Vincent Adler

Vincent Adler (also Vincenz Adler; born April 3, 1826 in Győr , † January 4, 1871 in Geneva ) was a Hungarian composer and pianist .

Life

Vincent Adler's father was the musician Georg Adler, who gave him his first musical lessons. He received further training from his brother-in-law Ferenc Erkel . In 1838 he went to Vienna at the age of twelve. Here he met Franz Liszt , who was enthusiastic about Adler's piano playing and prophesied a great future as a pianist for him. He initially stayed in Vienna and studied there until 1842. He then went to Germany and settled in Zurich and Winterthur for a few years. Here he met Richard Wagner , Wilhelm Baumgartner and Theodor Kirchner and published his first compositions. In 1850 he received a call to Geneva, where he lived and worked for five years after Geneva. Switzerland became his second home. In 1855 he made a trip to Paris to publish his compositions. After his return he married in Geneva. He finally settled in Paris , where he was also busy composing. From here he went on numerous concert tours as a pianist. From 1864 he taught at the Geneva Conservatory .

Adler composed piano etudes and virtuoso salon pieces for the piano that have a Hungarian flavor .

Piano works (selection)

The French National Library owns many works by Vincent Adler. In 2018, the Swiss pianist and composer Michel Cardinaux (* 1962) published an anthology with his piano works at Rapsodica Helvetica under the title Oeuvres pour piano . This includes the works op. 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 1-4, 15, 18, 22, 24 and 26.

Works with opus number

Two Impromptus op. 1; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1854. Dedicated to Charles de Bock. I Pas trop vite II La petite Mendiante OCLC 497079110

Styrienne op. 2; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1854 OCLC 497079917

Danse bohémienne op. 3; published in Paris by J. Maho and in London OCLC 718655048

Grande étude op. 4 published in London OCLC 497079023

Scène de bal, Caprice brilliant op. 5; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1855 OCLC 843192912

Fantasy on motifs from the opera Hunyadi László by Ferenc Erkel op. 6; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1855 OCLC 843192906

La Capricieuse, Impromptu op. 7; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1855 OCLC 843192895

Danse hongroise op. 8; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1855

Sérénade sur le Bosphore op.9 , published in Paris by J. Maho OCLC 843192919

Souvenir de Lac Léman , Poëme op.10; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1855 OCLC 843192920

Valse rococo op.11; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1855 OCLC 843192925

Andante op.12; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1856 OCLC 843192889

Twelve album leaves op. 13; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1856 genre Russian, Petite Valse and Scherzo fantastique, nine others untitled OCLC 843192907

Caprice op. 14; published in Paris 1857 OCLC 497078608

Allegro de concert op.15; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1857 OCLC 497078473

12 Etudes de style op. 16; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1857 OCLC 429029381

Nouvelle Scene de bal op. 18; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1861; Revised edition by Franz Linden, published in Paris by J. Hamelle in 1902 OCLC 807290217

Dolce far niente [The sweet idleness], Idylle op. 20; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1861 OCLC 843192900

La Diseuse de bonne aventure, character piece in B minor op 21 No. 1; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1862 OCLC 843192898

Prelude in E minor Op. 21 No. 2; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1862 OCLC 843192911

Humoresque in A flat major, Op. 21 No. 3

Chant du Barde (fiddler song) in B minor op.21 No. 4

Un soir à St Gratien, Idylle op. 22; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1861 OCLC 843192924

La Bergère [The Shepherdess], scène pastorale op. 23; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1861 and in London 1861

Marche (Grande) op. 24; published in Paris by J. Maho, 1861 OCLC 843192910

Tarantelle op.25; published in Paris by G. Brandus et S. Dufour , 1863 OCLC 843192923

Barcarolle op. 26; published in Paris by G. Flaxland, 1862 OCLC 843192891

Serenade styrienne in B flat major, op.27 OCLC 497079889
Sérénade hongroise op. 28; published in Paris by G. Flaxland, 1864 OCLC 843192916
Ballade op. 29; published in Paris by G. Flaxland, 1864 OCLC 843192890
Caprice étude op. 30, published in Paris by E. Gérard, 1866 OCLC 843192893

