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Jenö Hubay
Zephyr for Violin & Piano, Op.30 No.5
Jenö Hubay (1858-1937) was born in Budapest. He studied violin first with his father, concertmaster and conductor of the orchestra at the National Theater, and violin professor of the National Conservatory. Subsequently he studied with Joseph Joachim in Berlin. In 1878, upon the recommendation of Franz Liszt, he moved to Paris where he quickly established himself a leading concert artist. For many years he toured throughout Europe. When the famous violin virtuoso, Vieuxtemps, heard him, he saw in Hubay the continuation of his own artistry and recommended him for the prestigious position of Professor of Violin at the Brussels Conservatoire, a post which he himself and more recently Wieniawski had held. Hubay held the position from 1886-90 after which he settled in Budapest and exchanged his life as a traveling virtuoso for that of composer and teacher, eventually serving as the Director of the Budapest Academy of Music from 1919-34. Many famous violinists numbered among his students, including Stefi Geyer, Ferenc Vecsey, Jozsef Szigeti, Emil Telmanyi, Eddy Brown, Jelly Aranyi, and Jeno (Eugene) Ormandy. A fine string quartet player (Brahms preferred his quartet to any other), Hubay trained many famous string quartets, such as the Waldbauer-Kerpely, the Lener, the Roth and the Vegh.
Zephyr is the fifth of set of six short pieces which are known as Blumenleben or A Flower's Life based on the poems of Geza Zichy. It is a fanciful tale of a flower's life from bud to bloom. A Butterfly flits by and lands on the flower who falls in love. But the feckless Butterfly soon flys off. Zephyr conveys the picture of the butterfly as it leaves the flower. A superb work and encore.
You may also wish to consider our Jenö Hubay Album Volume Two, which not only contains the Bolero but also the Echoes of the Alps, Op.51 No.4 as well as the complete Impressions of the Puszta, Op.44, which we offer it at a very attractive price.
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(A) Zephyr, Op.30, No.5 |
$9.95 |
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(B) Jenö Hubay Album Volume Two |
$29.95 |
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