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'''Leo Funtek''' (21 August 1885 - 13 January 1965) was a [[violin]]ist, [[conducting|conductor]] and arranger. He is best known for work as a music professor and for his 1922 arrangement of [[Modest Mussorgsky]]'s piano suite ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]''.
'''Leo Funtek''' (August 21, 1885 – January 13, 1965) was a Slovenian [[violin]]ist, [[conducting|conductor]] and arranger. He is best known for work as a music professor and for his 1922 arrangement of [[Modest Mussorgsky]]'s piano suite ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]''.


Funtek was born in [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]].<ref name=Hillila>{{cite book |title=Historical dictionary of the music and musicians of Finland |last=Hillila |first=Ruth-Esther |coauthors=Barbara Blanchard Hong |year=1997|publisher= Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn= 978-0-313-27728-3|oclc=36407803|page=95|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=iUQDFlj1ykkC }}</ref> He received his musical education at the Leipzig Conservatory (now the [[Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre]]) and [[Leipzig University]].<ref name=Hillila/>
Funtek was born in [[Ljubljana]], [[Austria-Hungary]].<ref name=Hillila>{{cite book |title=Historical dictionary of the music and musicians of Finland |last=Hillila |first=Ruth-Esther |author2=Barbara Blanchard Hong |year=1997|publisher= Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn= 978-0-313-27728-3|oclc=36407803|page=95|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iUQDFlj1ykkC }}</ref> He received his musical education at the Leipzig Conservatory (now the [[Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre]]) and [[Leipzig University]].<ref name=Hillila/>


Funtek spent most of his working life in [[Finland]], where he was conductor of the [[Finnish Opera]].<ref name=Russ>{{cite book |title=Musorgsky, Pictures at an exhibition |last=Russ |first=Michael |year=1992 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-38607-4 |oclc=24379604 |page=77 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8Co0gxvU3D8C }}</ref> He was concertmaster with the [[Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra]] from 1906 to 1909, and then was orchestra director of the [[Viipuri Province|Viipuri]] orchestra from 1909 to 1910.<ref name=Hillila/> His most prominent role as a practicing musician was as conductor of the [[Finnish Opera]] from 1915 to 1959.<ref name=Hillila/> He also served as assistant concertmaster for the [[Stockholm]] court orchestra from 1916 to 1919.<ref name=Hillila/>
Funtek spent most of his working life in [[Finland]], where he was conductor of the [[Finnish Opera]].<ref name=Russ>{{cite book |title=Musorgsky, Pictures at an exhibition |last=Russ |first=Michael |year=1992 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-38607-4 |oclc=24379604 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Co0gxvU3D8C }}</ref> He was concertmaster with the [[Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra]] from 1906 to 1909, and then was orchestra director of the [[Viipuri Province|Viipuri]] orchestra from 1909 to 1910.<ref name=Hillila/> His most prominent role as a practicing musician was as conductor of the [[Finnish Opera]] from 1915 to 1959.<ref name=Hillila/> He also served as assistant concertmaster for the [[Stockholm]] court orchestra from 1916 to 1919.<ref name=Hillila/>


