concerto for Violin in A major, Op. 6 by [[Johann Svendsen|Svendsen]], Concerto for Violin in G major by [[Ludvig Holm]], Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 20 by [[Peder Gram]], Concerto for Violin in G major, Op. 11 by Hakon Børresen, Concerto for Violin in D major by [[August Enna|Enna]], Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 27 by Gustav Helsted, Concerto for Violin, Op. 48 by Emborg and the Chamber Concerto no 9 for Violin and Viola, Op. 39 by [[Vagn Holmboe|Holmboe]].<ref>Conductor search in http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/  Accessed 2 February 2013</ref>
-Carl Nielsen's [[Symphony No. 2 (Nielsen)|Symphony No 2]] and [[Suite for String Orchestra (Nielsen)|Suite for String Orchestra]] were recorded by Garaguly with the [[Copenhagen Philharmonic|Tivoli Orchestra]] ([[Vox Records|Vox]]). Other discs listed by CHARM are Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with [[Victor Schiøler]], piano (1945, Tono), Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major also with Schiøler, (1947 HMV), Brahms [[Symphony No. 1 (Brahms)|Symphony No. 1]] by the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin (1957 Eterna), Sibelius [[Tapiola (Sibelius)|Tapiola]], also in Berlin, Lars-Erik Larsson's Music for orchestra, Op. 40 and Hilding Rosenberg's Concerto for string orchestra.<ref>Discographical data from The CHARM Discography, Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music, <http://www.charm.kcl.ac.uk/about/about_structure>, accessed 2 February 2013.</ref> A recording of Garaguly conducting for [[Jussi Björling]] on 9 June 1954 in [[Bergen]] has been issued on the Bluebell label.
+Carl Nielsen's [[Symphony No. 2 (Nielsen)|Symphony No 2]] and [[Suite for String Orchestra (Nielsen)|Suite for String Orchestra]] were recorded by Garaguly with the [[Copenhagen Philharmonic|Tivoli Orchestra]] ([[Vox Records|Vox]]). Other discs listed by CHARM are Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with [[Victor Schiøler]], piano (1945, Tono), Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major also with Schiøler, (1947 HMV), Brahms [[Symphony No. 1 (Brahms)|Symphony No. 1]] by the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin (1957 Eterna), Sibelius [[Tapiola (Sibelius)|Tapiola]], also in Berlin, Lars-Erik Larsson's Music for orchestra, Op. 40 and Hilding Rosenberg's Concerto for string orchestra.<ref>Discographical data from The CHARM Discography, Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music, <http://www.charm.kcl.ac.uk/about/about_structure {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221938/http://www.charm.kcl.ac.uk/about/about_structure |date=2013-12-02 }}>, accessed 2 February 2013.</ref> A recording of Garaguly conducting for [[Jussi Björling]] on 9 June 1954 in [[Bergen]] has been issued on the Bluebell label.
 As leader of the Garaguly Quartet, he is heard in recordings of Stenhammar's String Quartet No. 5 in C major, Op. 29, Atterberg's String quartet in B, Op 11/2, Larsson's Intima Miniatyrer Op. 20, and Rosenberg's String Quartet No 4.<ref>[http://statensmusikverk.se/capricerecords/artikel/ldre-svstrakkvartetter-2/?lang=en Caprice Records CAP 21502 Äldre svenska stråkkvartetter Vol 1:11, accessed 10 February 2013]</ref>
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-* [http://www.muslib.se/sma/musikmuseet/MMgaraguly.html Biography (in Swedish)]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060219024256/http://www.muslib.se/sma/musikmuseet/MMgaraguly.html Biography (in Swedish)]
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