Alexander Moyzes

Moyzes Alexander ( born September 4, 1906 in Kláštor pod Znievom, Northwest Slovakia, † November 20, 1984 in Bratislava) was a Slovak composer.

Life

Moyzes Alexander received his first music lessons from his father, the composer Mikuláš Moyzes. After attending grammar school in Prešov Moyzes began in 1925 to study music at the Prague Conservatory ( composition, conducting and organ). Among his teachers was Otakar Ostrčil and Rudolf Karel. As a thesis put Moyzes in 1928 the first movement of his First Symphony before, simultaneously with the first symphony of Slovak music history and in the world premiere took place a year later, a great success. He then attended the master class of Vítězslav Novák (up to 1930).

Moyzes made ​​for its long-standing educational activity a name; numerous Slovak composers were taught by him. In 1928, he was hired as a teacher of composition at the Music Academy Bratislava ( until 1948 ). In 1941 he was also appointed professor of composition at the Conservatory in Bratislava. From 1949 he was professor of composition at the newly founded Academy of Performing Arts ( VŠMU ). This institute, he was from 1965 to 1971 as Director ago. In 1978 he became Professor Emeritus.

From 1937 was Moyzes first musical adviser to the Slovak Radio, which he remained until 1948. He also appeared on the Board of the Slovak Society of Composers, as well as in the Slovak music publisher. Moyzes received as well-known representative of the Slovak national music many awards, including the 1956 State Prize.

Tonal language

Moyzes ' music combines influences of Slovak folklore with the music of the late - and post-romanticism and 20th century. In the 1920s and early 1930s, he experimented with different tendencies; direct processing of Slovak folk music, among jazz influences. His First Symphony can be the role models Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss realize it, but this is national elements against, not least results in a significant reduction of pathos in comparison to the aforementioned composers. Also on contemporary Czech composers such as Josef Suk and Novák Moyzes oriented.

In the following decades he tightened his compositional style; the basis of the folklore manifested itself especially in the use of characteristic harmony, melody and rhythm, their processing remained trained on the European ( late romantic to impressionistic ) tradition. In about 1948, from Moyzes ' work referred explicitly to the aesthetics of Socialist Realism. A bright and optimistic attitude he associated with one ( for example, by the use of folk instruments ) are particularly pronounced with respect to folk music.

In the late 1950s Moyzes took a significant stylistic change by tendencies of modern music opened. Influences of neoclassicism and by Dmitri Shostakovich led to a substantial harmonic sharpening his music, the framework of tonality left in the late 1960s in part.

Early 1970s found Moyzes to his maturity style, which is characterized by a lyrical and broken, rather dissolved tonal language. Neoclassical and romanticized elements cause a retrospectively to melancholy -looking atmosphere, which faces a bright, transparent base character. Placed particular emphasis on Moyzes an elaborate motivic- thematic organization of his music. The used in previous works using cyclic subjects entered in favor of a stronger emphasis on variation techniques and the use of motivic cells to produce more subtle correlations in the background.

Moyzes ' importance in the Slovak music history is that he formed together with Ján Cikker and Eugen Suchoň composers Trias, opened the Slovak music for developments of the 20th century. He wore by its distinct teaching activity particularly the professionalization and institutionalization of the Slovak musical life at.

Works

  • Symphonies Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op 31 (1928 /29, as op 4, rev. 1936)
  • Symphony No. 2 in A minor, Op 16 (1932, rev. 1941)
  • Symphony No. 3 in B flat major, Op 18 "Little Symphony" (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 G major Op 45 "Pioneer Symphony" (1950 /51)
  • Symphony No. 7, Op 50 (1954 /55)
  • Symphony No. 8, Op 64 (1968 /69)
  • Symphony No. 9, Op 69 (1970 /71)
  • Symphony No. 10, Op 77 (1977 /78)
  • Symphony No. 11, Op 79 (1978 )
  • Symphony No. 12, Op 83 (1983 )
  • Symphonic Overture, Op 10 (1929 )
  • " The Waag down " Suite Op 26 (1935, rev. 1945)
  • " Grantaltänze " Opus 43 (1950 )
  • " Dances from Gemer " Op 51 (1955 )
  • " Partita in honor of Master Paul of Leutschau " ( Pavla z Levoce ) op 67 (1969, rev. 1970)
  • " Beacon in the Mountains", Op 71 (1971 )
  • "Music for a woman ", Op 74 (1975 )
  • Violin Concerto, Op 53 (1958 )
  • Flute Concerto, Op 61 (1967 )
  • " The brave King " Opera (1965 /66)
  • " Sinfonia da chiesa " for soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ, Op 36 (1941 /42)
  • "We want peace ", cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra, Op 46 (1951 )
  • " Ballad- cantata" for tenor, chorus and orchestra, Op 55 mixtures (1959 )
  • "The Way", song cycle for soprano ( tenor) and orchestra (piano) op.19 (1943 )
  • " In the fall ", song cycle for mezzo- soprano and orchestra (piano), Op 56 (1960 )
  • More songs
  • Folksong Arrangements
  • String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op 8 (1929 )
  • String Quartet No. 2 in D, Op 66 (1966 )
  • String Quartet No. 3, Op 82 (1981 )
  • String Quartet No. 4, Op 84 (1983 )
  • Wind Quintet, Op 17 (1933 )
  • " Poetic Suite" for Violin and Piano, Op 35 (1940 )
  • " Little Sonata " op 63 for violin and piano (1967 /68)
  • Piano Sonata in E Minor, Op 2 ( 1926/27, rev., 1942 )
  • Divertimento Opus 11 (1930 )
  • " Robber Rhapsody" op 52 (1957 )
  • "Jazz " Sonata op 14/2 for two pianos (1930, rev., 1971)
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