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Editor: Josef Hellmesberger
Joseph Hellmesberger, jnr. ("Pepi" Hellmesberger)
b. Vienna, 9.4.1855 d. Vienna, 25.4.1907
Teacher: his father, Josef Hellmesberger, snr.
Associates: Hans Richter, Gustav Mahler, Arnold Rosé
Professional appointments
- Solo violin at the Hofoper and the Hofkapelle, 1878.
- Director of ballet music and concertmaster at the Hofoper, 1884.
- Vice-Kapellmeister, 1889.
- Hofkapellmeister, 1899
- Director, Vienna Philharmonic, 1901-3.
- In 1903, Josef Hellmesberger resigned his official positions in Vienna, following a scandalous affair with a ballet dancer. In 1904-5 he was Kapellmeister in Stuttgart.
Chamber ensembles: Joseph jnr. joined the Hellmesberger Quartet in 1870. After his father's retirement in 1889, he took over its leadership: the other members were Julius Egghart (violin 2), Theodor Schwendt (viola), and his brother Ferdinand (cello). The quartet was dissolved in 1905, when Ferdinand moved to Berlin (see below).
Pupils: George Enescu [more to follow].
Editions
Title | Composer | Work | Publisher | Publication No. | Date | |
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24 Caprices | Rode, Jacques Pierre Joseph | Caprices (24) | Cranz | 1885 | View | |
24 Caprices | Rode, Jacques Pierre Joseph | Caprices (24) | Universal | UE55 | 1901 | View |
Concert | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Violin Concerto | August Cranz | 200 | 1901 | View |
Concert 22 | Viotti, Giovanni Battista | Violin Concerto no. 22 | Universal | U.E.47 | 1901 | View |
Concerto | Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix | Violin Concerto in E minor | Cranz | 1898 | View | |
Concerto | Spohr, Louis | Violin Concerto No. 12 in A major | Cranz | 1898 | View | |
Concerto | Rode, Jacques Pierre Joseph | Violin Concerto no. 11 in D major | Universal | UE46 | 1901 | View |
Concerto no 6 | Spohr, Louis | Violin Concerto no. 6 in G minor | Cranz | 1899 | View | |
Concerto no 7 | Spohr, Louis | Violin Concerto no. 7 in E minor | Cranz | 1898 | View | |
Concerto no 8 | Rode, Jacques Pierre Joseph | Violin Concerto no. 8 in E minor | Cranz | 301 | 0 | View |
Concerto no 9 | Spohr, Louis | Violin Concerto no. 9 in D minor | Cranz | 1900 | View | |
Concerto no. 11 | Spohr, Louis | Violin Concerto no. 11 in G | Cranz | 1900 | View | |
Concerto no. 4 | Rode, Jacques Pierre Joseph | Violin Concerto no. 4 in A major | Universal | UE42 | 0 | View |
Concerto no. 8 | Spohr, Louis | Violin Concerto no. 8 in A minor, 'Gesangsscene' | Cranz | 1898 | View | |
Klavierquintett | Schumann, Robert | Piano Quintet | Universal | 790 | 1903 | View |
Quartett | Schumann, Robert | Piano Quartet | Universal | 878 | 1903 | View |
Sechs Sonaten | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Solo Sonatas and Partitas | Peters | 228a | 1865 | View |
Sonatinen | Schubert, Franz | Violin Sonatas (Sonatinas) | Universal | 226 | 1903 | View |
Streichquartette | Beethoven, Ludwig van | String Quartets (complete editions) | Universal | 1905 | View |