Jenő Hubay
Jenő Hubay von Szalatna [ ˈjɛnøː ˈhubɒ.i ] (born September 15, 1858 in Pest , Austrian Empire ; † March 12, 1937 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian violinist and composer . He was born as Eugen Huber and changed his name at the age of 21 in the course of the Magyarization .
Life
He grew up in a family of musicians. His father, Karl Huber (1827–1885), was a violin professor at the Music Academy and Kapellmeister of the State Theater in Budapest. a. composed four operas and performance pieces for the violin.
Jenő was first taught by his father and went to Berlin in 1873 to study with Joseph Joachim . In the spring of 1876 he finished his studies and returned to Hungary. Here he became friends with Franz Liszt and played with him numerous performances of Liszt's 12th Hungarian Rhapsody and Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata .
In May 1878, on the advice of Franz Liszt, he traveled to Paris , where he enjoyed great success as a violin virtuoso. In the following years he went on successful concert tours in France, England, Belgium, the Netherlands and Hungary. Shortly after his return he met Henri Vieuxtemps in Paris . He proposed him in 1882 (Hubay was only 23) as professor of violin at the Conservatory in Brussels , a post held by Vieuxtemps himself and, more recently, Henryk Wieniawski . Hubay accepted the appointment to main professorship for violin.
He bought a Stradivarius built in 1726, which he played from then on. In 1894 he married Countess Róza Cebrian and in 1907 he was ennobled. He has been invited by kings, heads of state, artists and church leaders across Europe. His friends included Mihály Munkácsy , Zsigmond Justh , Jules Massenet , Benjamin Godard , Felix Weingartner and Josef Krips .
In the summer of 1886, at the request of the Minister of Culture, he returned to Hungary to take over his father's post (head of violin training at the Budapest Music Academy ). He settled in Budapest and traded his life as a traveling virtuoso with that of a composer and a leading figure in Hungarian musical life. On December 21, 1888 he played the world premiere of his 3rd Violin Sonata (D minor, op. 108) from the manuscript in Budapest with Johannes Brahms.
Hubay wrote four violin concertos. The 3rd Concerto in G minor, Op. 99, published in 1908, was dedicated by Hubay to his then 14-year-old student Franz von Vecsey , who also premiered it. He achieved great success in London and Berlin. Hubay 4th Violin Concerto op. 101 "Concerto all'antica" was premiered in 1908 in Budapest. It has baroque forms in a romantic orchestration.
In 1918, Hubay had to go into temporary exile. After returning to his palace in 1919, he organized legendary afternoon concerts in his “White Music Salon”, at which many celebrities of his time performed. Most of these concerts were broadcast on the radio.
From 1919 to 1934 Hubay was director of the music academy. He founded one of the world's leading violin schools. His students included Bram Eldering , György Garay , Stefi Geyer , Ferenc Vecsey , Joseph Szigeti , Emil Telmányi , Eddy Brown , Jelly d'Arányi , Eugene Ormandy , Janos Koncz , Istvan Partos , Erna Rubinstein , Zoltán Székely , Ede Zathureczky. , André Gerteczler , Wanda Luzzato , Barnabás von Géczy , Edith Lorand and Paul Godwin .
Together with the cellist David Popper , he founded the Hubay Popper Quartet in 1896, in which u. a. Johannes Brahms , Ernst von Dohnányi , Wilhelm Backhaus and Leopold Godowsky played. It was one of the leading quartet formations for 30 years and served as a model for other quartets such as the Waldbauer-Kerpely Quartet , the Végh Quartet , the Roth Quartet and the Lener Quartet .
During the communist dictatorship in Hungary after 1956, the name Hubay could not be mentioned because he was an "upper-class aristocratic" artist. He had contacts with emperors, kings and many other high-ranking personalities.
Awards
In 1909 Hubay was ennobled, in 1913 he received an honorary doctorate and in 1930 he received the newly donated Matthias Corvinus Decoration .
Works (selection)
As a composer he created several operas, four symphonies , four violin concertos , an orchestral suite, chamber music works, choirs and songs .
- Scenes from Csárda for violin and orchestra, 1879–91
- Concert piece for cello and orchestra, 1884
- 1st Symphony in B flat major , 1885
- Aliénor , Opera, 1886–88
- The violin maker of Cremona , Opera, 1892
- Romantic sonata for violin and piano, 1894
- Der Dorflump , Opera, 1894–95
- Moorröschen , 1897–98
- Études concertantes for violin, 1900
- Lavotta's Love , Opera, 1904
- The Venus de Milo , Opera, 1908-09
- The Mask , Opera, 1909-10
- Symphony No. 2 in C minor , 1914
- Anna Karenina , opera based on Leo Tolstoy , 1914
- Choral Symphony Vita Nuova , 1921
- Petofi Symphony for choir and orchestra, 1922
- The selfish giant , opera based on Oscar Wilde , 1933–34
- Csárdajelenet , ballet, 1936
- Variations on a Hungarian Theme
- Zefir, for violin and piano
swell
- Hubay Jenő Foundation
- Hubay Music Hall
Web links
- Jenő Hubay sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Works by and about Jenő Hubay in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hubay Jenő Foundation (English)
- Hubays Palais - today Music Hall (English)
- Catalog of works on Klassika
Individual evidence
- ↑ Note: Vieuxtemps had already died in 1881
- ↑ Amnon Shaham: Hubay: Violin Concerts , 2003. In: Supplement to the Hyperion CD Hubay Violin Concerts 3 & 4 . P. 16
- ↑ Photo Hubay in the “White Music Salon” around 1935 ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Magazine Archive, Issue No. 4, Volume 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hubay, Jenő |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hubay from Szalatna, Jenő (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1937 |
| Place of death | Budapest |