Otakar Ševčík
Otakar Ševčík (born March 22, 1852 in Horažďovice , † January 18, 1934 in Písek ) was a Czech violinist .
biography
The son of a teacher and director of the church choir studied violin at the Prague Academic Gymnasium and from 1866 to 1870 at the Conservatory. After graduating from high school, he worked as concertmaster at the Salzburg Mozarteum from 1870 to 1873 , later in Vienna , Poland and Kiev, Russia . Ševčík became known as a violin soloist as well as a chamber musician and played with Eugène Ysaÿe , among others . This and future stays abroad contributed to his fame in his extensive teaching activities.
After an eye disease he stopped his concert activities and taught at the Tsarist Music School in Kiev from 1875 to 1892 , then for 14 years at the Prague Conservatory . In 1909 he returned to Vienna and taught there for nine years at the Vienna Music Academy . After the establishment of Czechoslovakia, he returned to his homeland and was appointed professor at the Conservatory. He was invited three times to longer educational stays in the USA, including to Boston , Chicago and New York , led masterclasses in Mondsee and held masterclasses in England at the age of 81 .
In 1957, Sevcikgasse in Vienna- Liesing (23rd district) was named after him.
Textbooks for violin
His violin studies and violin methods are still among the most important teaching works for violin students today. His most famous students include Karl Thomann , Jan Kubelík and Jaroslav Kocian .
These studies include Der Kleine Ševčík , an elementary violin school that teaches the semitone system in 149 exercises as well as the school of violin technique, first position , vol. II: second to seventh position and vol. III. Shifting, and Preparatory Exercises in Double-Stopping , op.9.
Work editions
Violin schools
- The Little Ševčík, An Elementary Violin Tutor (1901). Miami, Florida: Kalmus / Warner Music. ISBN 0-7692-9729-3 . Bosworth ISBN 0-7119-9838-8
- Scales + Chord Studies for Violin , Bosworth
- School of Violin Technique Op 1/1. Violin: Violin Studies , Bosworth, ISBN 0-7119-9519-2 * School of Violin Technique Op 1/2. Violin , Bosworth ISBN 3-936026-74-2
- School of Violin Technique Op 1/4. Violin , Bosworth, ISBN 0-7119-9722-5
- School of Bow Technique Op 2/1, violin , Bosworth, ISBN 0-7119-9837-X
- School of bow technique Op 2/2. Violin , Bosworth
- School of bow technique Op 2/3. Violin , Bosworth, ISBN 0-7119-9210-X , ISBN 3-936026-75-0
- School of bow technique Op 2/4. Violin , Bosworth
- School of bow technique Op 2/5. Violin , Bosworth, ISBN 0-7119-9701-2
- School of bow technique Op 2/6. Violin , Bosworth, ISBN 1-84449-307-5
- 40 Variations Op 3 , violin, Bosworth
- Violin School Op 6 for violin , volumes 1 to 7, Bosworth
- Trill Preliminary Studies Op 7 for Violin , Volumes 1 and 2, Bosworth
- Change of position Op 8. Violin , Bosworth, ISBN 1-84449-500-0
- Double Handle Preliminary Studies Op 9. Violin , Bosworth, ISBN 1-84609-011-3
Editions for viola and violoncello
- School of Viola Technique Op 1 , Volumes 1 to 4, Bosworth, ISBN 0-7119-9770-5 (Vol. 1)
- School of Bow Technique Op 2 for Viola , Volume 1 to 3, Bosworth
- 40 Variations Op 3. Viola , Bosworth
- Change of position Op 8. Viola , Bosworth
- Double Handle Preparatory Studies Op 9. Viola , Bosworth
- Thumb attachment Op 1/1. Violoncello , Bosworth
- Arch technique Op 2/1. Violoncello , Bosworth, ISBN 0-7119-9716-0
- Arch technique Op 2/4. Violoncello , Bosworth
- Arch technique Op 2/5. Violoncello , Bosworth
- 40 Variations Op 3. Violoncello , Bosworth
- Change of position Op 8. Violoncello , Bosworth, ISBN 0-7119-9502-8
Edition for double bass
- Bow Studies Op. 2 , arranged for double bass by Gerd Reinke , Bosworth, Cologne 1996
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Ševčik, Otakar Josep . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1877, p. 167 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Otakar Ševčík in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Otakar Ševčík in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ^ Die kleine Enzyklopädie , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, Volume 2, page 602
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ševčík, Otakar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sevcik, Otakar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Horažďovice |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1934 |
| Place of death | Písek |