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Paul Juon
Person · male · Switzerland · Moscow · born 1872 · died 1940 · recording since 2003
Russian composer
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Also known as Paul Juon · Paul Juon · Па́вел Фёдорович Юо́н · Pavel Fyodorovich Yuon · 保罗·尤翁
Timeline
10 events▣ Album 7◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1870s
1940s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Tripelkonzert «Episodes concertants» / Cellokonzert «Mysterien»
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Tripelkonzert «Episodes concertants» / Cellokonzert «Mysterien»
Album
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography519 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1351884508
Biography
Paul Juon (Russian: Па́вел Фёдорович Юо́н, Pavel Fyodorovich Yuon; 6 March 1872 – 21 August 1940) was a Russian composer of Swiss origin.
Life
Juon was born in Moscow on 6 March 1872, the son of Theodor Friedrich Juon (1842–1912), an insurance official, and Emilie Gottwalt. His father was born in Goldingen, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kuldīga, Latvia), into a Swiss family originally from Masein, Grisons, while his mother was of Irish descent. Juon entered the Moscow Conservatory in 1889, where he studied violin with Jan Hřímalý and composition with Anton Arensky and Sergei Taneyev. He completed his studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, under Woldemar Bargiel. His first (privately) printed works, two Romanzen (lieder) appeared in 1894, the year he began studies with Bargiel.
Juon worked as a music teacher in Baku before moving to Berlin in 1897. During his time in Berlin he was a composition professor, employed by Joseph Joachim; his students included Hans Chemin-Petit, Werner Richard Heymann, Nikos Skalkottas, Henry Jolles, Pancho Vladigerov, Philipp Jarnach, Heinrich Kaminski, Lauri Ikonen, Max Trapp, Heino Kaski, Yrjö Kilpinen, Gerhart von Westerman, Hans Moltkau, Giannis Konstantinidis, Wilhelm Guttmann, Stefan Wolpe, Nicolas Nabokov and Gunnar Johansen. Juon was a member (1919) and later a senator of the Prussian Academy of Arts, which awarded him the Beethoven Prize in 1929. Juon retired to Vevey, Switzerland, in 1934, devoting himself exclusively to composing. He died in Vevey on 21 August 1940.
Music
Juon's works include sonatas for viola, cello, winds, and three for violin (the third was recorded on a multi-LP set called Musik zwischen den Kriegen : eine Berliner Dokumentation); four symphonies (including one in manuscript) and a chamber symphony; four string quartets; several piano trios, piano quartets and piano quintets, and one sextet for piano and strings; a wind quintet; a number of concertante works, including three violin concertos and a triple concerto with piano trio; many piano works and lieder; and a number of stage works, including an opera, Aleko.
Several of these works have been recorded on compact disc, including some of the sonatas, two of the concertos, two of the symphonies, all four string quartets, the piano trios, and the three violin sonatas (Naxos 8.574091). He is known to have orchestrated Johannes Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 4.
He also translated Arensky's 'Practical Studies in Harmony' into German.
The CD set "The Dawn of Recording: The Julius Block Cylinders," issued by Marston Records, includes recordings, dating from 1911, 1914 and 1915, of five brief excerpts from Juon's music: one selection for piano solo played by Juon, two selections for piano duet played by Juon and Leonid Kreutzer, one selection for piano solo played by Leonid Kreutzer, and one selection for violin and piano played by Eddy Brown and Julius Block.
Personal life
Juon married his first wife, Katharina Schalchalova, in 1896; they had three children: Ina, Aja, and Ralf. Katharina died in 1911. In 1912, he married Marie Hegner-Günthert (called Armande), with whom he also had three children: Stella, Irsa and Rémi. He dedicated his Mysterien, Op 59 to Armande in 1928.
His younger brother was painter Konstantin Yuon.
