László Weiner (9 April 1916 in

Szombathely } Szombathely (; ; also see #Etymology, names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and '' ...

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– 25 July 1944 in Lukov) was a Hungarian

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and

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who was murdered in the

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. Weiner studied piano and conducting at the Budapest Music Academy and was a composition student of

Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (, ; , ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education. ...

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 (; 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 Academy of Music ...

, 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
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weiner, Laszlo 1916 births 1944 deaths People from Szombathely Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni Hungarian male classical pianists Hungarian composers Hungarian male composers Hungarian male conductors (music) Hungarian Jews Jewish classical musicians Jewish composers Hungarian civilians killed in World War II Hungarian people executed in Nazi concentration camps 20th-century Hungarian conductors (music) 20th-century Hungarian classical pianists 20th-century Hungarian composers Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust Hungarian World War II forced labourers 20th-century Hungarian male musicians