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Váša Příhoda (22 August 1900 – 26 July 1960) was a Czech violinist and minor composer. Considered a Paganini specialist, his recording of the Violin Concerto in A minor by Dvořák is still praised.
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Váša Příhoda (22 August 1900 – 26 July 1960) was a Czech violinist and minor composer. Considered a Paganini specialist, his recording of the Violin Concerto in A minor by Dvořák is still praised.
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Career Váša Příhoda was born in Vodňany in 1900. His father, Alois Příhoda, was his first teacher and remained so for ten years. Váša studied privately with Jan Mařák (a student of Otakar Ševčík), making his first public concert at age 13, playing the 4th Violin Concerto by Mozart. At age 19 a tour of Italy proved unsuccessful; poverty-stricken, he joined the orchestra of the Café Grand'Italia in Milan to earn money. There, he was heard by chance by Arturo Toscanini, who arranged a benefit concert for him. He resumed his Italian tour, this time to great success. He was said to have been given Niccolò Paganini's own violin on which to play. He toured Argentina, Brazil and the United States in 1920, and the USA again in 1921. He once shared the stage of the Royal Albert Hall with Pablo Casals, but the pairing was considered unfortunate. Příhoda gave concerts extensively all over the world and made a number of recordings when the industry was in its infancy. Unfortunately, some of his recordings were not well-produced so the sound quality is poor. He played in the U.S. many times. He married violinist Alma Rosé in 1930, but they divorced…
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Recordings Bach: Double Violin Concerto (with Franco Novello) Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria (with the soprano Selma Kurz (one of his recordings pits his recording of the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria with those of Jan Kubelík and Jaroslav Celeda) Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25 Bellini: "Ah, non credea mirarti ... Ah! Non giunge uman pensiero" from La sonnambula (with Selma Kurz) Chopin: Berceuse in D-flat major, Op.57 (arr. Příhoda) Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor Dvořák: Slavonic Dance in A-flat major, Op. 72, No. 8 Godard: Berceuse ("Ah! ne t'éveille pas encore") from Jocelyn (with Selma Kurz) Godard: En regardant le Ciel Gounod: Sérénade (with Selma Kurz) Hubay: Zephyr Kreisler: Caprice viennois (with Selma Kurz) Mozart: Violin Concertos No.3 and No.4 Paganini: Violin Concerto No.1 in E-flat major (usually transposed to D major) Paganini: Introduction and Variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from Paisiello's La Molinara (elaborated by Příhoda) Paganini: Sonatina No.12 in E minor, Op.3 No.6, M.S.27 (arr. Váša Příhoda) Provazník: Valse Joyeuse for violin and piano, Op. 137
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Chant Hindou from Sadko Saint-Lubin: Fantasie on the Sextet from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen Sarasate: Spanish Dances Op.22, No.1 Romanza Andaluza and No.2 Jota Navarra Schubert: Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen ("Ruh'n in Frieden alle Seelen"), D. 343 Smetana: Z domoviny (Aus der Heimat; From My Homeland) for violin and piano his own transcription of waltzes from Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier Tartini: Sonata for violin and continuo in G minor, Devil's Trill Sonata, realized Vieuxtemps Toselli: Serenade (with Selma Kurz) Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No.4, Op.31 Viotti: Sinfonia Concertante for 2 violins and strings in F major (with Franco Novello) Vitali, trans. Respighi: Chaconne