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 | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | -63 | 6th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
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
Tripelkonzert «Episodes concertants» / Cellokonzert «Mysterien»
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:00:14
1Episodes concertantes, op. 45: I. Allegro moderato15:452Episodes concertantes, op. 45: II. Lento15:293Episodes concertantes, op. 45: III. Allegro non troppo7:584Mysterien, op. 59 (Tondichtung für Violoncello und Orchester)21:022012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:11:25
1Piano Sextet in C minor, op. 22: I. Moderato13:232Piano Sextet in C minor, op. 22: II. Thema con variazioni: Andantino quasi allegretto8:403Piano Sextet in C minor, op. 22: III. Menuetto4:044Piano Sextet in C minor, op. 22: IV. Intermezzo: Moderato piacevole2:355Piano Sextet in C minor, op. 22: V. Finale: Allegro non troppo9:436Piano Quintet no. 2 in F major, op. 44: I. Allegro moderato11:187Piano Quintet no. 2 in F major, op. 44: II. Commodo4:118Piano Quintet no. 2 in F major, op. 44: III. Sostenuto8:119Piano Quintet no. 2 in F major, op. 44: IV. Risoluto - Tranquillo - Vivace9:20Rhapsodische Sinfonie / Sinfonietta capricciosa
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:12:36
1Rhapsodische Sinfonie, op. 95: Commodo21:252Rhapsodische Sinfonie, op. 95: Allegro marciale21:593Sinfonietta capricciosa, op. 98: Moderarato12:294Sinfonietta capricciosa, op. 98: Adagio molto7:135Sinfonietta capricciosa, op. 98: Allegro9:302016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 2:10:32
Disc 11String Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 5: I. Allegro moderato12:142String Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 5: II. Adagio sostenuto10:323String Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 5: III. Molto presto7:154String Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 5: IV. Intermezzo. Allegro3:295String Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 5: V. Finale. Vivacissimo8:246String Quartet in B minor, op. 11: I. Allegro risoluto9:487String Quartet in B minor, op. 11: II. Andante tranquillo5:288String Quartet in B minor, op. 11: III. Scherzo. Presto3:499String Quartet in B minor, op. 11: IV. Finale. Allegro con giusto8:29Disc 21String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 29: I. Allegro molto9:132String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 29: II. Lento assai ma poco rubato9:053String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 29: III. Moderato6:124String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 29: IV. Lento assai – Vivace non troppo8:115String Quartet no. 3 in D minor, op. 67: I. Allegro7:536String Quartet no. 3 in D minor, op. 67: II. Andante tranquillo6:457String Quartet no. 3 in D minor, op. 67: III. Allegro4:058String Quartet no. 3 in D minor, op. 67: IV. Allegro non troppo9:402019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:17:10
1Violin Sonata no. 2 in F major, op. 69: I. Allegro non troppo10:112Violin Sonata no. 2 in F major, op. 69: II. Largo - Allegretto6:513Violin Sonata no. 2 in F major, op. 69: III. Risoluto8:444Violin Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 8617:515Violin Sonata no. 1 in A major, op. 7: I. Andante quasi moderato - Allegro ma non troppo14:056Violin Sonata no. 1 in A major, op. 7: II. Thema mit Variationen11:297Violin Sonata no. 1 in A major, op. 7: III. Vivace7:592021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:19:00
1Symphonie no. 2 für Orchester, op. 72: I. Lento (Introduzione) - Allegro (Sonata)7:152Symphonie no. 2 für Orchester, op. 72: II. Andante5:523Symphonie no. 2 für Orchester, op. 72: III. Presto (Scherzo)6:004Symphonie no. 2 für Orchester, op. 72: IV. Lento (Recitativo) - Allegro giusto (Rondo)6:185Burletta für Violine und Orchester, op. 9712:276Tre poeme per orchestra op. 173 (quasi sinfonia), 9. Sinfonie: I. Lento8:097Tre poeme per orchestra op. 173 (quasi sinfonia), 9. Sinfonie: II. Con moto8:488Tre poeme per orchestra op. 173 (quasi sinfonia), 9. Sinfonie: III. Espressivo7:549La Partenza16:172023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 55:30
1Trio no. 2 in C minor, op. 66, MWV Q 33: I. Allegro energico9:562Trio no. 2 in C minor, op. 66, MWV Q 33: II. Andante espressivo6:273Trio no. 2 in C minor, op. 66, MWV Q 33: III. Scherzo3:434Trio no. 2 in C minor, op. 66, MWV Q 33: IV. Finale7:435Litaniae, op. 7017:396Eight Variations on a Greek Folk Theme10:02
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Paul Juon head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | -63 | 6th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Mendelssohn Award | won |
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