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Jelly d' Arányi

Jelly d'Aranyi, fully Jelly Aranyi de Hunyadvár (Hungarian: Hunyadvári Aranyi Jelly (30 May 1893 – 30 March 1966) was a Hungarian violinist who made her home in London.

She was born in Budapest, the great-niece of Joseph Joachim and sister of the violinist Adila Fachiri. She began her studies as a pianist, but switched to violin at the Music Academy in Budapest when Jenő Hubay accepted her as a student. After concert tours of Europe and America as a soloist and chamber musician she settled in London. She formed a notable chamber trio with the Spanish cellist Pablo Casals and the Australian pianist Frederick Septimus Kelly, with whom she was in love, even referring to him as her "fiancé". On memorable occasions, she and Béla Bartók gave sonata recitals together in London and Paris. His two sonatas for violin and piano were dedicated to her; Jelly and Bartók presented them in London in March 1922 (No. 1) and May 1923 (No. 2).

She was an excellent interpreter of Classical, Romantic and modern music. After d'Aranyi had, at his request, played "gypsy" violin music to him one evening, Maurice Ravel dedicated his popular violin-and-piano composition Tzigane to her. Ralph Vaughan Williams dedicated his Concerto Accademico to her. Gustav Holst's Double Concerto for Two Violins was written for Jelly and Adila. The D'Aranyi String Quartet is named after her. Her extreme talent bring to life one of the most intelligent parfumes from Bourjois "Printemps de Paris" invented by Constantin Weriguine in 1931.

She played a curious role in the emergence and 1937 world premiere of Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto. On the basis of messages she received at a 1933 séance, allegedly from Schumann himself, about this concerto of which she had never previously heard, she claimed the right to perform it publicly for the first time. That was not to be, but she did perform it at the London premiere.

From her 20s, Jelly d'Aranyi was a lifelong friend of Georgie Hyde-Lees, the wife of W. B. Yeats.

She died in Florence in 1966 aged 72.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 30, 1895 (Budapest), Died March 30, 1966 (Florence)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1931

Roles Represented in DAHR: violin

Notes: Listed in Brooks/Rust as Yelly d'Aranyi.

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Recordings (Results 26-34 of 34 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia W98421 12-in. 12/30/1927 Trio, op. 99 Jelly d' Arányi ; Dame Myra Hess ; Felix Salmond Instrumental trio instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W98455 12-in. 2/9/1928 Andante cantabile Jelly d' Arányi ; Coenraad Valentyn Bos Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W98458 12-in. 2/9/1928 Serenade no. 7 : Rondo Jelly d' Arányi Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W98637 12-in. 3/6/1929 Chaconne Jelly d' Arányi ; Arthur Bergh Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W98638 12-in. 3/20/1929 Chaconne Jelly d' Arányi ; Arthur Bergh Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W98639 12-in. 3/20/1929 Silhouette Jelly d' Arányi ; Arthur Bergh Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W98640 12-in. 3/20/1929 Spanish dance Jelly d' Arányi Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W98641 12-in. 3/21/1929 Le lutiher de cremone Jelly d' Arányi Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W98739 12-in. 3/10/1931 Sonata in A major for violin and piano Jelly d' Arányi Violin solo, with piano instrumentalist, violin  
(Results 26-34 of 34 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Arányi, Jelly d'," accessed October 13, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109135.

Arányi, Jelly d'. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 13, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109135.

"Arányi, Jelly d'." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 October 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109135

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