Alexander Moyzes
Alexander Moyzes | |
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![]() Slovak musical composer and pedagogue | |
Born | Kláštor pod Znievom, Slovensko | 4 September 1906
Died | 20 November 1984 Bratislava, Slovensko | (aged 78)
Alexander Moyzes (4 September 1906 – 20 November 1984) was a Slovak 20th-century neoromantic composer.
Biography[]
Moyzes was born into a musical family in 1906 at Kláštor pod Znievom in present Slovakia. His father was the composer and educator . After earlier technical studies, in 1925 he entered the Prague Conservatory, where he studied organ, conducting and composition. He graduated in 1929 and went on to study in the master class of Vítězslav Novák, from which he graduated in the following year with his Overture for Orchestra, Opus 10. It was Novák who directed his attention to Slovak music, the source of his inspiration.
In 1929, Moyzes was appointed to the teaching staff of the Music and Drama Academy for Slovakia in Bratislava. He became professor of composition at the in 1941 and spent a number of years as principal music advisor to , until compelled to resign in 1948. On its foundation he was appointed professor of composition at the Bratislava Music Academy, where he taught no less than three generations of Slovak composers. See: List of music students by teacher: K to M#Alexander Moyzes. He headed the Academy as Rector from 1965 until 1971, and over the years undertook many important functions in the musical life of his country. He died in Bratislava.
With Eugen Suchoň and Ján Cikker, Alexander Moyzes is considered one of the three leading composers of his generation in Slovakia. He succeeded in creating a style of composition that was thoroughly Slovak in inspiration, yet nevertheless took account of contemporary trends in European music, a synthesis that he was to consolidate in his later years.
Pieces[]
Orchestra[]
- Down the River Váh, Op. 26 (1935)
- Pohronie Dances, Op. 43 (1950)
- Gemer Dances, Op. 51 (1956)
- Violin Concerto, Op. 53[1]
- Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 31 (1929, rev. 1937)
- Symphony No. 2 in A minor, Op. 16 (1932)
- Symphony No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 18 (1942)
- Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 38 (1947, rev. 1957)
- Symphony No. 5 in F major, Op. 39 (1947–48)
- Symphony No. 6 in E major, Op. 44 (1951)
- Symphony No. 7, Op. 50 (1954–55)
- Flute Concerto, Op. 61[2]
- Symphony No. 8, Op. 64 (1968–69)
- Symphony No. 9, Op. 69 (1971)
- Symphony No. 10, Op. 77 (1977–78)
- Symphony No. 11, Op. 79
- Symphony No. 12, Op. 83
Chamber[]
- Four String Quartets (Op. 8, 66, 83 and without opus number)[3]
Piano[]
- Jazz Sonata for two pianos, op. 14
References[]
- ^ "Violin Concerto Score Description". Hans Sikorski. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ^ "Flute Concerto Score Description". Hans Sikorski. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ^ "Repertoire Page". The Moyzes String Quartet. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
External links[]
- Biography Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- 1906 births
- 1984 deaths
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century male musicians
- Neoromantic composers
- Male classical composers
- People from Martin District
- Pupils of Vítězslav Novák
- Prague Conservatory alumni
- Slovak composers