Károly Aggházy

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Károly Aggházy

Károly Aggházy [ ˈkaːroj ˈɒkhaːzi ] (born October 30, 1855 in Pest , Austrian Empire ; died October 8, 1918 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary ) was a Hungarian pianist and composer .

Life

Aggházy was a student of Robert Volkmann , Anton Bruckner and Franz Liszt . From around 1879 he gave concerts as a pianist. From 1883 he worked as a teacher at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. He later taught at the Nemzeti Zenede in Budapest.

In addition to the opera Maritta , he mainly wrote chamber music and piano pieces.

Works (selection)

Music for the stage

  • A Borzáné Marcsája (Mrs. Borza's daughter Marie) , Singspiel in 3 acts. Together with: Jenő Hubay. Libretto: Tihané Almási Balogh. First performance: May 8, 1880, Budapest, Volkstheater
  • Szép leányok (Beautiful Girls) , music for the play by Gergely Csiky. First performance: February 4, 1881, Budapest, Volkstheater
  • A Művészet diadala (Triumph of Art) , pantomime in 1 act (op. 28). Libretto: K. Pejacsevich. Composed in 1894
  • Maritta, a korsós Madonna (Maritta, the Madonna with the jug) , opera in 2 acts (op. 32). Libretto: Irene K. Fuhrmann. Composed in 1895. First performed: October 14, 1897, Budapest, Royal Opera House. The subject is taken from the book The Monasteries of Christendom. The action takes place in the Spanish monastery of Yuste
  • A Ravennai nász (The Wedding of Ravenna) , opera in 2 acts. Libretto: Dezső Orbán. Composed in 1908. Not listed.

Instrumental and vocal music

  • Elégia for piano, dedicated to Aloyse Bodó
  • Etude de concert for piano op. 21, dedicated to Franz Liszt
  • Poëmes hongroise for piano 4 hands op. 13, published in 1887 by Bote & Bock in Berlin
  • Danse de Noces for piano four hands op. 15, published in 1890 by Harmonia in Budapest
  • Suite hongroise for piano four hands op. 19, published in 1890 by Harmonia in Budapest. I Mélodie II Danse III Intermezzo IV Rhapsody
  • Trois Mazurkas for piano op.26, 1895
  • Four piano pieces op. 41 I Duo II Ritornello III Badinage IV Prelude and Fugue , published in 1912 by D. Rather in Leipzig
  • Six songs for a voice with piano accompaniment op. 30, dedicated to Raimund Zur-Mühlen, published by C. Kieslers Musikverlag in Leipzig. I In the wonderful month of May Text: Heinrich Heine II The flowers are looking III Rogue song IV This is a roar V Tell me who once VI Death
  • Serenata alla Chitarra for piano, published by Weinholtz in Berlin in 1885
  • Sonata dramatique for piano and violin , composed around 1885
  • Valse sentimentale , composed around 1885
  • Spiritual variations on Es ist ein Ros sprung for piano
  • Piano quintet in G minor, 1897

literature

  • Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Agghazy, Carolus. 12th completely revised edition. 1. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1959, p. 11 (first edition: 1882).
  • Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Aggházy, Károly. 12th completely revised edition. 4. Supplementary volume, personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 8 (first edition: 1882).

Web links

Commons : Károly Aggházy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Digital copies

  1. ↑ elegia as digitized in the International Music Score Library Project
  2. ↑ Etude de concert op. 21 as a digitized version in the International Music Score Library Project
  3. ↑ Four piano pieces op.41 as a digital copy in the International Music Score Library Project
  4. ↑ Six songs op. 30 as a digitized version in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Riemann Musiklexikon, 1959.
  2. ↑ Major and minor . In: Signals for the musical world . tape 37 , no. 8 . Leipzig January 1879, p. 120 ( onb.ac.at ).
  3. ↑ August Beer: Maritta . In: Pester Lloyd . Budapest October 15, 1897, p. 2, 7 ( onb.ac.at ).
personal data
SURNAME Aggházy, Károly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aggházy, Carolus; Aggházy, Carl; Aggházy, Cároly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH pest
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1918
Place of death Budapest