Juon, Paul (actually, Pavel Fedorovich)

Juon, Paul (actually, Pavel Fedorovich), Russian composer of Swiss and German descent; b. Moscow, March 6, 1872; d. Vevey, Aug. 21, 1940. He was a pupil of Hrimaly (violin) and of Taneyev and Arensky (composition) at the Moscow Cons., then studied with Bargiel at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik (1894–95), where he won the Mendelssohn Prize; subsequently became a teacher (1906) and a prof. (1911) there. He was elected a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts in 1919; retired to Vevey in 1934. His works display pronounced Romantic inclinations.

Works

orch.: Sym. (1903); Vaegtervise (1906); Aus einem Tagebuch, suite (e. 1906); Chamber Sym. (1907); Eine Serenadenmusik (1909); 3 violin concertos (1909, 1913, 1931); Episodes concertantes for Piano Trio and Orch. (1912); Mysterien, symphonic poem for Cello and Orch. (1928); Serenade for Strings (1929); Little Symphony for Strings (1930); Divertimento for Strings (1933); Anmut und Wurde, suite (1937); Rhapsodische Sinfonie (1939); Tanz-Capricen (1941); Burletta for Violin and Orch. (1940); Sinfoniatta capricciosa (1940). chamber: 3 string quartets (1898, 1904, 1920); Piano Trios: No. 1 (1901), Trio-Caprice (1908), Trio (1915), Litaniae (1920; rev. 1929), Legende (1930), and Suite (1932); Sextet (1902); 2 piano quintets (1906, 1909); Divertimento for Wind Quintet and Piano (1913); Wind Quintet (1930); Arabesken for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon (1941); various sonatas and piano pieces. vocal:Psyche for Tenor, Chorus, and Orch. (1906).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire