László Weiner (9 April 1916 in Szombathely, Hungary – 25 July 1944 in Lukov) was a Hungarian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, pianist and

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who was murdered in the Holocaust. Weiner studied piano and conducting at the

Budapest Music Academy The Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music ( hu, Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem, often abbreviated as ''Zeneakadémia'', "Liszt Academy") is a music university and a concert hall in Budapest, Hungary, founded on November 14, 1875. It is home to the ...

and was a composition student of Zoltán Kodály from 1934 to 1940. Weiner was married in 1942 to singer

Vera Rózsa Vera Rózsa OBE (or Vera Rózsa-Nordell, ; 16 May 1917 – 15 October 2010) was a Hungarian singer, voice teacher, and vocal consultant. She lived in the United Kingdom from 1954. Education She started her music education at the age of five. He ...

. By February 1943, Weiner had been deported by the Nazis to the Lukov forced labor camp in Slovakia where he was later murdered. Kodály attempted to save Weiner and colleague Jenő Deutsch to no avail. Due to the efforts of violist

Pál Lukács Pál Lukács ( hu, Lukács Pál; 27 April 1919 in – 22 May 1981) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian viola virtuoso, concert and recording artist, and music educator. Lukács studied voice, and also violin with Imre Waldbauer at the Franz Liszt ...

, several of Weiner's compositions were published by Editio Musica Budapest in the 1950s and 1960s.

Selected works

;Orchestral * Concerto for flute, viola, piano, and string orchestra (1941?) * ''Overture'' (published 1995) ;Chamber music * 1938: String trio "Vonosharmas Szerenad" for violin, viola, and cello * Duo for violin and viola (1939) * Sonata for viola and piano (1939?) * ''Two Movements'' for clarinet and piano ;Vocal * ''Three Songs'' (published 1994)

Discography

* ''Weiner: Chamber Music with Viola'', Hungaroton HCD 32607 * ''In Memoriam: Hungarian Composers, Victims of the Holocaust'', Hungaroton HCD32597

References

External links

''Remembering Seven Murdered Hungarian Jewish Composers'' by Agnes Kory
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