Eduard Reményi

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Ede Reményi in the magazine Vasárnapi Újság (1856)
Concert program Boston 1891

Eduard Reményi , also Ede Reményi ; actually Eduard Hoffmann (born January 17, 1828 in Miskolc , Austrian Empire , † May 15, 1898 in San Francisco ) was a Hungarian violinist . His name is most likely to be encountered today in connection with the biography of Johannes Brahms .

Life

Ede Reményi studied between 1842 and 1845 with Joseph Böhm at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna . In 1848 he was banned from the Austrian Empire because of his participation in the Hungarian Revolution and emigrated to the USA, where he made his way as a traveling virtuoso. In 1852 he returned to Europe, became aware of the young pianist Johannes Brahms in Hamburg and went with him on a concert tour in 1852/53, which led through northern Germany and also to Göttingen and Weimar . From 1854 to 1859 Reményi worked in London as the solo violinist with Queen Victoria .

After receiving an amnesty, Reményi moved back to Hungary in 1860, where he was later appointed solo violinist for Emperor Franz Joseph . In 1865 a concert tour followed through France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. In 1870 he became concertmaster of the National Theater in Pest . Between 1871 and 1877 he lived in Paris, only to travel two years later to London, then to the USA, Canada and Mexico. In 1886/87 he went on a world tour that took him to Japan, China and South Africa, among others. In 1898 he died during a concert in San Francisco.

meaning

The name Reményi is most likely to be encountered in connection with the biography of Johannes Brahms. During the joint concert tour - on which Brahms 'later published variations on a “Hungarian song” were written as op. 21.2 - Reményi conveyed the encounter with the then already famous violinist Joseph Joachim, which was essential for Brahms' later life and work . He was also involved in bringing about the meeting with Franz Liszt in Weimar. Brahms' little enthusiasm for Liszt and his circle contributed to the fact that both paths diverged in Weimar. After the first series of the Hungarian Dances by Brahms had been published with great success in 1869 , Reményi also registered claims as the author. Brahms wrote in a letter to Clara Schumann in Pest on February 26th, 1856 : I couldn't learn the right thing from Reményi, he introduced too many lies.

There were different judgments about the game Rémenyis. His saying is often quoted: I will play the Kraitzer Sonata so that my hair will fly . Liszt held him in high regard and composed an epithalam for violin and piano for Reményi for his wedding to Gizella Fáy in 1872 . By contrast, Henri Vieuxtemps and Henryk Wieniawski have made critical statements.

Reményi transcribed numerous piano works for his instrument, including waltzes, polonaises and mazurkas by Chopin as well as works by Bach and Schubert , which were published under the title Nouvelle Ecole du Violon . Reményi also composed himself; including a Hungarian violin concerto .

literature

  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Reményi, Eduard . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 25th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1873, pp. 279–283 ( digitized version ).
  • Gwendolyn Dunley Kelly, George Putnam Upton: Edouard Remenyi: Musician, Litterateur, and Man. An Appreciation, with Sketches of his Life and Artistic Career, by Friends and Contemporaries, to which are added Critical Reviews of his Playing and Selections from his Literary Papers and Correspondence : AC McLurg & Co., Chicago 1906, archive.org
  • Alfred Einstein (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 10th edition Berlin 1922, p. 1052
  • Ervin Major :  Reményi, Ede. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 13 (Paladilhe - Ribera). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7618-1133-0 , Sp. 1552–1553 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Hans Adolf Neunzig: Johannes Brahms . Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 1973, pp. 21–24, 69
  • Karl Geiringer : Johannes Brahms. His life and work . 2nd Edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1974, pp. 39–46
  • Max Kalbeck : Johannes Brahms . 4 volumes (8 half volumes), 1904–1914; Facsimile reprint. Schneider, Tutzing 1976, Volume 1, pp. 59-62, 72-75, 78-80, 85-86
  • Carl Dahlhaus , Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (Ed.): Brockhaus Riemann Musiklexikon Schott / Piper, Mainz a. a. 1979, Volume 3, p. 32
  • Peter Clive: Brahms and His World: A Biographical Dictionary . The Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD 2006, pp. 356-360

Web links

Commons : Ede Reményi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, letters from the years 1853–1896 , ed. by Berthold Litzmann . Leipzig 1927, volume 1, p. 180
  2. ^ Hans Adolf Neunzig: Johannes Brahms . Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 1973, p. 21
personal data
SURNAME Reményi, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reményi, Ede; Hoffmann, Eduard (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian violinist
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Miskolc
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1898
Place of death San Francisco