Viliam Figuš-Bystrý

Viliam FIGUS - Bystrý ( born February 28, 1875 in Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica † May 11, 1937 ) was a Slovak composer.

FIGUS - Bystrý visited 1885-1889 high school and until 1893 the teacher training institute of its hometown. He was then a teacher in Pili (Hungary ), Ostra Lúka ( until 1895 ), Zvolenska Slatina ( until 1907 ) and in the Yugoslav Padina (up to 1906). Since 1907, he lived as a teacher at a Lutheran school back in his hometown. Between 1911 and 1914 he taught at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.

FIGUS - Bystrý one of the founders of the Slovak Union of Artists, which he chaired as 1925. He is the composer of the first Slovak National Opera. He also composed several orchestral works, chamber music, a cantata, piano and violin pieces and songs. In addition, he edited a collection of over one thousand Slovak folk songs.

Works

  • Tance for Piano, 1893-1922
  • Slovenské Ludove piesne I- V, 1903-36
  • Z dětského života, 1912-19
  • Sonatina No. 1 in G Major, 1913
  • Sonatina No. 2 in C Major, 1914
  • Hudobné rozmary, 1914-33
  • Sonatina No. 3 in D Minor, 1915
  • Scherzo, 1915
  • Perlicky, 1915-33
  • Náladové obrazy, 1916
  • Lístky do pamätníka for Piano, 1916-22
  • Paet skladieb pre husle a organ, 1916-26
  • Klavírne kvarteto E-flat Major, 1918
  • Slovenský Zborník, 1919-21
  • Pestre lístky for Piano, 1921-33
  • Z mojej mladosti for symphony orchestra, 1921-34
  • Sláčikové trio in G major, 1921-36
  • Stare hodiny, dance scene, 1922
  • Slávnostný pochod for piano, 1922
  • Detvan opera by Andrei Sládkovič, 1922-26
  • Tisic Slovenských ludových Pieśni IX, 1924-27
  • Nemôžem byť tvojou, lyrical scene, 1926
  • Pochodové piesne, 1928-30
  • Ofertórií 6, 1932
  • Pršianska gajdová Piesen, 1932
  • Yes som Bača velmi starý ..., 1932
  • Hudobné Miniatury for Piano, 1932-33
  • Dve Ave Maria 1933
  • Polne kvietky, 1933
  • Sonáta E Minor, 1934
  • Pochodové slovenské Ludove piesne, 1934
  • Ludove balady, 1934
  • Púchovské piesne, 1934
  • Zbojnícke piesne, 1934-35
  • Bacov tender, 1935
  • Marta Polka for symphony orchestra, 1936
  • Šest skladieb pre organ, 1936-37
  • Pod Poľanou, dance scene for tenor, chorus and orchestra, 1937
  • Mesiac rozpráva for symphony orchestra ( orchestration by Ján Cikker ), 1937
  • Sláčikové trio in E minor, 1937
  • Slovak composer
  • Person ( Banská Bystrica )
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • Born 1875
  • Died in 1937
  • Man
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