Gusztáv Szerémi ( hu, Szerémi Gusztáv; also Gustave Szerémi, Gustav Szerémi; 9 May 1877 in

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– 16 August 1952 in Budapest) was a Hungarian

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ist,

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and

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. Szerémi was professor of violin and viola at the Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music (Országos Magyar Királyi Zeneakadémia, now the

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) in

around the turn of the 20th century. His

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works for viola were introduced as the official curriculum of the Academy.

Selected works

;Concertante * Concerto No. 1 in F major for viola (viola alto) and orchestra, Op. 6 (published 1890s) * Concerto No. 2 in g minor for viola (viola alto) and orchestra, Op. 57 (1911) * Concertino No. 1 in G major for violin and orchestra, Op. 63 * Concertino No. 2 in E minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 64 * Concertino No. 3 in D major for violin and orchestra, Op. 65 ;Chamber music * ''Rêverie'' for viola (viola alto) and piano, Op. 2 * ''Souvenir'', Morceau de salon for violin and piano, Op. 3 * ''Rêverie'' in F major for violin and piano, Op. 5 * ''Öt előadást képző könnyü hegedűdarab'' (5 Easy Concert Pieces in Positions I–V; 5 Leichte Vortragstücke von I. bis V. Lage) for violin and piano, Op. 5 :# Gyermekjelenet (Kinderscene) :# Barcarolle :# Valse :# Romance (Romanze) :# Marcia * ''Trois morceaux lyriques'' (3 Lyric Pieces) for viola (viola alto) and piano, Op. 33 :# Souvenir in B major :# Chanson triste in E minor :# Prière in E major * ''Scherzo'' in A minor for 3 violins, Op. 51 * ''Cinq amusements pour les jeunes artistes de violon'' (5 Recreations for Young Artists of the Violin), Op. 58 :# Menuetto in B major :# Berceuse in G minor :# Scherzo in E major :# Gavotte in A major :# Marcia in E major * ''Mélodie'', Morceau de salon (Salon Piece) for cello and piano, Op. 61 ;Pedagogical * ''12 fokozatos tanulmány a technika fejlesztésére'' (12 Technical Studies; Zwölf technische Studien) for violin and piano, Op. 12 * ''24 fokozatos tanulmány a technika fejlesztésére'' (24 Progressive Studies; 24 Études progressives) for viola, Op. 56 :: Volume 1 (Nos.1–12): Positions I through III :: Volume 2 (Nos.13–24): Positions I through V * ''Eleméleti és gyakorlati mélyhegedű-iskola'' (Elementary and Practical Viola Method) * ''Eleméleti és gyakorlati uj nagy brácsaiskola'' (Elementary and Practical New High Viola Method) * ''A mélyhegedűjáték főiskolája'', Kamarazene-tanulmányok régibb és modern mesterek műveiből, 2 kötetben, Az akadémiai osztályok használatára (The High School of Viola Playing) :: I. kötet: Haydn–Volkmann (Volume 1: From Haydn to Volkmann) :: II. kötet: Bruckner–től napjainkig (Volume 2: From Bruckner Onward)

Sources

Rozsnyai Károly könyv-és zeneműkiadóhivatala
(Károly Rozsnyai Book and Music Publisher), Budapest

External links

* 1877 births 1952 deaths Hungarian composers Hungarian male composers Hungarian classical violinists Male classical violinists Hungarian classical violists Academic staff of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music {{Hungary-composer-stub