Hubay, Jenő

Hubay, Jenő, celebrated Hungarian violinist, pedagogue, and composer; b. Budapest, Sept. 15, 1858; d. Vienna, March 12, 1937. He received his initial training from his father, Karl Hubay, prof, of violin at the Budapest Cons. He gave his first public concert at the age of 11, and then studied with Joachim in Berlin (1873–76). His appearance in Paris, at a Pasdeloup concert, attracted the attention of Vieuxtemps, of whom he became a favorite pupil; in 1882 he succeeded Vieuxtemps as prof, at the Brussels Cons. In 1886 he became a prof, at the Budapest Cons, (succeeding his father), and from 1919 to 1934 was its director. In Budapest he formed the celebrated Hubay String Quartet. In 1894 he married the Countess Rosa Cebrain. Among his pupils were Vecsey, Szigeti, Telmanyi, Eddy Brown, and other renowned violinists. He ed. the violin études of Kreutzer (1908), Rode, May seder, and Saint Lubin (1910).

Works

dramatic: Opera (all 1^st perf. in Budapest): Alienor (Dec. 5, 1891); Le Luthier de Crémone (Nov. 10, 1894); A Falu Rossza (The Village Vagabond; March 20, 1896); Moosröschen (Feb. 21, 1903); Anna Karenina (Nov. 10, 1923); Az álare (The Mask; Feb. 26, 1931). ORCH.: 4 syms.: No. 1 (1885), No. 2, 1914-15 (1915), No. 3, Vita nuova, for Soli, Chorus, and Organ (1921), and No. 4, Petöfi-Sinfonie, for Soli, Chorus, and Orch. (1925); Biedermeyer Suite (1913); 4 violin concertos; Scènes de la Csârda, 14 pieces for Violin and Orch. CHAMBER: Sonate romantique for Violin and Piano.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire