László Weiner

László Weiner (born April 9, 1916 in Szombathely , Austria-Hungary , † July 25, 1944 in the Lukov forced labor camp) was a Jewish-Hungarian pianist , composer and conductor .

Life

Weiner studied piano playing and conducting at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest . From 1934 to 1940 he studied composition with Zoltán Kodály and received an award in 1941. In 1942 he married the singer Vera Rózsa . Due to racist reasons, the Hungarian Horthy regime restricted its performance possibilities to the concert hall of the Jewish self-help organization Omike . In February 1943 he was deported to a Hungarian forced labor camp in Lukov, where he died in July 1944. Kodály's attempt to ease Weiner's living conditions in the camp with a petition came to nothing.

Works

• 1938: Vonosharmas Szerenad string trio for violin, viola and violoncello
• 1939: Duo for violin and viola
• 1939 ?: Sonata for viola and piano
• 1941 ?: Concerto for flute, viola, piano and string orchestra, published 1965: Zeneműkiadó, Budapest
• ?????: Overture for violin
• undated: two mouvements for clarinet and piano
• ditto: three songs, including Az of the Elimelech vine

Some sheet music with works by Weiner was published by Editio Musica in Budapest in the 1950s and 1960s .

Discography

• In memoriam Hungarian composers, victims of the Holocaust . Budapest: Hungaroton Classic, 2008 (The CD contains works by László Weiner; Pál Budai; Sándor Kuti; Gyrogy Justus; Elemér Gyulai; Sándor Vándor) WorldCat

See also

• List of composers persecuted by the Nazi regime or its allies

Web links

• Literature by and about László Weiner in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Agnes Kory: Remembering Seven Murdered Hungarian Jewish Composers , at OREL Foundation, 2009
• Weiner László (1916-1944) , with Omike

Individual evidence

1. ↑ It is unclear in which place "Lukov" in the Hungarian territory the forced labor camp was located in 1943/44, see article discussion page
2. ^ FAZ of March 2, 2011, page 51: Tension in Hungary