Goldmark Károly
Composer
Place of Birth
Keszthely
Date of Birth
1830
18 May 1830 Keszthely - 2 January 1915 Vienna
His father was a Jewish chorister and notary who raised twenty-one children. Goldmark spent his childhood in huge poverty; he didnt go to public school and he could only complete his elementary studies privately and quite late.
His inherited music talent and self-taught knowledge of instrument (violin) was early noticed, so at the age of twelve he started to study music in Sopron and two years later in Vienna. First he became pupil of Leopold Jansa, the Austrian violin artist and music teacher, then in 1847-48 he learned composing from Gottfried Preyer.
He composed his first works during these years. As home guard he joined to the war of independence in 1849 for a while, but soon he returned to music as violinist, music teacher and composer. He spent most of his time in Austria, Vienna and Gmunden, but he worked at theater orchestras in Buda and Győr for a while. Meanwhile, he taught himself to play the piano with such success that in Sopron he even gave private lessons.
He gave his first authors night in Vienna (1857), and the second one in Pest (1859). He became famous for the overture of Sakuntala that was first presented in 1865 and which the Hungarian government won a scholarship with. His first opera, the Queen of Saba became an international success and from that moment on his career was morally and financially acknowledged.
Goldmark spent the first seventeen years of his life in Hungary, later he passed more or less time in Switzerland, Italy, France and Germany. Finally he settled down in Austria. He considered both Hungary and Austria as his home and until the end of his life he maintained a relationship with his homeland.
Operas:
Die Königin von Saba (opera in four acts, 1875, Vienna, Hungarian title: Sába királynője, see also: Gounod: La reine de Saba)
Merlin (1886, Vienna, see also: Albéniz: Merlin)
Das Heimchen am Herd (1896, Hungarian title: Házitücsök)
Die Kriegsgefangene (1899, Hungarian title: A hadifogoly)
Götz von Berlichingen (1902)
Ein Wintermärchen (1908, Vienna, Hungarian title: Téli rege)
His father was a Jewish chorister and notary who raised twenty-one children. Goldmark spent his childhood in huge poverty; he didnt go to public school and he could only complete his elementary studies privately and quite late.
His inherited music talent and self-taught knowledge of instrument (violin) was early noticed, so at the age of twelve he started to study music in Sopron and two years later in Vienna. First he became pupil of Leopold Jansa, the Austrian violin artist and music teacher, then in 1847-48 he learned composing from Gottfried Preyer.
He composed his first works during these years. As home guard he joined to the war of independence in 1849 for a while, but soon he returned to music as violinist, music teacher and composer. He spent most of his time in Austria, Vienna and Gmunden, but he worked at theater orchestras in Buda and Győr for a while. Meanwhile, he taught himself to play the piano with such success that in Sopron he even gave private lessons.
He gave his first authors night in Vienna (1857), and the second one in Pest (1859). He became famous for the overture of Sakuntala that was first presented in 1865 and which the Hungarian government won a scholarship with. His first opera, the Queen of Saba became an international success and from that moment on his career was morally and financially acknowledged.
Goldmark spent the first seventeen years of his life in Hungary, later he passed more or less time in Switzerland, Italy, France and Germany. Finally he settled down in Austria. He considered both Hungary and Austria as his home and until the end of his life he maintained a relationship with his homeland.
Operas:
Die Königin von Saba (opera in four acts, 1875, Vienna, Hungarian title: Sába királynője, see also: Gounod: La reine de Saba)
Merlin (1886, Vienna, see also: Albéniz: Merlin)
Das Heimchen am Herd (1896, Hungarian title: Házitücsök)
Die Kriegsgefangene (1899, Hungarian title: A hadifogoly)
Götz von Berlichingen (1902)
Ein Wintermärchen (1908, Vienna, Hungarian title: Téli rege)
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Goldmark Károly: Symphony No.2 Op.65 - Penthesilea Op.31 | Naxos | 8.220417 | |
| 1997 |
Goldmark Károly: Sába királynője
(Goldmark Karl: Die Königin von Saba (The Queen of Saba)) |
Hungaroton | HCD 12179-81 |
Own 3 CDs /Recorded in 1980 |
| 2000 |
Népszerű indulók
(Famous Marches) |
Hungaroton | HRC 1055 | Echo Collection |
| 2001 |
50 éves a Hungaroton - Vonósművészek (1951-2001)
(Fifty Years of Hungaroton - String Players) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32091-3 | 3 CDs |
| 2002 |
Liszt Ferenc: Consolations / Goldmark Károly: Gordonka-zongora szonáta Op.39 / Rózsa Miklós: Duó gordonkára és zongorára Op.8
(Liszt, Ferenc: Consolations / Goldmark, Karl: Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.39 / Rózsa, Miklós: Duo for Cello and Piano Op.8) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32023 |