Josef Maria Horváth

Josef Maria Horváth
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Born
József Mária Horváth

(1931-12-29)29 December 1931
Pécs, Hungary
DiedOctober 21, 2019(2019-10-21) (aged 87)
Salzburg, Austria
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Pianist
  • Conductor
WorksList of compositions

Josef Maria Horváth (born József Mária Horváth; 20 December 1931 – 21 October 2019) was an Austrian composer of Hungarian descent, who wrote contemporary classical music.[1] A Professor at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, he left his concert pianist and conductor career in 1964 to focus on composition. Horváth was among the most important 20th-century composers active in Salzburg.

Life

Josef Maria Horváth was born on 20 December 1931 as József Mária Horváth in Pécs, Hungary.[2] He learned to play the organ at the Jesuit School of his hometown.[3] After high school he studied piano (receiving his diploma in 1956), music composition, and conducting at the Liszt Academy in Budapest.[2] Horváth emigrated to Austria in 1956 to study at the Mozarteum University Salzburg in Salzburg.[2] His studies lasted until 1959 with a focus on piano, composition and electronic music under Cesar Bresgen and Kurt Leimer.[2]

After his 1959 graduation, Horváth led a career within Austria and abroad as a pianist, conductor and sometimes organist, described by his later publisher Doblinger as a "successful concert career" [erfolgreiche Konzerttätigkeit].[3] He often performed his own compositions.[3]

Based in Salzburg, in 1964 Horváth left a career as a pianist to concentrating almost exclusively on composition.[4] He joined the faculty of his alma mater, the Mozarteum University, from 1979 onwards as Professor of Music Theory and Practice of Contemporary Music and Counterpoint [Theorie und Praxis der Neuen Musik und Kontrapunkt].[2][3]

Throughout his career, Horváth was commissioned by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Ensemble 20. Jahrhundert, and the Salzburg Festival, among other ensembles and organizations.[2] According to composer Rupert Huber, Horváth's works are of impeccable craftsmanship and combine "compositional rigor and coherence with great beauty of sound".[5] The musicologist Cliff Eisen described Horváth as among the most important 20th-century composers active in Salzburg.[6] Horváth died on 21 October 2019 in Salzburg.[1][2]

Awards

Source:[2]

List of compositions

  • Passacaglia, for string orchestra (1955)[2][7]
  • Entropia, symphony (1961)[1]
  • Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (1963)[1]
  • Redundanz 1, for wind octet (1966)[1][7]
  • Redundanz 2, for string quartet (1967)[1][7]
  • Redundanz 3, for wind octet and string quartet (1968)[1][7]
  • Tombeau de Gigue, for orchestra (1971)[7]
  • Melencolia, for solo violin solo and orchestra (1972)[7]
  • Origines, for an chamber ensemble[1]
  • Sothis, for 13 instruments (1977)[7]
  • Sonata piccola, for organ (2005)[7]
  • Music for Wind Orchestra and Tape for the Salzburg Felsenreitschule. Collaborative composition with Gerhard Wimberger and Irmfried Radauer[2]
  • A Mass, Requiem and various songs[2]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Slonimsky, Kuhn & McIntire 2001, p. 1618.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Boisits & Demcisin 2002.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Doblinger, § "Biografie".
  4. ↑ Doblinger, "Horváth gab eine erfolgreiche Pianistenkarriere 1964 zugunsten des Komponierens weitgehend auf ".
  5. ↑ Doblinger, From the original: "kompositorische Strenge und Schlüssigkeit mit großer Klangschönheit".
  6. ↑ Eisen 2001, §3 "19th and 20th centuries".
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Doblinger, § "Werke".

Sources

  • Boisits, Barbara; Demcisin, Georg (2002). "Horvath, Josef Maria". Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon (Online ed.). Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1553/0x0001d224. ISBN 3-7001-3077-5.
    • Print ed. Vol. 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9
  • Eisen, Cliff (2001). "Salzburg". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24437. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription, Wikilibrary access, or UK public library membership required) (subscription, Wikilibrary access, or UK public library membership required)
  • Slonimsky, Nicolas; Kuhn, Laura; McIntire, Dennis, eds. (2001). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 3 Haar-Levi. New York: Schirmer. ISBN 978-0-02-866091-2. OCLC 712690363.
  • "Josef Maria HORVÁTH" (in German). Doblinger. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2008.

See Boisits & Demcisin (2002, § "Literatur") for additional sources

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