Great Hungarian composers

Hungarian composers are classics whose work has achieved excellence. All these people sought to reach new limits and push the usual boundaries of classical music.

Imre Kalman

Hungarian composers and musicians turned to the genre of operettas. Imre Kalman achieved great success in it . He owns such famous works as "The Violet of Montmartre", "The Princess of the Circus", "The Bayadere", "Silva". The composer was born in 1882, on October 24. The creativity of this man completes the heyday of the operetta. Kalman was born in Siófok, near Lake Balaton. It comes from the Jewish family of Karl Koppstein, who was engaged in trade. The future composer changed his surname in school years, so he became Kalman.

Franz Liszt

Hungarian composers, in addition to creating great works, engaged in teaching activities. In particular, Franz Liszt, among other things, was a teacher, conductor, publicist and pianist-virtuoso. It belongs to the brightest representatives of musical romanticism. The future composer was born in 1811, October 22, in Riding. List is the founder of the Weimar School of Music. Ferenc is one of the greatest pianists of the nineteenth century. His era was the heyday of concert pianism. The composer himself was in the forefront of this process, since he had unlimited technical capabilities.

Bela Bartok

Great Hungarian composers belonged to the number of musicologists. In particular, this was Bela Bartok, who was born in 1881, on March 25, in Nadzentmiklos. It's about the composer, the pianist and the musicologist-folklorist. Bartok came from the family of the director of the school of agriculture and a music teacher. His father was an amateur musician, he played in the orchestra. Bartok grew up in a music-filled atmosphere. I listened to the concerts given by the father's orchestra, as well as the beautiful performance of the works of the pianist mother.

Other composers

Other Hungarian composers deserve no less attention. It is worth considering the outstanding personality of Leo Weiner. He was born in 1885, in Budapest. It's about the composer and one of the greatest music educators of his time. Weiner twice became a laureate of the state prize Kossuth.

Yeno Zador is a music critic, teacher and composer. He was born in 1894, on November 5, in Batasec. In 1921 he was awarded the title of Doctor of Philosophy.

Kadosha was born in Leva in 1903, on the 6th of September. We are talking about a composer, a pianist, a public figure and a teacher. Zoltan Kodai, who was born in Kecskemet, achieved success in his work in 1882, on December 16. It's about music theorist and composer. A special place was occupied also by Franz Lehar. He was born in Komarno in 1870, on April 30. It's about the conductor and composer. Refers to the greatest masters of the Viennese operetta. He has no successors or predecessors.

Further more in detail we will tell about who Eden Peter Josef von Michalovich was. He was born in Ferichans, in 1842, on September 13. It's about the music teacher and composer. He was trained in Pest. Was a student of Mihai Mosonya. Later he attended the Leipzig Conservatory, where he studied with Moritz Hauptmann. He continued to improve his skills in Munich. He was a pupil of Peter Cornelius. Belonged to followers and admirers of Richard Wagner. He is the author of operas. Also the composer wrote 4 symphonies, 7 symphonic poems and songs. From 1887 to 1919 he held the post of rector of the Budapest National Music Academy.

This is by no means all the Hungarian composers who deserve our attention. After all, they made a significant contribution to the development of the world's musical heritage.