Ádam Pálóczi Horváth
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Ádam Pálóczi Horváth [ ˈaːdaːm ˈpaːloːtsi ˈhorvaːt ] (born May 11, 1760 in Kömlőd ; † January 28, 1820 in Nagybajom ) was a Hungarian folk music collector, poet and composer.
Little is known about Horváth's living conditions. From 1787 to 1790 he was tenant of the Szántódpuszta in Szántód on Lake Balaton and founded the literary group Göcsejer Helikon . In 1813 he published the collection of old and new songs , which contains 366 Hungarian folk melodies, over forty of them in his own arrangement. It represents the first collection of Hungarian dances and songs and is an important source for Hungarian music research.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Horváth, Adam . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1863, pp. 311–313 ( digitized version ).
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| SURNAME | Pálóczi Horváth, Ádam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Horváth, Ádam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian folk music collector, poet and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1760 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kömlőd |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1820 |
| Place of death | Nagybajom |