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'''Jan Hřímalý''' (also seen as Ivan Voitsekhovich Grzhimali (Иван Войцехович Гржимали (13 April 1844 &ndash; 11/24 January 1915<ref name=net>[http://www.tchaikovsky-research.net/en/people/hrimaly_jan.html Tchaikovsky Research.net]</ref><ref>[http://www.altenbergtrio.at/?site=archive_ensemble&triofilter=k&lp=fr Index des Trios]</ref><ref>The death date of 1 March 1915 also appears in the literature, e.g. Grove's Dictionary, 5th ed., 1954</ref>) was an influential Czech violinist and teacher, who was associated with the [[Moscow Conservatory]] for 46 years 1869-1915.
'''Jan Hřímalý''' (also seen as Ivan Voitsekhovich Grzhimali (Иван Войцехович Гржимали (13 April 1844{{ndash}}{{OldStyleDate|24 January|1915|11 January}}<ref name=net>[http://www.tchaikovsky-research.net/en/people/hrimaly_jan.html Tchaikovsky Research.net]</ref><ref>[http://www.altenbergtrio.at/?site=archive_ensemble&triofilter=k&lp=fr Index des Trios]</ref><ref>The death date of 1 March 1915 also appears in the literature, e.g. Grove's Dictionary, 5th ed., 1954</ref>) was an influential Czech violinist and teacher, who was associated with the [[Moscow Conservatory]] for 46 years 1869-1915.


He was born in [[Plzeň|Pilsen]], the second son of the organist and composer Vojtěch Hřímalý (1809–1880)<ref name=net/>, and a member of a notable Czech musical family.<ref name=greene/> He was taught by his older brother Vojtěch Hřímalý jr., and by [[Moritz Mildner]]. Hřímalý studied violin at the [[Prague Conservatory]] (1855–1861), and went on to become leader of the [[Amsterdam]] Orchestra (1862–1868).<ref name=net/> In 1869 he was appointed violin teacher at the [[Moscow Conservatory]]. He succeeded [[Ferdinand Laub]] as professor of violin studies 1874-1915.<ref>[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~leonid/violinist_composers.htm Violinist composers]</ref> He was leader of the Russian Musical Society Orchestra in Moscow from 1874 until 1906.<ref name=net/>
He was born in [[Plzeň|Pilsen]], the second son of the organist and composer Vojtěch Hřímalý (1809–1880)<ref name=net/>, and a member of a notable Czech musical family.<ref name=greene/> He was taught by his older brother Vojtěch Hřímalý jr., and by [[Moritz Mildner]]. Hřímalý studied violin at the [[Prague Conservatory]] (1855–1861), and went on to become leader of the [[Amsterdam]] Orchestra (1862–1868).<ref name=net/> In 1869 he was appointed violin teacher at the [[Moscow Conservatory]]. He succeeded [[Ferdinand Laub]] as professor of violin studies 1874-1915.<ref>[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~leonid/violinist_composers.htm Violinist composers]</ref> He was leader of the Russian Musical Society Orchestra in Moscow from 1874 until 1906.<ref name=net/>
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He published a number of technical exercises and studies, some of which were valued by [[Jascha Heifetz]]<ref>[http://www.maestronet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=318612 Chicago School of Violin Making]</ref>, and he died in [[Moscow]] in 1915.
He published a number of technical exercises and studies, some of which were valued by [[Jascha Heifetz]]<ref>[http://www.maestronet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=318612 Chicago School of Violin Making]</ref>, and he died in [[Moscow]] in 1915.