In addition to his work as a practicing musician, Funtek was an academician. His first such post was from 1911 to 1939, at the Helsinki Institute of Music (now the [[Sibelius Academy]]), where he taught violin, ensemble and orchestration.<ref name=Hillila/> He later taught at the [[Sibelius Academy]] in [[Helsinki]], where he was a professor of violin at from 1939 to 1955,<ref name=Hillila/> and where he also taught the conducting class from 1950 to 1955.<ref name=FMQ>Anu Konttinen. [http://www.fmq.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=100 Conductor Education in Finland], Finnish Music Quarterly, March 2006</ref> He is credited with the introduction of orchestral training into the conducting class.<ref name=FMQ/> Funtek's students included [[Jorma Panula]], who himself went to become a leading professor of conducting;<ref name=FMQ/> as well as Helvi Lemmika Leiviskä (1902–1982) and Heidi Sundblad-Halme (1903–1973), two of Finland's most prominent female composers;<ref>{{cite book |title=Scandinavian music: Finland & Sweden |last=Hodgson |first=Antony |year=1984|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |isbn=978-0-8386-2346-6 |oclc=10779328|page=67 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=PnYWAAAAIAAJ }}<!-- There's some sort of error at Google books, but the cited text shows up in the Google Books entry for "Formal Methods for Components and Objects" by Frank S. de Boer, ISBN 978-3-540-29131-2, OCLC 61766573OCLO. See http://books.google.com/books?id=lnujLHxHzoUC&pg=PA67&vq=funtek&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0 This just cannot be the right book for this text; it looks like a goof on Google books, where part of the text of one book appears on Google Books as part of an unrelated book. --></ref> and the composer Usko Meriläinen.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music |last=Randel |first=Don Michael |year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn= 978-0-674-37299-3 |oclc=34553491|page=580 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=s6XH8mOtfwcC }}</ref>
In addition to his work as a practicing musician, Funtek was an academician. His first such post was from 1911 to 1939, at the Helsinki Institute of Music (now the [[Sibelius Academy]]), where he taught violin, ensemble and orchestration.<ref name=Hillila/> He later taught at the [[Sibelius Academy]] in [[Helsinki]], where he was a professor of violin at from 1939 to 1955,<ref name=Hillila/> and where he also taught the conducting class from 1950 to 1955.<ref name=FMQ>Anu Konttinen. [http://www.fmq.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=100 Conductor Education in Finland], Finnish Music Quarterly, March 2006</ref> He is credited with the introduction of orchestral training into the conducting class.<ref name=FMQ/> Funtek's students included [[Jorma Panula]], who himself went to become a leading professor of conducting;<ref name=FMQ/> as well as [[Helvi Leiviskä]] (1902–1982) and [[Heidi Sundblad-Halme]] (1903–1973), two of Finland's most prominent female composers;<ref>{{cite book |title=Scandinavian music: Finland & Sweden |last=Hodgson |first=Antony |year=1984|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |isbn=978-0-8386-2346-6 |oclc=10779328|page=67 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PnYWAAAAIAAJ }}<!-- There's some sort of error at Google books, but the cited text shows up in the Google Books entry for "Formal Methods for Components and Objects" by Frank S. de Boer, {{ISBN|978-3-540-29131-2}}, {{OCLC|61766573OCLO}}. See https://books.google.com/books?id=lnujLHxHzoUC&pg=PA67&vq=funtek&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0 This just cannot be the right book for this text; it looks like a goof on Google books, where part of the text of one book appears on Google Books as part of an unrelated book. || Why not go to a library and check this from a physical copy of the book? --></ref> and the composer Usko Meriläinen.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music |last=Randel |first=Don Michael |year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn= 978-0-674-37299-3 |oclc=34553491|page=580 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s6XH8mOtfwcC }}</ref>


As an arranger, Funtek is best known for his orchestral arrangement of ''Pictures at an Exhibition'', which he published in July 1922, just months before an orchestration by the French composer [[Maurice Ravel]], of whose project Funtek was seemingly unaware.<ref name=Russ/> Ravel's orchestration premiered in October 1922,<ref name=Russ/> and is now by far the most-performed of the several orchestrations of the suite. In contrast to other orchestrations, Funtek's adheres closely to Mussorgsky's original piano version.<ref name=Russ/>
As an arranger, Funtek is best known for his orchestral arrangement of ''Pictures at an Exhibition'', which he published in July 1922, just months before an orchestration by the French composer [[Maurice Ravel]], of whose project Funtek was seemingly unaware.<ref name=Russ/> Ravel's orchestration premiered in October 1922,<ref name=Russ/> and is now by far the most-performed of the several orchestrations of the suite. In contrast to other orchestrations, Funtek's adheres closely to Mussorgsky's original piano version.<ref name=Russ/>


