Violin and Piano - Grade
3
SKU: BT.EMBZ810
Composed by Ferenc
Vecsey. Book Only.
Composed 1952. 6 pages.
Editio Musica Budapest
#EMBZ810. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ810).
English-German-Hungari
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Ferenc Vecsey
(1893-1935) was one of
the greatest virtuoso
violinists of the early
twentieth century. He was
soon noticed as a child
prodigy, and after his
early violin lessons from
his father, he became a
pupil of Hubay. His first
known public appearance
was at the age of 6 in
Tátraszéplak
(Tatranská Polianka),
and a few years later in
Berlin he made his debut
abroad. There he heard
the elderly maestro
József Joachim, who
was astonished at the
talented boy's playing.
So started the young
Vecsey's performing
career: he gave a dozen
or so concerts in
Germany, then followed a
series of concert tours
all over the world (in
1906 in Spain, Bartók
was his accompanist).
From1907, his permanent
place of residence
between concerts was
Berlin, where he began to
study harmony and
counterpoint. Soon he
began composing himself,
mainly writing virtuoso
pieces for his own
concerts, of which the
Valse triste became the
most famous. Other
musicians were also happy
to include this short
character piece in their
programmes.Vecsey later
settled in Italy. He died
unexpectedly at the young
age of 42.
