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Jenö Hubay
Person · male · Hungary · Pest · born 1858 · died 1937 · recording since 2003
Hungarian musician (1858–1937)
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Also known as Jeno Hubay · 胡鲍伊·耶诺
Timeline
8 events▣ Album 5◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1850s
1930s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: The Romantic Violin Concerto, Volume 3: Violin Concerto no. 3, op. 99 / Violin Concerto no. 4 "All' antica", op. 101 / Variations sur un theme hongrois, op. 72
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: The Romantic Violin Concerto, Volume 3: Violin Concerto no. 3, op. 99 / Violin Concerto no. 4 "All' antica", op. 101 / Variations sur un theme hongrois, op. 72
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Album: Scènes de la csárda / 6 Poèmes hongrois, op. 27 / 6 Nouveaux poèmes hongrois, op. 76
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Album: The Romantic Violin Concerto, Volume 6: Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 21 "Dramatique" / Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 90 / Suite for Violin and Orchestra, op. 5
Album
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2010s
Biography
English biography519 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370082548
Biography
Jenő Hubay de Szalatnya (Hungarian: Szalatnyai Hubay Jenő [ˈhubɒi ˈjɛnøː]; 15 September 1858 – 12 March 1937), also known by his German name Eugen Huber (pronounced [ˈɔʏɡeːn ˈhuːbɐ, ˈɔʏɡn̩ -]), was a Hungarian violinist, composer and music teacher.
Early life
Hubay was born into a German family of musicians in Pest, Hungary. He adopted the Hungarian version of his name, Jenő Hubay, in his twenties, while living in the French-speaking world.
Hubay was trained in violin and music by his father, Karl Huber (Károly Huber, later Károly Hubay) from Varjas (Romanian: Variaș), concertmaster of the Hungarian Royal Opera House and a teacher at the Budapest College of Music. His mother was of Italian descent. He gave his début public performance playing a concerto at the age of eleven.
At the age of thirteen, Hubay began his studies in Berlin. He remained there for five years, receiving instruction from Joseph Joachim. In 1878, following the advice of Franz Liszt, he made his début in Paris, which was a great success. Sitting in the audience was Henri Vieuxtemps, with whom Hubay formed an intimate friendship and from whom he received instruction.
In 1882 Hubay was employed at the Brussels music institute as the head of the department of violin studies. Returning to Hungary in 1886, he succeeded his father as head of the Liszt Academy. That same year, he established the Budapest Quartet with fellow teacher, cellist David Popper.
Teaching
Hubay's main pupils, aside from Joseph Szigeti and André Gertler, included Eugene Ormandy — who later turned to conducting — and Eugene Lehner.
He taught many female violinists, including Stefi Geyer, Jelly d'Arányi, Ilona Fehér, and Gabriella Lengyel. Other pupils included Franz von Vecsey, Emil Telmányi, Carl von Garaguly, Zoltán Székely, Tibor Varga, Gerhard Taschner, Ede Zathureczky and the Italians Gianni Pavovich, and Wanda Luzzato. He also taught the African American jazz violinist Eddie South.
Performance
As a soloist, Hubay gained the praise of Vieuxtemps, Johannes Brahms and many others.
As a chamber musician, he formed two string quartets, one while he was in Brussels and one with David Popper during his Budapest (Budapest Quartet) years. With Popper, he performed chamber music on more than one occasion with Brahms, including the premiere of Brahms's Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101.
Among his earliest recordings are ten-inch acoustic discs, dating from 1910, on which he was accompanied by the composer Zsigmond Vincze.
Compositions
Hubay composed four violin concertos and a very large number of encore pieces. His concertos incorporate themes from Hungarian music, and his "gentle breeze" pieces, which share features of the compositional style of his chamber music partner, David Popper, continue the tradition of the German romantics such as Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann.
Hubay's output also contains several operas, including The Venus of Milo, The Violin-Maker of Cremona, The Mask and Anna Karenina (after Leo Tolstoy). The opening of The Venus of Milo is based on whole tone scales and archaisms that perhaps are meant to suggest the ancient setting.
