Franz von Vecsey - Valse Triste (Vecsey)

Recorded 1913 Franz von Vecsey (Hungarian: Vecsey Ferenc, March 23, 1893 -- April 5, 1935) was a Hungarian violinist and composer. He was born in Budapest and began his violin studies with his father, Lajos Vecsey, and at the age of eight he entered the studio of Jenő Hubay. Two years later, aged ten, he played for Joseph Joachim in Berlin and subsequently became known as a stellar child prodigy virtuoso. He became one of the pre-eminent violinists in Europe in the 1910s and ’20s, at o