JOSEF WEISS (KOSICE, KINGDOM OF HUNGARY,
MARCH 12, 1864 – BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, MARCH, 1945)
He studied
music from the age of 11, received his initial education at home. In the 1870s
he took piano lessons from F. Liszt. He studied for 4 years at the Budapest
Academy of Music in class. piano F. Erkel and c. compositions by F. R. Folkman.
Graduated from the Vienna Conservatory, class. composition theory by Franz
Kren, after which he prepared a concert repertoire under the direction of M.
Moszkowski in Germany. He taught at the Berlin New Academy of Music T. Kullak,
and also taught his own piano courses. For two years he taught in Aberdeen, had
over 100 students. At the St. Petersburg Conservatory: professor of the 2nd
degree class. playing the piano (1891–1893). Conducted by class. piano and cl.
ensemble. After 1893 he lived in Berlin for a long time, was engaged in
performing and teaching activities. He gave concerts in Germany (Berlin,
Leipzig, Schwerin), Hungary (Budapest), Russia (St. Petersburg), USA (New York,
Albany), etc. Solo repertoire includes works by L. Beethoven, F. Mendelssohn,
F. Chopin , R. Schumann, F. Liszt (original compositions and transcriptions),
A. G. Rubinstein, I. Brahms, P. I. Tchaikovsky, own compositions. The chamber
repertoire includes music by L. Boccherini, I. Brahms, K. Yu. Davydov, A. A.
Brandukov and others. He performed in an ensemble with the German cellist H.
Becker.
TRACKLIST
398
WELTE-MIGNON BACH-D’ALBERT – Passacaglia, c, S. 582
399
WELTE-MIGNON DOHNANYI – Rhapsody, Op. 11, No. 2 F#
400
WELTE-MIGNON WEISS – Frühlingsahnen (Presentiment of Spring)
3614 WELTE-MIGNON
BIZET – Fantasie on Themes from the Opera “Carmen”
3617
WELTE-MIGNON J. STRAUSS,JR.-WEISS-KOSCHITZ – Roses from the South – Waltzes
3618
WELTE-MIGNON DVORAK – “Bohemian National Dances”, Op. 42, No. 1 Furiant
