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Jenö Hubay
Echos des Alpes for Violin & Piano, Op.51 No.4
Jenö Hubay (1858-1937) was born in Budapest. He studied violin first with his father, concertmaster and conductor of the orchestra at the National Theatre, 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.
The Echos des Alpes is the fourth of short five pieces which compose his Cinq morceaux, Op.51 composed in 1893. Each pieces was meant to convey a different mood and national flavor. The Echos des Alpes aims to create a Tyrolean atmosphere and is complete with yodeling imitations.
You may also wish to consider our Jenö Hubay Album Volume Two, which not only contains the Echoes of the Alps, Op.51 No.4 but also the Bolero, Op.51 No.3, Zephyr Op.30 No.5 and the complete Impressions of the Puszta, Op.44, which we offer it at a very attractive price.
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(A)Echos des Alpes, Op.51 No.4 |
$9.95 |
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(B) Jenö Hubay Album Volume Two |
$29.95 |
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