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Ödön (Edmund) Péter József de Mihalovich (September 13, 1842 in Fericsánci, Slavonia – April 22, 1929 in Budapest) was a Hungarian composer and music educator.
Mihalovich first studied in Pest with Mihály Mosonyi. In 1865, he moved to Leipzig, studying there with Moritz Hauptmann, and, in 1866, he completed his studies in Munich with Peter Cornelius. Mihalovich then moved back to Pest; in 1872, he became president of the city's Wagner Society and, in 1887, he followed
Summary of Thesis: A Construed Portrait of Mihalovich Ödön
(PDF). Written for PhD Completion, Bölcsettudományi Budapest, 2010. *Windhager, Ákos
Thesis
(PDF) (in Hungarian). Written for PhD Completion as above. Bölcsettudományi Budapest, 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mihalovich, Odon 1842 births 1929 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century classical pianists 19th-century male musicians 20th-century classical composers 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century Hungarian male musicians Hungarian classical composers Hungarian classical pianists Male classical pianists Hungarian male classical composers Hungarian opera composers Hungarian Romantic composers Male opera composers People from Feričanci
Ödön (Edmund) Péter József de Mihalovich (September 13, 1842 in Fericsánci, Slavonia – April 22, 1929 in Budapest) was a Hungarian composer and music educator.
Mihalovich first studied in Pest with Mihály Mosonyi. In 1865, he moved to Leipzig, studying there with Moritz Hauptmann, and, in 1866, he completed his studies in Munich with Peter Cornelius. Mihalovich then moved back to Pest; in 1872, he became president of the city's Wagner Society and, in 1887, he followed Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...
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 Hans von Bülow.
While Mihalovich's works are thoroughly Wagnerian in style, he was supportive of Hungarian nationalism and encouraged composers such as Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...
and Zoltán Kodály.
A symphony in D minor was published by Breitkopf & Härtel 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 musicReferences
* Don Randel, ''Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music''. Harvard, 1996, p. 588.External links
*Further reading
*Windhager, ÁkosSummary of Thesis: A Construed Portrait of Mihalovich Ödön
(PDF). Written for PhD Completion, Bölcsettudományi Budapest, 2010. *Windhager, Ákos
Thesis
(PDF) (in Hungarian). Written for PhD Completion as above. Bölcsettudományi Budapest, 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mihalovich, Odon 1842 births 1929 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century classical pianists 19th-century male musicians 20th-century classical composers 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century Hungarian male musicians Hungarian classical composers Hungarian classical pianists Male classical pianists Hungarian male classical composers Hungarian opera composers Hungarian Romantic composers Male opera composers People from Feričanci