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Leó Weiner
Person · male · Hungary · Budapest · born 1885 · died 1960 · recording since 2008
(1885–1960) composer, music pedagogue
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Also known as 魏纳·莱奥
Timeline
14 events▣ Album 7✦ Award 4◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1880s
1950s
1960s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Bartók: String Quartets nos. 3 & 4 - Weiner: String Quartet no. 3
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· Album
Album: Bartók: String Quartets nos. 3 & 4 - Weiner: String Quartet no. 3
Album
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2010s
2020s
· Album
Album: Violin Sonatas nos. 1 and 2 / Romanze, op. 14 / Ballade, op. 8
Album
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Biography
English biography356 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1376721041
Biography
Leó Weiner (16 April 1885 – 13 September 1960) was one of the leading Hungarian music educators of the first half of the twentieth century, and a composer.
Education
Weiner was born in Budapest to a Jewish family. His brother gave him his first music and piano lessons. As children, he and Fritz Reiner played piano four hands.
Weiner later studied at the Academy of Music in Budapest, studying with János (Hans) Koessler. While there, he won numerous prizes, including the Franz Liszt Stipend, the Volkmann Prize and the Erkel Prize (all for one composition, his Serenade Op. 3); the Haynald Prize for his Agnus Dei; and the Schunda Prize for the Hungarian Fantasy for tárogató and cimbalom.
Teaching career
In 1908 he was appointed music theory teacher at the Budapest Academy of Music, professor of composition in 1912 and professor of chamber music in 1920. In 1949 he retired as emeritus professor, but continued to teach until the end of his life. Among his many notable students were conductors Antal Doráti, Peter Erős, Béla Síki, and Georg Solti; violinist Tibor Varga; cellists Edmund Kurtz and János Starker; and pianist György Sebők.
He died in Budapest. He was a two time recipient of the Kossuth Prize.
Compositions
The early Romantics from Beethoven through Mendelssohn most strongly influenced Weiner's compositional style. His orchestration seems much indebted to later Romantic French composers not notably affected by Wagner, Bizet in particular. This conservative Romantic approach formed the basis of his style, to which elements of Hungarian folk music were added sometime later, although he was not an active field researcher of folk music as were his contemporaries Bartók and Kodály, but simply shared an interest in the subject and added elements of folk music into his established harmonic language without significantly changing it.
Among Weiner's notable compositions are a string trio, three string quartets, two violin sonatas, five divertimenti for orchestra, a symphonic poem, and numerous chamber and piano pieces.
On July 1, 2003, his Carnival Humoresque (Fasching), Op. 5, had its US premiere when it was performed at the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, in the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, in the summer series.
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 | 22 | 83.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | -48 | 6.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (7 release groups · 7 studio albums)
Albums · 7
Bartók: String Quartets nos. 3 & 4 - Weiner: String Quartet no. 3
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:00:51
1String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: I. Prima parte. Moderato - attaca4:422String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: II. Seconda parte. Allegro - attaca5:463String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato3:234String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: IV. Coda. Allegro molto2:045String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: I. Allegro6:096String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: II. Prestissimo, con sordino3:017String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: III. Non troppo lento5:268String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: IV. Allegretto pizzicato2:479String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: V. Allegro molto5:4710String Quartet no. 3 in G Major, op. 26 “Pastorale, Fantasy and Fugue”: I. Pastorale. Allegro amabile - attaca8:3811String Quartet no. 3 in G Major, op. 26 “Pastorale, Fantasy and Fugue”: II. Fantasy. Poco adagio - attaca7:5512String Quartet no. 3 in G Major, op. 26 “Pastorale, Fantasy and Fugue”: III. Fugue. Vivo e giocoso5:132016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:06:03
