Leó Weiner
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Leó Weiner(16 April 1885 – 13 September 1960) was one of the leadingHungarianmusiceducators of the first half of the twentieth century, and acomposer.
Life
[edit]Education
[edit]Weiner was born inBudapestto aJewishfamily. His brother gave him his first music andpianolessons.[citation needed]As children, he andFritz Reinerplayedpiano four hands.[1]
Weiner later studied at theAcademy of Musicin Budapest, studying withJános (Hans) Koessler.While there, he won numerous prizes, including theFranz Liszt Stipend,theVolkmann Prizeand theErkel Prize(all for one composition, his Serenade Op. 3); the Haynald Prize for hisAgnus Dei;and the Schunda Prize for theHungarian Fantasyfortárogatóandcimbalom.[2][page needed]
Teaching career
[edit]In 1908 he was appointedmusic theoryteacher at the Budapest Academy of Music, professor of composition in 1912 and professor of chamber music in 1920.[2][page needed]In 1949 he retired as emeritus professor, but continued to teach until the end of his life.[citation needed]Among his many notable students were conductorsAntal Doráti,[3]Peter Erős,Béla Síki,andGeorg Solti;violinistTibor Varga;cellistsEdmund KurtzandJános Starker;and pianistGyörgy Sebők.
He died in Budapest.
Compositions
[edit]The early Romantics fromBeethoventhroughMendelssohnmost strongly influenced Weiner's compositional style. His orchestration seems much indebted to later RomanticFrenchcomposers not notably affected byWagner,Bizetin particular. This conservative Romantic approach formed the basis of his style, to which elements ofHungarian folk musicwere added sometime later, although he was not an active field researcher of folk music as were his contemporariesBartókandKodály,but simply shared an interest in the subject and added elements of folk music into his established harmonic language without significantly changing it.[2][page needed]
Among Weiner's notable compositions are astring trio,threestring quartets,twoviolin sonatas,fivedivertimentifor orchestra, asymphonic poem,and numerouschamberand piano pieces.
References
[edit]- ^Lyman, Darryl (1986). "Fritz Reiner, Baton Technician (1888–1963)".Great Jews in Music.New York: Jonathan David Publishers. p. 164.ISBN0-8246-0315-X.
At the age of six he began to study the piano, and within a few years he was playing four-hand piano music with Leó Weiner, a local boy (three years Reiner's senior) who later became an important composer-teacher.
- ^abcWeissmann, John S.; Berlász, Melinda (2001). "Weiner, Leó". InSadie, Stanley;Tyrrell, John(eds.).The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.Vol. 27: Wagon to Zywny (second ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers.
- ^Lyman (1986). p. 62 in "Antal Doráti, Outstanding Trainer of Orchestras (1906–)": "At fourteen young Doráti entered the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, where his principal teachers were Leó Weiner (chamber music) andZoltán Kodály(theory and composition). "
Bibliography
[edit]- Sadie, Stanley,ed. (1980). "Weiner, Leó".The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.London: Macmillan Publishers.
- Sendrey, Alfred (1951).Bibliography of Jewish Music.Columbia University Press.
External links
[edit]- Biographyat Allmusic
- Leo Weiner Chamber Music sound-bites: String Trio,Op.6, String Quartet No.1, Op.4 & Divertimento No.2 for String Quartet, Op.24a
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 - 1 AllegroonYouTubeJanos Konrad violin, David Herman piano Recorded by Matyas Veer in the Muziektheater Amsterdam on 4 February 2014
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 - 2 PrestoonYouTubeJanos Konrad violin, David Herman piano Recorded by Matyas Veer in the Muziektheater Amsterdam on 4 February 2014
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 - 3 LarghettoonYouTubeJanos Konrad violin, David Herman piano Recorded by Matyas Veer in the Muziektheater Amsterdam on 4 February 2014
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 - 4 RubatoonYouTubeJanos Konrad violin, David Herman piano Recorded by Matyas Veer in the Muziektheater Amsterdam on 4 February 2014
- Free scores by Leó Weinerat theInternational Music Score Library Project(IMSLP)
- 1885 births
- 1960 deaths
- Hungarian composers
- Hungarian male composers
- Jewish classical composers
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni
- Academic staff of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music
- Hungarian Jews
- Composers from Budapest
- Burials at Kerepesi Cemetery
- Jewish classical pianists
- Hungarian male classical pianists
- 20th-century Hungarian male musicians