Szőllősy Csila et al. (szerk.): Alba Regia. Annales Musei Stephani Regis - Szent István Király Múzeum közleményei. C. sorozat 46. (Székesfehérvár, 2018)

Zenetörténet. Kultúra és zene: városok, templomok és kastélyok zenéje Magyarországon. A székesfehérvári Városházán és a fehérvárcsurgói Károlyi-kastélyban 2016. szeptember 22 - 23án megrendezett tudományos konferencia tanulmányai - Szabó Balás: A verebi Végh-család a székesfehérvári Szent István Kiály Múzeumban őrzött kottagyűjteménye

S^abó Balázs: A verebi Végh-család a székesfehérvári Szent István Király Múzeumban őrzött kottagyűjteménye

Balázs Szabó

The music library of the Végh family of Vereb held in King Saint Stephen Museum in Székesfehérvár

The Végh Dinasty of Vereb was one of the noble and aristocratic families that created flourishing cultural life and the economic background to support it at their estate in the countryside in Hungary in the 18-19th centuries. The grand music events they supported already attracted the attention of their contemporaries: in the second part of Gábor Mátray-Rothkrepf’s publication titled The Ordinary History of Music published in 1829 on the history of Hungarian music mentions the Végh orchestra among the seven most significant residential ensembles of the country. One of the most significant musicians of the era, János Fusz played music here at the end of the 18th century. Members of the family included János Végh, one of Ferenc Liszt’s friends, the vice president of the Music Academy and a renowned composer of the second half of the 19th century. János Végh’s composing activity has attracted growing interest in recent times: it would however be necessary to create his catalogue to make it possible to thoroughly study and analyse his oeuvre. The most important source for this work is the valueable music library of King Saint Stephen Museum in Székesfehérvár, which includes the music library of the Végh family, which was stored in the country house in Vereb and survived World War II, along with the music heritage of other music-lover noble and aristocratic families. Following the brief overview of the complete collection, the study sets the pieces by the musicians related to the Végh family and those of János Végh in its centre, also casting light on an interesting episode of the music history of Székesfehérvár in relation to the compositions by Franz Roser.

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