Legacy
The Hubay prize has been awarded by the Franz Liszt Academy of Music to a number of eminent violinists:
Gábor Takács-Nagy
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 | 25 | 86.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -66 | 5.9th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (6 release groups · 5 studio albums)
Albums · 5
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:08:24
1Violin Concerto no. 3 in G minor, op. 99: I. Introduction quasi Fantasia: Moderato5:142Violin Concerto no. 3 in G minor, op. 99: II. Scherzo: Presto4:213Violin Concerto no. 3 in G minor, op. 99: III. Adagio (Moderato)10:164Violin Concerto no. 3 in G minor, op. 99: IV. Allegro con fuoco9:085Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Introduction: Molto moderato2:316Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Theme: Adagio1:037Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Variation I: Un poco piu vivo0:448Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Variation II: Animato0:369Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Variation III: Allegro0:3310Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Variation IV: Moderato0:5211Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Variation V: Adagio non troppo0:4912Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Variation VI: Poco animato1:2713Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Variation VII: Moderato0:3314Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Variation VIII: Andante con moto0:4415Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Variation IX: Allegro moderato0:1916Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Variation X: Allegro molto0:4017Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Variation XI: L’istesso tempo0:3818Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Cadenza2:3019Variations sur un thème hongrois, op. 72: Theme: Grave1:3720Violin Concerto no. 4 in A minor, op. 101 "All’antica": I. Preludio: Largo6:2921Violin Concerto no. 4 in A minor, op. 101 "All’antica": II. Corrente e Musette: Presto3:3622Violin Concerto no. 4 in A minor, op. 101 "All’antica": III. Larghetto (Adagio)8:1423Violin Concerto no. 4 in A minor, op. 101 "All’antica": IV. Finale e capriccio: Allegro5:30Scènes de la csárda / 6 Poèmes hongrois, op. 27 / 6 Nouveaux poèmes hongrois, op. 76
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 2:30:01
Disc 11Scènes de la csárda no. 1, op. 93:222Scènes de la csárda no. 2 "Kis furulyám", op. 1310:343Scènes de la csárda no. 3 "Maros vize", op. 186:404Scènes de la csárda no. 4 "Hejre Kati", op. 325:495Scènes de la csárda no. 5 "Hullámzó Balaton", op. 335:306Scènes de la csárda no. 6 "Sárga cserebogár", op. 346:357Scènes de la csárda no. 7 "Kosuth nóta", op. 418:408Scènes de la csárda no. 8 "Azt mondják", op. 6010:239Scènes de la csárda no. 9 "Czinka Panna nótája", op. 659:2510Scènes de la csárda no. 10 "Szalatnai emlék", op. 6910:20Disc 21Scènes de la csárda no. 11 "Szomorúfüz hervadt lombja", op. 827:462Scènes de la csárda no. 12 "Piczi tubiczám", op. 837:443Scènes de la csárda no. 13, op. 10211:434Scènes de la csárda no. 14 "On the Themes of Lavotta", op. 11712:0856 Poèmes hongrois, op. 27: No. 1 in D minor3:4266 Poèmes hongrois, op. 27: No. 2 in D major1:2676 Poèmes hongrois, op. 27: No. 3 in A major2:0486 Poèmes hongrois, op. 27: No. 4 in A minor1:3996 Poèmes hongrois, op. 27: No. 5 in B-flat major2:02106 Poèmes hongrois, op. 27: No. 6 in B-flat major2:14116 Nouveaux poèmes hongrois, op. 76: No. 1 in C major3:57126 Nouveaux poèmes hongrois, op. 76: No. 2 in E major2:03136 Nouveaux poèmes hongrois, op. 76: No. 3 in B minor4:16146 Nouveaux poèmes hongrois, op. 76: No. 4 in A major3:53156 Nouveaux poèmes hongrois, op. 76: No. 5 in F major3:40166 Nouveaux poèmes hongrois, op. 76: No. 6 in D minor2:262006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:12:51
1Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 21 "Concerto dramatique": I. Allegro appassionato -11:402Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 21 "Concerto dramatique": II. Andante ma non tanto -8:573Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 21 "Concerto dramatique": III. Allegro con brio - Un poco più vivo7:424Suite for Violin and Orchestra, op. 5: I. Gavotte: Moderato4:465Suite for Violin and Orchestra, op. 5: II. Idylle: Andantino4:546Suite for Violin and Orchestra, op. 5: III. Intermezzo: Allegro assai ma non troppo5:047Suite for Violin and Orchestra, op. 5: IV. Finale: Mouvementdu premier morceau - Allegro vivace5:168Violin Concerto no. 2 in E major, op. 90: I. Allegro con fuoco11:119Violin Concerto no. 2 in E major, op. 90: II. Larghetto7:0210Violin Concerto no. 2 in E major, op. 90: III. Allegro non troppo6:192009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:10:44
1Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 21 "Concerto dramatique": I. Allegro appassionato11:392Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 21 "Concerto dramatique": II. Adagio non troppo10:583Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 21 "Concerto dramatique": III. Allegro con brio7:554Scènes de la Csárda no. 3 "Maros vize", op. 187:145Scènes de la Csárda no. 4 "Hejre Kati", op. 326:196Violin Concerto no. 2 in E major, op. 90: I. Allegro con fuoco11:087Violin Concerto no. 2 in E major, op. 90: II. Larghetto9:138Violin Concerto no. 2 in E major, op. 90: III. Allegro non troppo6:18Live At The Queen Elisabeth Competition 2019
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:16:47
1Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo26:062Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto9:243Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo: Allegro10:534Sonatina For Violin And Piano In G Major, Op. 100: I. Allegro Risoluto5:535Sonatina For Violin And Piano In G Major, Op. 100: II. Larghetto4:356Sonatina For Violin And Piano In G Major, Op. 100: III. Scherzo2:597Sonatina For Violin And Piano In G Major, Op. 100: IV. Finale: Allegro6:278Carmen, Fantaisie Brillante, Op. 3/310:30
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| — | The HMV recordingsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 56:431Intermezzo4:12 2Berceuse4:26 3Hullámzó balaton5:43 4Pici Tubicám8:13 5Air3:57 6Larghetto4:44 7Ugy-e Jani?4:32 8Prayer3:28 9March3:17 10Caprice no. 203:51 11Berceuse3:08 12Jota3:07 13Hebrew Melody4:05 | Compilation | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jenö Hubay head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 25 | 86.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -66 | 5.9th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
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Wikidata: Q709178 · MusicBrainz: 6b97c955-d4e2-4de6-82c5-44c562cd9f98
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