All his siblings were musically talented. Together with his brothers, Vojtěch (1842-1908), Jan Bartulomeus Cestmir (1844-1915), and Bohuslav Ferdinand Wenzl (1848-1894), they started the first string quartet in Bohemia. His sisters, Maria Regina (1839-1924) and Anna Jana (1840-1897) were renommed singers in Salzburg, Austria. <ref> Genealogy by Åke Backström, Sydney, www.genealogia.fi</ref>
All his siblings were musically talented. Together with his brothers, Vojtěch (1842-1908), Jan Bartulomeus Cestmir (1844-1915), and Bohuslav Ferdinand Wenzl (1848-1894), they started the first string quartet in Bohemia. His sisters, Maria Regina (1839-1924) and Anna Jana (1840-1897) were renowned singers in Salzburg, Austria.<ref> Genealogy by Åke Backström, Sydney, www.genealogia.fi</ref>



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Revision as of 18:49, 20 December 2011

Jan Hřímalý (also seen as Ivan Voitsekhovich Grzhimali (Иван Войцехович Гржимали (13 April 1844–24 January [O.S. 11 January] 1915[1][2][3]) was an influential Czech violinist and teacher, who was associated with the Moscow Conservatory for 46 years 1869-1915.

He was born in Pilsen, the second son of the organist and composer Vojtěch Hřímalý (1809–1880)[1], and a member of a notable Czech musical family.[4] He was taught by his older brother Vojtěch Hřímalý jr., and by Moritz Mildner. Hřímalý studied violin at the Prague Conservatory (1855–1861), and went on to become leader of the Amsterdam Orchestra (1862–1868).[1] In 1869 he was appointed violin teacher at the Moscow Conservatory. He succeeded Ferdinand Laub as professor of violin studies 1874-1915.[5] He was leader of the Russian Musical Society Orchestra in Moscow from 1874 until 1906.[1]

He was acquainted with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who held him in high regard. He co-premiered Tchaikovsky's String Quartets Nos. 2 (1874) and 3 (1876). In March 1882, he appeared in the first performance (private) of Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A minor and may have also appeared in the public premiere in October, although this is not certain.

He made a very early recording on wax cylinders of the Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor by Anton Arensky, with the composer at the piano and the cellist Anatoliy Brandukov. This recording was made shortly after its composition and is almost certainly its first recording, although it is not complete.[6][7]

He was considered an outstanding teacher.[8] His students included Iosif Kotek, Reinhold Glière[4], who dedicated his Octet for Strings, Op. 5, to his teacher[9]; Paul Juon[10]; Vladimir Bakaleinikov; Arcady Dubensky[11]; Pyotr Stolyarsky (the teacher of David Oistrakh, Nathan Milstein, and many others)[12]; Nikolai Roslavets[13]; Konstantin Saradzhev[14]; Alexander Petschnikoff, Mikhail Press, Alexander Schmuller[15]; and possibly Mitrofan Vasiliev, the first violin teacher of Jean Sibelius.[16]

He published a number of technical exercises and studies, some of which were valued by Jascha Heifetz[17], and he died in Moscow in 1915.

All his siblings were musically talented. Together with his brothers, Vojtěch (1842-1908), Jan Bartulomeus Cestmir (1844-1915), and Bohuslav Ferdinand Wenzl (1848-1894), they started the first string quartet in Bohemia. His sisters, Maria Regina (1839-1924) and Anna Jana (1840-1897) were renowned singers in Salzburg, Austria.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Tchaikovsky Research.net
  2. ^ Index des Trios
  3. ^ The death date of 1 March 1915 also appears in the literature, e.g. Grove's Dictionary, 5th ed., 1954
  4. ^ a b David Mason Greene, Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers
  5. ^ Violinist composers
  6. ^ New York Times
  7. ^ The Dawn of Recording
  8. ^ Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed., 1954
  9. ^ Edition Silvertrust
  10. ^ Swiss Violin Concertos
  11. ^ The New York Public Library
  12. ^ Edward H. Tarr, East Meets West
  13. ^ Описание CD
  14. ^ (True) Synesthete Composers and Musicians
  15. ^ Famous Musicians of a Wandering Race
  16. ^ The Wegelius Institute
  17. ^ Chicago School of Violin Making
  18. ^ Genealogy by Åke Backström, Sydney, www.genealogia.fi

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