1Ballad for Clarinet and Orchestra, op. 28 (version for viola and orchestra)12:432Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 1. Csongor és Mirígy3:393Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 2. Aranyalmafa. Tündérek kara2:394Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 3. Tündértánc és Mirígy6:255Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 4. Tünde búcsúzik0:476Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 5. Csongor barangol4:107Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 6. Az ördögfiak8:218Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 7. Balga3:379Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 8. Az ördögfiak marakodása1:4710Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 9. Mirígy és a csábleány3:4011Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 10. A bánkódó Tünde6:0812Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 11. Boszorkányszombat5:0613Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 12. Tünde győz a gonosz fölött2:0414Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 13. A nemtők2:4015Csongor és Tünde, op. 10b: No. 14. Boldog szerelem2:172017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 28 tracks · 1:23:01
1Serenade in F minor, op. 3: I. Allegretto, quasi andantino3:052Serenade in F minor, op. 3: II. Lebhaft, sehr rhythmisch5:383Serenade in F minor, op. 3: III. Rubato - Andantino5:034Serenade in F minor, op. 3: IV. Allegro molto - Presto5:245Divertimento no. 1 in D major, op. 20 "Old Hungarian Dances": I. Jó alapos csárdás1:586Divertimento no. 1 in D major, op. 20 "Old Hungarian Dances": II. Rókatánc2:247Divertimento no. 1 in D major, op. 20 "Old Hungarian Dances": III. Marosszéki keringös1:448Divertimento no. 1 in D major, op. 20 "Old Hungarian Dances": IV. Verbunkos2:159Divertimento no. 1 in D major, op. 20 "Old Hungarian Dances": V. Csürdöngö2:2110Divertimento no. 2 in A minor, op. 24 "Hungarian Folk Melodies": I. Lakodalmas3:4011Divertimento no. 2 in A minor, op. 24 "Hungarian Folk Melodies": II. Tréfálkozás4:4812Divertimento no. 2 in A minor, op. 24 "Hungarian Folk Melodies": III. Panaszos enek1:5413Divertimento no. 2 in A minor, op. 24 "Hungarian Folk Melodies": IV. Kanász-nóta4:3414Divertimento no. 3 in A major, op. 25 "Hungarian Impressions": I. Duda-nóta3:4715Divertimento no. 3 in A major, op. 25 "Hungarian Impressions": II. Kesergö1:3316Divertimento no. 3 in A major, op. 25 "Hungarian Impressions": III. Juhász-tréfa2:1017Divertimento no. 3 in A major, op. 25 "Hungarian Impressions": IV. Ballada3:1318Divertimento no. 3 in A major, op. 25 "Hungarian Impressions": V. Maskara-nóta2:5619Divertimento no. 4 in G major, op. 38: I. Régi csárdás1:2120Divertimento no. 4 in G major, op. 38: II. Marosszéki forgatós1:3521Divertimento no. 4 in G major, op. 38: III. Búsuló juhász1:4922Divertimento no. 4 in G major, op. 38: IV. Gábor Ignác nótája2:3623Divertimento no. 4 in G major, op. 38: V. Változatok2:3024Divertimento no. 5, op. 39: I. Peregi verbunk7:0425Divertimento no. 5, op. 39: II. Tréfálkozás0:4626Divertimento no. 5, op. 39: III. Betrárdal1:4327Divertimento no. 5, op. 39: IV. Szerelmes nóta1:0828Divertimento no. 5, op. 39: V. Nógrádi dudás4:022019 · studio album
