Birth name Ferenc Vecsey Years active 1903–1935 Music director The Court Concert Instruments Violin Genres Classical music | Occupation(s) Violinist Role Violinist Also known as Ferenc de Vecsey Name Franz Vecsey | |
Born 23 March 1893
Budapest, Hungary ( 1893-03-23 ) Died April 5, 1935, Rome, Italy People also search for Jean Sibelius, Edmund Nick, Kurt Heynicke | ||
Franz von vecsey valse triste for violin and piano audio sheet music
Franz von Vecsey (Hungarian: Vecsey Ferenc, 23 March 1893 – 5 April 1935) was a Hungarian violinist and composer, who became a well-known virtuoso in Europe through the early 20th century.
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- Franz von vecsey valse triste for violin and piano audio sheet music
- Franz von vecsey plays his caprice 2 cascade in f
- Early life and career
- Later life and career
- Illness and death
- Selected compositions
- References
Franz von vecsey plays his caprice 2 cascade in f
Early life and career
He was born in Budapest and began his violin studies with his father, Lajos Vecsey. At the age of 8 he entered the studio of Jenő Hubay. Two years later, aged 10, he played for Joseph Joachim in Berlin (making his début at "Beethoven Halle" on 17 May 1903) and subsequently became known as a stellar child prodigy virtuoso.
He became one of the pre-eminent violinists in Europe in the 1910s and 1920s, at one point touring with Béla Bartók as his piano accompanist. Aged only 12, he became the re-dedicatee of Jean Sibelius' Violin Concerto in D minor in 1905, when the original dedicatee, Willy Burmester, refused to play the work after he was unable to appear at the premiere of the revised version, which was premiered by Karel Halíř instead. Vecsey championed the Sibelius concerto, first performing it when he was only 13. He was also the dedicatee of Hubay's Violin Concerto No.3. He also spent time composing, and wrote a number of virtuosic salon pieces for the violin.
Later life and career
From 1926 till his untimely death, he lived with his wife in Venice, at "Palazzo Giustinian de' Vescovi" on Canal Grande. His career steadily faltered after the First World War, as he grew tired of constant touring and wanted to concentrate more on conducting.
Illness and death
By the 1930s, he was about to embark on that dream, but it suddenly curtailed in 1935, when he became seriously ill with a pulmonary embolism that grew through much of his life. He sought medical care in Rome, where he received surgery. The operation was unsuccessful, and Vecsey succumbed to the disease at the age of 42.
Selected compositions
Violin solo
Violin and piano