Funtek was married to Finnish soprano Ingeborg Liljeblad.<ref>{{cite book |title=Baker's Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians |last=Slonimsky |first=Nicolas |year=1958|edition=5th|publisher=G. Schirmer, Inc. |page=954 |url=http://www.archive.org/details/bakersbiographic005877mbp }}</ref> He died in Helsinki.<ref name=Hillila/>
Funtek was married to Finnish soprano Ingeborg Liljeblad.<ref>{{cite book |title=Baker's Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians |last=Slonimsky |first=Nicolas |year=1958|edition=5th|publisher=G. Schirmer, Inc. |page=954 |url=https://archive.org/details/bakersbiographic005877mbp }}</ref> He died in Helsinki.<ref name=Hillila/>


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Latest revision as of 18:43, 25 October 2024

"Funtek" redirects here. For the Slovenian writer, see Anton Funtek.

Leo Funtek
Born(1885-08-21)August 21, 1885
Ljubljana, Slovenia
DiedJanuary 13, 1965(1965-01-13) (aged 79)
Helsinki, Finland
Occupationmusician

Leo Funtek (August 21, 1885 – January 13, 1965) was a Slovenian violinist, conductor and arranger. He is best known for work as a music professor and for his 1922 arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition.

Funtek was born in Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary.[1] He received his musical education at the Leipzig Conservatory (now the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre) and Leipzig University.[1]

Funtek spent most of his working life in Finland, where he was conductor of the Finnish Opera.[2] He was concertmaster with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra from 1906 to 1909, and then was orchestra director of the Viipuri orchestra from 1909 to 1910.[1] His most prominent role as a practicing musician was as conductor of the Finnish Opera from 1915 to 1959.[1] He also served as assistant concertmaster for the Stockholm court orchestra from 1916 to 1919.[1]

In addition to his work as a practicing musician, Funtek was an academician. His first such post was from 1911 to 1939, at the Helsinki Institute of Music (now the Sibelius Academy), where he taught violin, ensemble and orchestration.[1] He later taught at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where he was a professor of violin at from 1939 to 1955,[1] and where he also taught the conducting class from 1950 to 1955.[3] He is credited with the introduction of orchestral training into the conducting class.[3] Funtek's students included Jorma Panula, who himself went to become a leading professor of conducting;[3] as well as Helvi Leiviskä (1902–1982) and Heidi Sundblad-Halme (1903–1973), two of Finland's most prominent female composers;[4] and the composer Usko Meriläinen.[5]

As an arranger, Funtek is best known for his orchestral arrangement of Pictures at an Exhibition, which he published in July 1922, just months before an orchestration by the French composer Maurice Ravel, of whose project Funtek was seemingly unaware.[2] Ravel's orchestration premiered in October 1922,[2] and is now by far the most-performed of the several orchestrations of the suite. In contrast to other orchestrations, Funtek's adheres closely to Mussorgsky's original piano version.[2]

Funtek was married to Finnish soprano Ingeborg Liljeblad.[6] He died in Helsinki.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Hillila, Ruth-Esther; Barbara Blanchard Hong (1997). Historical dictionary of the music and musicians of Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-313-27728-3. OCLC 36407803.
  2. ^ a b c d Russ, Michael (1992). Musorgsky, Pictures at an exhibition. Cambridge University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-521-38607-4. OCLC 24379604.
  3. ^ a b c Anu Konttinen. Conductor Education in Finland, Finnish Music Quarterly, March 2006
  4. ^ Hodgson, Antony (1984). Scandinavian music: Finland & Sweden. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-8386-2346-6. OCLC 10779328.
  5. ^ Randel, Don Michael (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 580. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3. OCLC 34553491.
  6. ^ Slonimsky, Nicolas (1958). Baker's Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians (5th ed.). G. Schirmer, Inc. p. 954.
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