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![]() In 1929, Seiber returned to the Frankfurt Conservatory where he set up a School of Jazz, one of the first attempts anywhere to teach/study jazz as a serious musical subject. The rise of Hitler to power in 1933 put a premature end to jazz in Germany, the Nazi Party frowning upon a form of music emanating from an alleged inferior race i.e. the Negro. By 1936, to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews, Seiber relocated to London, England where he became a part of the classical musical establishment. Seiber taught composition at Morley College, where, in 2005, an exhibition of his life and works has been held. ![]() Matyas Seiber was an erudite composer whose classical compositions were held in high regard by his peers in the classical world. His many works for the accordion included the tangos Gipsy Serenade and La Morenita, the waltz Sunlight and Shadow, the orchestral pieces Spring and Prelude and Fugue in the style of Buxtehude. He also composed the Advanced Solo test piece Galop Chromatique for the NAO 'Accordion Day' of 1949, and Magyar Rhapsody - the 1950 Advanced Band test piece. In 1938, as G. S. Mathis, he wrote the monumental ten-volume Mathis Method for Accordion - an accordion tutor that was in print until the 1970s. ![]() The following year, M. Hohner published his last work, Irish Suite, for accordion orchestra. To this day, Irish Suite is a popular choice for accordion orchestras at the national UK Championships. |
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