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Alexander Moyzes
Person · male · Czechoslovakia · Kláštor pod Znievom · born 1906 · died 1984 · recording since 1991
Slovak composer (1906–1984)
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Also known as アレクサンデル・モイゼス
Timeline
8 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1✦ Award 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1900s
1960s
1980s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Gemer Dances / Down the River Vah / Pohronie Dances
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
2010s
· Album
Album: Kalabis: Divertimento / Moyzes: Wind Quintet / Trojan: Wind Quintet
Album
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Biography
English biography402 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1343562699
Biography
Alexander Moyzes (4 September 1906 – 20 November 1984) was a Slovak neoromantic composer.
Biography
Moyzes was born into a musical family in 1906 at Kláštor pod Znievom, Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father was the composer and educator Mikuláš Moyzes. 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 Bratislava Conservatory in 1941 and spent a number of years as principal music advisor to Radio Bratislava, 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.
Orchestra
Down the River Váh, Op. 26 (1935)
Pohronie Dances, Op. 43 (1950)
Gemer Dances, Op. 51 (1956)
Violin Concerto, Op. 53
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
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)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 21 | 82.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -7 | 8.9th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
Gemer Dances / Down the River Vah / Pohronie Dances
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:11:09
1Gemer Dances, op. 51: Dance Prelude from Kokava4:322Gemer Dances, op. 51: Folk-Dance3:443Gemer Dances, op. 51: Hayduks from Kolesne3:144Gemer Dances, op. 51: The Little Bear from Rejdova5:035Down the River Vah, op. 26: At the Sources4:136Down the River Vah, op. 26: From Liptov to Orava4:047Down the River Vah, op. 26: Around Strecno3:418Down the River Vah, op. 26: Romance5:519Down the River Vah, op. 26: Into the Danube's Embrace5:2810Pohronie Dances, op. 43: Round the Campfire with Hatchetsticks5:1111Pohronie Dances, op. 43: On the Meadow with Flowers6:4012Pohronie Dances, op. 43: In the Mountain with Axes9:5713Pohronie Dances, op. 43: At Music after Work9:312000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:04:09
1Symphony no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 17a "Little Symphony": Introduzione: Grave - Allegro moderato ma molto ritmico4:132Symphony no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 17a "Little Symphony": Variazioni: Larghetto3:333Symphony no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 17a "Little Symphony": Scherzo: Presto3:584Symphony no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 17a "Little Symphony": Intermezzo: Largamente4:325Symphony no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 17a "Little Symphony": Finale: Allegro con moto7:186Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major, op. 38: Andante con moto, ma non troppo16:297Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major, op. 38: Adagio - Allegro vivace - Adagio14:288Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major, op. 38: Allegro moderato9:38Kalabis: Divertimento / Moyzes: Wind Quintet / Trojan: Wind Quintet
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 57:07
1Divertimento for Wind Quintet, op. 10: I. Allegro con moto3:592Divertimento for Wind Quintet, op. 10: II. Allegro vivo2:423Divertimento for Wind Quintet, op. 10: III. Andante. Poco rubato5:164Divertimento for Wind Quintet, op. 10: IV. Vivo. Allegro molto2:135Divertimento for Wind Quintet, op. 10: V. Allegro ma non troppo4:006Wind Quintet in B‐flat major, op. 17: I. Introduzione3:287Wind Quintet in B‐flat major, op. 17: II. Variazioni3:598Wind Quintet in B‐flat major, op. 17: III. Scherzo2:389Wind Quintet in B‐flat major, op. 17: IV. Intermezzo3:1510Wind Quintet in B‐flat major, op. 17: V. Finale6:0811Wind Quintet on Themes from Czech Folk‐Songs: No. 1, Allegro5:5412Wind Quintet on Themes from Czech Folk‐Songs: No. 2, Variation6:4713Wind Quintet on Themes from Czech Folk‐Songs: No. 3, Menuetto3:0514Wind Quintet on Themes from Czech Folk‐Songs: No. 4, Finale. Presto3:432018 · studio album
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Alexander Moyzes head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 21 | 82.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -7 | 8.9th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Národní umělec | won | |
| — | Klement Gottwald State Prize | won |
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Wikidata: Q1029499 · MusicBrainz: c51f2f6a-e60b-44f5-98c4-b01a65ee6b28
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