Works with opus number posthumously

Album op. Posth. 1
Fantaisie hongroise op.posth. 3; published in Leipzig and Winterthur by Rieter-Biedermann 1882 OCLC 637400723
Rhapsody hongroise op.posth. 4; published in Leipzig and Winterthur by Rieter-Biedermann 1882 OCLC 637400730
Second Rhapsody hongroise op.posth. 5; published in Leipzig and Winterthur by Rieter-Biedermann 1882 OCLC 637400739
Caprice op.posth. 6; published in Leipzig and Winterthur by Rieter-Biedermann 1882 OCLC 637400745

Works without opus number

Fantaisie sur Martha
Two capirices for the main gauche
Fantaisie sur des airs populaires Napolitains , E. Gérard, Paris OCLC 718198579
Mélodie Norvégienne par M. Monsin, transcription for piano, Paris, 1866 OCLC 497079195
Sur le steppes de Debreczin

literature

Eagle vinzenz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 8.
Magyar Zsidó Lexikon ( Hungarian Jewish Encyclopedia ), Budapest 1929, online edition, pp 17 - 18 .
Michel Cardinaux: Vincent Adler: un compositeur hongrois à Genève [Vicent Adler: a Hungarian composer in Geneva], Yverdon-les-Bains : Rapsodia Helvetica, 2017 ISBN 978-2-970-08715-1

Web links

Sheet music and audio files by Vincent Adler in the International Music Score Library Project
Works by and about Vincent Adler in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Digital copies

↑ Two Impromptus op. 1 as digital copies at the IMSLP

↑ styrienne op. 2 as digitized in the Gallica

↑ Danse bohémienne op. 3 as digitized version at Gallica

↑ Sérénade sur le Bosphore op. 9 as a digitized version from Gallica

↑ Souvenir de Lac Léman op.10 as a digitized version at Gallica

↑ Valse rococo op. 11 as a digitized version at the IMSLP

↑ Andante op. 12 as a digitized version from Gallica

↑ Twelve album leaves, op. 13, nos. 7 to 12 as digital copies at Gallica

↑ Nouvelle scène de bal op. 18 as a digitized version at Gallica

↑ Un soir à St Gratien, Idylle op. 22 as a digitized version from Gallica

↑ Marche (Grande) op. 24 as a digitized version at Gallica

↑ Tarantelle op. 25 as a digital copy at the IMSLP

↑ Barcarolle op. 26 as a digitized version at Gallica

↑ Ballade op. 29 as a digitized version from Gallica

↑ Fantaisie sur des airs populaires Napolitains as digitized version at IMSLP

↑ Mélodie Norvégienne as digitized at IMSLP

Individual evidence

^ Raoul Pictet: Vincent Adler . In: Journal de Genéve . Geneva January 11, 1871, p. 3 ( letempsarchives.ch ).

personal data
SURNAME	Adler, Vincent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adler, Vincent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 3, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH	Győr
DATE OF DEATH	January 4, 1871
Place of death	Geneva

[2] Two Impromptus op. 1 as digital copies at the IMSLP

[3] styrienne op. 2 as digitized in the Gallica

[4] Danse bohémienne op. 3 as digitized version at Gallica

[5] Sérénade sur le Bosphore op. 9 as a digitized version from Gallica

[6] Souvenir de Lac Léman op.10 as a digitized version at Gallica

[7] Valse rococo op. 11 as a digitized version at the IMSLP

[8] Andante op. 12 as a digitized version from Gallica

[9] Twelve album leaves, op. 13, nos. 7 to 12 as digital copies at Gallica

[10] Nouvelle scène de bal op. 18 as a digitized version at Gallica

[11] Un soir à St Gratien, Idylle op. 22 as a digitized version from Gallica

[12] Marche (Grande) op. 24 as a digitized version at Gallica

[13] Tarantelle op. 25 as a digital copy at the IMSLP

[14] Barcarolle op. 26 as a digitized version at Gallica

[15] Ballade op. 29 as a digitized version from Gallica

[16] Fantaisie sur des airs populaires Napolitains as digitized version at IMSLP

[17] Mélodie Norvégienne as digitized at IMSLP

[1] Raoul Pictet: Vincent Adler . In: Journal de Genéve . Geneva January 11, 1871, p. 3 ( letempsarchives.ch ).