Székesfehérvár, the thousand years old coronation town of St. Stephan I, does it's best to care for the historical values and maintains with great effort the old town. The bell tower is regarded as an attraction within the Hungarian population, even if it does not belong to the oldest buildings.
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Heraldic figure of Székesfehérvár
Town (situated between the lake of Balaton and Lake Velence) with a cathedral, episcopale palace, townhall and belltower |
During Fricsay's stay (1896 - 1912) in the garrison town, he was very concerned about the musical education of the youth besides his military task. So the first school of music in the town resulted to be in a residential building. Meanwhile, two times already, one had to move to a new location, because the classrooms were not big enough for the increasing number of pupils.
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Full of joy and dedication some pupils of the school give a sample of their capacaty
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The town of Székesfehérvár offers every year a Richard-Fricsay award for special performances in local music life during the last 12 months. Only one single document is awarded every year: either to a single person (as exemple to an instrumentalist, singer, composer etc.) or to a group, like an orchestra, choir etc.
The town management has ordered a medallion with the relief of Richard Fricsay, to express the esteem of the personal performance more lastingly and also to emphasize in addition the memory of the musician Richard Fricsay.
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