Ödön (Edmund) Péter József de Mihalovich (September 13, 1842 in Fericsánci,

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– April 22, 1929 in

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) was a Hungarian composer and music educator. Mihalovich first studied in Pest with

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. In 1865, he moved to

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, studying there with

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, and, in 1866, he completed his studies in

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with

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. Mihalovich then moved back to Pest; in 1872, he became president of the city's Wagner Society and, in 1887, he followed Franz Liszt as the head of the Budapest Academy of Music, a position he held up to his death. He was also, according to a contemporary source a pupil of

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. While Mihalovich's works are thoroughly

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ian in style, he was supportive of Hungarian

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and encouraged composers such as Béla Bartók and

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. A symphony in D minor was published by

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in 1883.Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore: , page 582.

Works

''Note:this list is incomplete.'' ;Operas *''Hagbart und Signe'' (1867-1881), prémieres: Dresden, 1882 by Franz Wüllner; Budapest, 1886 by Sándor Erkel. *''Wieland der Schmied'' (1876–78, unperformed) *''Eliane'' (1885–87), prémieres: Budapest, 1908 by István Kerner; Vienna 1909 by Karl Gille. *''Toldi'' (The Knight Toldi) (1888-1891), prémiere: Budapest, 1893 by Anton Resnicek. *''Toldi's Love'' (Toldi szerelme - the second version of Toldi with new 2nd finale and 3rd act), prémiere: Budapest, 1895 by Arthur Nikisch. Fragments and planned operas: *''König Fjalar'' (1877-1884, 3 versions, destroyed) *''Faust'' (?, only two scenes are written) *''Tihanyi visszhang'' (The Echo of Tihany /Hungarian fairy-tale/, after 1895, only two scenes are written.) ;Symphonies *No. 1 in D minor (1879), prémiere: Budapest,1885. *No. 2 in B minor (1892), prémiere: Budapest, 1893. *No. 3 in A minor, 'Patetikus'(''sic'') (In memoriam Elisabeth, Empress of Austria and Queen consort of Hungary, 1898-1901), prémiere: Budapest, 1901. *No. 4 in C minor (1902), prémiere: Budapest, 1903. ;Symphonic Ballads *''The Ghost ship'' (Rémhajó/Der Geisterschiff), prémiere: Budapest, 1871; Cassel, 1872. *''The Mermaid'' (Sellő/Die Nixe), prémiere: Budapest, 1875; Wiesbaden, 1878. *''Hero and Leander'' (Heró és Leander/ Hero und Leander), prémiere: Budapest, 1879. *''Funeral music for Ferenc Deák'' (Gyászhangok nagyzenekarra/ Trauerklänge), prémiere: Budapest, 1876. *''La Ronde du Sabbat'' (Boszorkányszombat), prémiere: Budapest, 1879. *''Faust Phantasy'' (Faust-ábránd / Eine Faust-Phantasie), prémiere: Leipzig, 1883; Budapest 1896. *''Pan's death'' (Pán halála / Pan's Tod), prémiere: Budapest, 1898; Berlin, 1902. ;Other works *Choral works *Chamber music

References

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, ''Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music''. Harvard, 1996, p. 588.

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