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| death_place = Rome, Italy | instrument = Violin | genre = Classical | occupation = Violinist | years_active = 1903–1935 | notable_instruments = the 1716 "Berthier, Franz von Vecsey" Stradivarius }} Franz von Vecsey ((ハンガリー語:Vecsey Ferenc), 23 March 18935 April 1935) was a Hungarian violinist and composer, who became a well-known virtuoso in Europe through the early 20th century. He was born in Budapest〔 and began his violin studies with his father, Lajos Vecsey, and at the age of eight he entered the studio of Jenő Hubay. Two years later, aged ten, he played for Joseph Joachim in Berlin (making his début at "Beethoven Halle" on 17 May 1903) and subsequently became known as a stellar child prodigy virtuoso. He became one of the pre-eminent violinists in Europe in the 1910s and '20s, at one point touring with Béla Bartók as his piano accompanist. Aged only 12, he became the re-dedicatee of Jean Sibelius's Violin Concerto in D minor in 1905, after the original dedicatee, Willy Burmester, refused to play the work after he was unable to appear at the premiere of the revised version and it was premiered by Karel Halíř instead. Vecsey championed the Sibelius concerto, first performing at when he was only 13. He was also the dedicatee of Hubay's Violin Concerto No.3.〔(IMSPL - Violin Concerto No.3, Op.99 (Hubay, Jenö) )〕 He also spent time composing, and wrote a number of virtuosic salon pieces for the violin. From 1926 till his untimely death, he lived with his wife in Venice at "Palazzo Giustinian de' Vescovi" on Canal Grande. His career steadily faltered after the First World War, as he grew tired of constant touring and wanted to concentrate more on conducting. By the 1930s, he was about to embark on that dream, but it suddenly curtailed when in 1935, he became seriously ill with a pulmonary embolism that grew through much of his life. He sought medical care in Rome. The operation was unsuccessful, and Vecsey succumbed to the disease at the age of 42.〔Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition〕 == Selected compositions == Violin solo * ''Preludio e Fuga'' in C minor (1914); dedicated to Jenő Hubay Violin and piano * ''La Campanella'' (1934); transcription based on the ''Rondo'' from Violin Concerto No. 2 by Niccolò Paganini * ''Caprice'' in F major (1913) * ''Caprice fantastique'' (1933) * ''Caprice No. 1 "Le Vent"'' in A minor (1916) * ''Caprice No. 2 "Cascade"'' in F major (1916) * ''Caprice No. 3 "Valse macabre"'' * ''Caprice No. 4 "Badinage"'' * ''Caprice No. 5 "La Lune glisse à travers les nuages"'' (1917) * ''Caprice No. 6 "Octaves dansantes"'' * ''Caprice No. 7 "Claire de lune"'' * ''Caprice No. 8 "Feu d'étincelles"'' * ''Caprice No. 9 "Reflets dans l'eau"'' * ''Caprice No. 10 "Pensée fantastique"'' * ''Le Chagrin de Pierrot'' * ''Chanson nostalgique'' (1933) * ''Chanson triste'' (1913) * ''Conte passionné'' in G major (1913) * ''Fantaisies'' (1921) :: No. 1 – Devant un tombeau * ''Mariä Wiegenlied'' (1934); transcription of Max Reger's Op. 76, No. 52 * ''3 Morceaux'' (1912) :: No. 1 – Rêve (A minor) :: No. 2 – Humoresque (E minor) :: No. 3 – Menuetto (E major) * ''Motus Barbarus'' * ''Plainte nostalgique'' * ''Preghiera'' in G minor (1924) * ''Préludes'' (1921); Nos. 3~5 also for 2 violins and piano :: No. 1 – À toi :: No. 2 – Nuit du Nord :: No. 3 – Badinage impertinant :: No. 4 – Claire de lune sur le Bosphore :: No. 5 – Pourquoi ... :: No. 6 – Nostalgie :: No. 7 – Rêverie :: No. 8 – Pensée triste * ''Souvenir'' (1913) * ''Valse lente'' (1933) * ''Valse triste'' in C minor (1913) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franz von Vecsey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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