Jakob Grün

Jakob Grün
Jakob Grün, photograph by Josef Székely
Born
Grün Jakab Moritz

(1837-03-13)13 March 1837
Pest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire
Died1 October 1916(1916-10-01) (aged 79)
Baden bei Wien, Austria-Hungary
EducationLeizipig Conservatory
Occupations
  • Classical violinist
  • Academic teacher
Organizations
AwardsOrder of Franz Joseph
Jakob Grün

Jakob Moritz Grün (Hungarian: Grün Jakab; 13 March 1837 – 1 October 1916)[1] was an Austrian violinist of Hungarian origin. After positions as principal violinist in the court orchestras of Weimar and Hannover, he was, from 1868 to 1897, concertmaster of the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra. He taught notable players at the Vienna Conservatory from 1877 to 1908, including 20 future orchestra members, as well as Carl Flesch and Franz Kneisel.

Life

Born in Pest, Kingdom of Hungary,[1] Austrian Empire, Grün received his first music lessons there[2] and then studied violin privately with Joseph Böhm in Vienna.[2][3] He studied music with Moritz Hauptmann at the Leipziger Conservatorium der Musik.[2]

From 1858 to 1861, Grün was principal violinist of the Hofkapelle in Weimar.[1] In 1861, Joseph Joachim called him to the Hofkapelle zu Hannover, planning for a permanent engagement.[4] When Grün, in 1864, was not granted a permanent position with a pension because he was Jewish, Joachim quit the orchestra in solidarity.[4] Grün remained until 1865, with a title of Kammervirtuose but without a pension.[2][5] From 1865, Grün toured as a soloist in Germany, Holland and England for two years.[2]

On 1 October 1868 he became second concertmaster of the Imperial and Royal Vienna Court Opera Orchestra (later: Vienna Philharmonic) and remained a member of the orchestra until 1897,[2][5] while the first concertmaster was Josef Hellmesberger. Grün liked to play solos standing, a tradition he knew from Hungary,[5] though he suffered from stage-fright when playing solo, which impeded his career as a soloist.[5] From 1877 to 1908, he was also a teacher at the Vienna Conservatory[1] and trained an entire generation in the tradition of the Viennese violin school.[2] Twenty of his students would become members of the Philharmonic, including concertmasters Julius Stwertka [de] and Franz Mairecker, and principal violists Franz Jelinek and Karl Freith.[5] He also taught Carl Flesch, Rosa Hochmann,[1] Franz Kneisel,[6] Hans Wessely and Max Weißgärber.[1]

Grün's flat was located in Heugasse 18 (today Prinz-Eugen-Straße) in Wieden.[7]

Grün died in Baden near Vienna at the age of 79.[1] His grave is in the Vienna Central Cemetery.

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Jakob Grün". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 2, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 86 f. (Direct links to "p. 86", "p. 87")
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Jacob Grün (1837–1916)". Berühmte israelitische Männer und Frauen in der Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit (in German). 1901. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Study with Joseph Böhm". josephjoachim.com (in German). 1 July 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b Hoppe, Christine; Goldbeck, Melanie von; Kawabata, Maiko, eds. (2018). Exploring Virtuosities. Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Nineteenth-Century Musical Practices and Beyond (in German). Amalthea Signum Verlag. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-3-48-715662-0.
  5. ^ a b c d e Merlin, Christian (2017). Die Wiener Philharmoniker: Band I: Das Orchester und seine Geschichte von 1842 bis heute. Aus dem Französischen von Uta Szyszkowitz. Band II: Die Musiker und Musikerinnen von 1842 bis heute. Aus dem Französischen von Michaela Spath (in German). Amalthea Signum Verlag. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-3-90-308364-6.
  6. ^ Molkhou, Jean-Michel (2011). Great Violinists of the Twentieth Century. From Kreisler to Kremer (in German). Buchet/Chastel. p. 263. ISBN 978-2-28-302587-1.
  7. ^ Adolph Lehmann's allgemeiner Wohnungs-Anzeiger 1890, Namenverzeichnis 3. Nachweis. Einwohner von Wien und Umgebung. p. 475 (second column, centre). Retrieved 24 February 2021.

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