Ödön Mihalovich
Ödön Péter József de Mihalovich was a Hungarian composer and music educator.
Mihalovich first studied in Pest with Mihály Mosonyi. In 1865, he moved to Leipzig, studying there with Moritz Hauptmann, and, in 1866, he completed his studies in Munich with Peter Cornelius. Mihalovich then moved back to Pest; in 1872, he became president of the city's Wagner Society and, in 1887, he followed Franz Liszt as the head of the Budapest Academy of Music, a position he held up to his death.
He was also, according to a contemporary source a pupil of Hans von Bülow.
While Mihalovich's works are thoroughly Wagnerian in style, he was supportive of Hungarian nationalism and encouraged composers such as Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály.
A symphony in D minor was published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1883.Works
Note:this list is incomplete.
;Operas
- Hagbart und Signe, prémieres: Dresden, 1882 by Franz Wüllner; Budapest, 1886 by Sándor Erkel.
- Wieland der Schmied
- Eliane, prémieres: Budapest, 1908 by István Kerner; Vienna 1909 by Karl Gille.
- Toldi , prémiere: Budapest, 1893 by Anton Resnicek.
- Toldi's Love, prémiere: Budapest, 1895 by Arthur Nikisch.
Fragments and planned operas:
- König Fjalar
- Faust
- Tihanyi visszhang
;Symphonies
- No. 1 in D minor, prémiere: Budapest,1885.
- No. 2 in B minor, prémiere: Budapest, 1893.
- No. 3 in A minor, 'Patethique', prémiere: Budapest, 1901.
- No. 4 in C minor, prémiere: Budapest, 1903.
;Symphonic Ballads
- The Ghost ship, prémiere: Budapest, 1871; Cassel, 1872.
- The Mermaid, prémiere: Budapest, 1875; Wiesbaden, 1878.
- Hero and Leander, prémiere: Budapest, 1879.
- Funeral music for Ferenc Deák, prémiere: Budapest, 1876.
- La Ronde du Sabbat, prémiere: Budapest, 1879.
- Faust Phantasy, prémiere: Leipzig, 1883; Budapest 1896.
- Pan's death, prémiere: Budapest, 1898; Berlin, 1902.
;Other works
- Choral works
- Chamber music
