Josef Slavík
Josef Slavík (born March 26, 1806 in Jince , Bohemia, † May 30, 1833 in Pest , Hungary) was a Czech violinist and composer . He was celebrated as the Bohemian Paganini during his lifetime .
Life
The son of the teacher Antonín Slavík received an early musical education. In 1816, Count Eugen von Würben , who owned the Jince estate, recognized the boy's talent and on November 1 of the same year the ten-year-old was admitted to the Prague Conservatory . Slavík began composing at the age of 14. He extended his studies for another year until 1823. At the age of 17 Slavík became a violinist in the orchestra of the Prague Estates Theater . The activity as an orchestral musician did not satisfy him and in 1824 he returned to Hořovice , where his father had been teaching since 1816, and worked at the Charity Academy.
In 1825 he gave a successful concert in the Redoutensaal in Prague, where he first performed the F sharp minor Concerto he had composed. He then gave concerts in Vienna , Prague and Teplitz , where Friedrich Wilhelm III. was one of his listeners, as well as in Karlsbad . Slavík got to know the works of Niccolò Paganini , which he implemented in his own variations.
In 1826 Slavík performed successfully at the Wiener Musikverein and was hailed by critics as Paganini's successor before Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst . Slavík received the title of chamber virtuoso and went on concert tours all over Europe. In 1828 he lived in Paris for almost a year and was able to assert himself there despite some intrigues by French violinists. After his return to Vienna, Slavík became a soloist in the imperial court orchestra. In Vienna he met Frédéric Chopin . In 1830 he returned to Bohemia and gave concerts in Teplitz, Horschowitz and Prague.
In 1833 Slavík traveled to Hungary for a concert despite suffering from the flu. In his quarters at the music publisher Karl Müller in Pest, he lay down with a high fever and died at the age of only 27.
On June 1, 1833 he was buried there in the Leopold cemetery. His remains were later transferred to another Budapest cemetery and transferred to Vyšehrad on the 100th anniversary of his death in 1933 .
Compositions
- Variation in E major, 1820
- Concerto in F sharp minor, 1823
- Capriccio in D major, 1824
- Grand Potpourri, 1825
- Rondino for violin with piano accompaniment, 1826
- Concerto in A minor, 1827
- Polonaise in D major for piano, 1828
- Il Pirata - Violin variation on the G string, 1832
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Slawik, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 35th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1877, pp. 133–136 ( digitized version ).
- Stanislav Vaclav Klíma: Josef Slavík. (1806-1833). Zivot a dilo velkeho ceskeho houslisty . Statni Nakladatelství krasne literatury hudby a umeni, Prague 1956, ( Hudebni Profily 2), (with catalog raisonné and bibliography).
- Ratibor Budiš: Slavní čeští houslisté . Státní Hudební Vydavatelství, Prague 1966, ( Hudba na každém kroku 20, ZDB -ID 421598-9 ), p. 47 ff.
- František Žídek: Čeští houslisté tří století . Panton, Prague 1982, pp. 65-74.
- H. Reitterer - V. Reittererová: Slavík (Slawjk) Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 353 f. (Direct links on p. 353 , p. 354 ).
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Josef Slavík in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Sheet music and audio files by Josef Slavík in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Slavík, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Slavik, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jince |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1833 |
| Place of death | pest |