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1Toldi, op. 43: I. The Poet Muses7:282Toldi, op. 43: II. Merrymaking, Feast in Nagyfalu5:473Toldi, op. 43: III. The Wooden Spears Whirled in Their Hands2:384Toldi, op. 43: IV. Miklós Is in Hiding7:245Toldi, op. 43: V. Miklós Fights Two Wolves2:116Toldi, op. 43: VI. Miklós Lays the Wolves Beside György’s Bed5:507Toldi, op. 43: VII. Thunderstorm7:418Toldi, op. 43: VIII. King Louis Gives an Audience to György5:139Toldi, op. 43: IX. Moonlight6:4610Toldi, op. 43: X. Bence Finds Miklós Again6:5011Toldi, op. 43: XI. A Crowd Is Gathering on Both Banks of the Danube3:3012Toldi, op. 43: XII. The King Sends for the Victorious Warrior3:272020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:06:22
1Romanze, op. 297:412Divertimento no. 2, op. 24 "Magyar népi dallamok": I. Lakodalmas3:413Divertimento no. 2, op. 24 "Magyar népi dallamok": II. Tréfálkozás4:394Divertimento no. 2, op. 24 "Magyar népi dallamok": III. Panaszos ének1:425Divertimento no. 2, op. 24 "Magyar népi dallamok": IV. Kanász-nóta5:046Pastorale, phantaisie et fugue, op. 23: I. Pastorale8:197Pastorale, phantaisie et fugue, op. 23: II. Phantaisie7:468Pastorale, phantaisie et fugue, op. 23: III. Fugue6:159Magyar gyermek- és népdalok: No. 1. Szomorú fűzfának harminchárom ága1:0910Magyar gyermek- és népdalok: No. 2. Szőlőhegyen keresztül0:4511Magyar gyermek- és népdalok: No. 3. Tavaszi szél1:0112Magyar gyermek- és népdalok: No. 4. Lányom, lányom, gyöngyvirágom0:3313Magyar gyermek- és népdalok: No. 5. Gyergyói verbunk1:2414Magyar gyermek- és népdalok: No. 6. Mért küldött a kisasszony0:4315Magyar gyermek- és népdalok: No. 7. Mély a Tiszának a széle1:0616Magyar gyermek- és népdalok: No. 8. Áll előttem egy virágszál0:5717Magyar gyermek- és népdalok: No. 9. Eger felé1:5718Divertimento no. 1, op. 20 "Régi magyar táncok nyomán": I. Jó alapos csárdás2:0819Divertimento no. 1, op. 20 "Régi magyar táncok nyomán": II. Rókatánc2:4920Divertimento no. 1, op. 20 "Régi magyar táncok nyomán": III. Marosszéki keringős1:3821Divertimento no. 1, op. 20 "Régi magyar táncok nyomán": IV. Verbunkos2:2922Divertimento no. 1, op. 20 "Régi magyar táncok nyomán": V. Csűrdöngölő2:36Complete Works for Orchestra, Vol. 4
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:08:20
1Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, op. 41: I. Moderato – Allegro non troppo5:362Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, op. 41: II. Allegro vivo e giocoso4:413Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, op. 41: III. Andante7:044Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, op. 41: IV. Presto8:535Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, op. 305:206Serenade, op. 3: I. Allegretto, quasi andantino6:267Serenade, op. 3: II. Lebhaft, sehr rhythmisch5:318Serenade, op. 3: III. Rubato – Andantino4:409Serenade, op. 3: IV. Allegro molto5:4510Divertimento no. 3, op. 25 “Impressioni Ungheresi”: I. Duda‐Nóta. Allegretto4:0811Divertimento no. 3, op. 25 “Impressioni Ungheresi”: II. Kesergő. Moderato1:0912Divertimento no. 3, op. 25 “Impressioni Ungheresi”: III. Juhász‐Tréfa. Allegretto ben moderato2:0913Divertimento no. 3, op. 25 “Impressioni Ungheresi”: IV. Ballada. Andante4:1214Divertimento no. 3, op. 25 “Impressioni Ungheresi”: V. Maskara‐Nóta. Allegro2:46Violin Sonatas nos. 1 and 2 / Romanze, op. 14 / Ballade, op. 8
2026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:09:35
1Violin Sonata no. 2 in F‐sharp minor, op. 11: I. Allegro6:092Violin Sonata no. 2 in F‐sharp minor, op. 11: II. Presto2:443Violin Sonata no. 2 in F‐sharp minor, op. 11: III. Larghetto5:524Violin Sonata no. 2 in F‐sharp minor, op. 11: IV. Rubato (Moderato) – Presto – Moderato – Doppelt so Langsam wie im I. Satz – Tempo des III. Satzes – Presto – Ziemlich rasch, scharf rhytmisiert12:025Romanze, op. 147:016Ballade, op. 811:037Violin Sonata no. 1 in D major, op. 9: I. Moderato – Allegro non troppo4:598Violin Sonata no. 1 in D major, op. 9: II. Vivace4:249Violin Sonata no. 1 in D major, op. 9: III. Andante7:1110Violin Sonata no. 1 in D major, op. 9: IV. Presto8:10
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Leó Weiner head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 22 | 83.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | -48 | 6.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Kossuth Prize | won | |
| 1953 | Great Artist of Hungary Award | won | |
| 1955 | Order of the Red Banner of Labour | won | |
| 1960 | Kossuth Prize | won |
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