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STEFI GEYER (BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, JUNE 28, 1888 – ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND, DECEMBER 11, 1956)

Stefi Geyer was a Hungarian violinist who was considered one of the leading violinists of her generation. Born in 1888 in Budapest, she was the daughter of Josef Geyer, a police doctor who played the violin himself. When she was 5 years old she started playing the violin, with remarkable results for someone who had not practiced at all. She subsequently studied under Jenő Hubay. Béla Bartók and Othmar Schoeck, who were both in love with her, wrote violin concertos for her. Bartók’s first violin concerto was published only after both he and Geyer had died. Willy Burkhard dedicated his 1943 violin concerto jointly to Geyer and Paul Sacher. Her first marriage was to Vienna lawyer Edwin Jung. He died during the flu epidemic of the First World War. In 1920 she married Swiss composer Walter Schulthess. She moved to Zürich, where she gave concerts, and taught at the Zürich Conservatory from 1934 to 1953. (The Zürich Conservatory merged in 1999 into the School of Music, Drama, and Dance (HMT), itself merged in 2007 into the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)). She schooled numerous musicians, among them composer Klaus Huber.

TRACKLIST

Adagio from violin concerto in C-dur (Haydn) Columbia ZX148

Adagio in E-dur KV261 (Mozart) Columbia CZX-1853

Air (Goldmark) Am Bluthner-flugel Walter Schuldhess Parlophon P. 9130-I 20225

Air, op. 103 (Reger) with Walter Schuldkess (piano) Parlophone O-6573 2-20227 Berlin 1927-04-11

Fugue in A major (Tartini, arr. Kreisler) Walter Schuldhess (piano) Odéon 172032 xxB 7756 Berlin 1927-04-11

Loure (from Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (Bach) LZX 1 ZX 149 Columbia

Slavonic dance in E minor (Dvorak) Walter Schuldhess (piano) Parlophon P-9130 2-20226 Berlin 1927-04-11

Violin Concerto Quasi una fantasia In B-Flat Minor, Op. 21 I. Allegretto (Schoeck)

Violin Concerto Quasi una fantasia In B-Flat Minor, Op. 21 II. Grave, Non Troppo Lento (Schoeck)

Violin Concerto Quasi Una Fantasia In B-Flat Minor, Op. 21 III. Allegro Con Spirito (Schoeck)