Géza Frid

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Géza Frid [ ˈɡeːzɒ ˈfrid ] (born January 25, 1904 in Máramarossziget , Austria-Hungary , today Sighetu Marmației , Romania ; † September 13, 1989 in Beverwijk , Netherlands ) was a Hungarian-Dutch composer , conductor and pianist .

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Géza Frid (ca.1935)

Introduced to music by his musical mother at an early age, he had his first public appearance at the age of 6. In 1912 he moved to Budapest in order to put his training on a solid foundation by studying at the Franz Liszt Academy. He studied piano with Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály . He passed his exams at the University of Music in Budapest in 1924. In 1926 he went on an extensive concert tour to Italy . In 1927 his first string quartet was performed in Budapest and London . In the following two years he made concert tours throughout Europe with the violinist Zoltán Székely . In 1929 he settled in Amsterdam and relocated there. His compositions received international recognition ( France , Switzerland , United States , Great Britain ). During the occupation from 1940 to 1945 he protested, like other artists in the Netherlands , with a concert strike. He escaped the imprisonment and deportation of foreign Jews from the Netherlands.

In 1948 he received Dutch citizenship . In 1948 and 1949 he undertook a concert tour through Indonesia , where he attended 48 concert dates. This gave him the position of conductor of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of Jakarta . As a result, he received numerous awards and prizes. In 1951 he started a second concert tour through Indonesia and then through the Kingdom of Siam and Egypt . Further tours followed through Great Britain, a third in Indonesia, Israel (1962) and the Soviet Union (1963) together with the singer Erna Spoorenberg . In the following years further tours were on the program (again Israel, Turkey , Italy , South and North America 1965, Suriname , Netherlands Antilles , Venezuela , United States and Canada ).

In 1964 he was appointed professor at the Conservatory of Utrecht in professional chamber music appointed.

Works

Works for orchestra

  • 1929: Suite pour orchester opus 6
  • 1931: Tempesta d'orchestra opus 10
  • 1933: Symphony opus 13
  • 1935: Concert voor piano en koor
  • 1935: Romance et Allegro for violoncello and orchestra opus 16
  • 1938: Abel et Caïn tableau symphonique opus 15 for bass and large orchestra
  • 1948: Paradou Symphonic Fantasy
  • 1950: Variaties op een Nederlands folkslied for choir and orchestra
  • 1952: Concert for two violins and orchestra opus 40
  • 1953/1955: Drie romances for soprano and orchestra opus 41a Text: Heinrich Heine
  • 1953: Caecilia-overture opus 45
  • 1954: Muziek uit het ballet “Luctor et emergo” for choir and orchestra opus 43 a
  • 1954: Études symphoniques opus 47
  • 1957: Concert for two pianos and orchestra opus 55
  • 1963: Introductie, thema en variaties
  • 1970/1979: Concerts for three violins and orchestra opus 78
  • 1972: Concert for clarinets and string orchestra opus 82
  • 1973: Toccata voor orkest opus 84

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1951: The slave ship for tenor and baritone solo, male choir, piano and wind orchestra opus 51
  • 1954: Suid-Afrikaanse rhapsodie opus 46 b
  • 1964: Zeven pauken en een koperorkest opus 69
  • 1965: Ballade for mixed choir and wind orchestra Ballade opus 71; Text: J. Slauerhoff
  • 1966: Four Schetsen opus 72 a
  • 1977: Variations on a Dutch Folksong opus 29
  • 1978: Brabant en Màramures
  • Rhapsody opus 42 a

Stage works

  • 1953: Luctor et emergo opus 43 ballet
  • 1958: De Zwarte Bruid parodic opera opus 57; Text: CJ Kelk
  • 1961: Euridice Ballet opus 61

Choral music

  • 1951: Hymne aan de arbeid opus 32 for male choir and orchestra
  • 1951: 10 laments for female choir
  • 1952: Spring celebration opus 41 no. 3 for soprano, alto and accompaniment of eight instruments
  • 1960: Farewell song cycle based on texts by Hermann Hesse opus 59
  • 1960: On a journey a song cycle based on texts by Hermann Hesse in the modus lascivus opus 60
  • 1972: Buurtkermis in Vlaanderen opus 81 for male choir, piano and percussion; Text: A. Simoens
  • 1974: Arabesques roumaines for women's choir opus 85
  • 1975: Caprices roumains for 6-part male choir opus 86 a
  • In the cloister of Santo Stefano opus 83 no.4

Chamber music

  • 1926: Trio a cordes opus 1
  • 1927: 1st string quartet
  • 1951: 3rd string quartet (Fantasia Tropica) opus 30
  • 1951: 20 duos for two violins opus 37
  • 1955: Sonata for violin and piano opus 50
  • 1956: 4th string quartet opus 50 a
  • 1963: Twelf Metamorphosen for wind instruments and piano opus 54 a
  • 1967: Dubbeltrio for wind instruments opus 73
  • 1984: Vijfde strijkkwartet (Symmetrie II) opus 99

Fonts

  • Oog in oog met… Tolstoj, Thomas Mann, Bomans, Mussolini, Mengelberg, Bartók en Ravel. 1976
  • In tachtig jaar de wereld rond: herinneringen. 1989

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personal data
SURNAME Frid, Géza
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Máramarossziget , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1989
Place of death Beverwijk , Netherlands