András Szőllősy
András Szőllősy [ ˈɒndraːʃ ˈsøːlːøːʃi ] (born February 27, 1921 in Orăştie in Transylvania , † December 6, 2007 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian composer and musicologist . He was best known for the list of Béla Bartók's works named after him .
Life
Szőllősy completed his music studies at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest with Zoltán Kodály and János Viski , and in Rome with Goffredo Petrassi . In addition to his music studies, he studied Hungarian and French literature at the University of Budapest. In 1943 he wrote his dissertation on Zoltán Kodály.
Szőllősy taught music history and score playing at the Budapest Music Academy between 1950 and 1988 . As a musicologist he compiled a list of Kodály's works in 1953. In 1957 he completed the Szőllősy directory of Béla Bartók's works . In 1967 he published Bartók's collected writings.
As a composer, in addition to stage and film music, he also wrote pieces for solo singing, chamber music and several concertos for orchestra from the 1950s onwards .
Szőllősy died after a long and serious illness.
Compositions (selection)
- Four concertos for orchestra (from 1959)
- Musica per orchestra , 1972 (dedicated to Kodály)
- Tre pezzi per flauto e pianoforte (1964)
- Addio for four solo violins and string ensemble
- Paesaggio con morti (Landscape with the Dead) for piano
- Film music, see web links
Awards
- 1970 First prize at the International Rostrum of Composers ( Paris ) for his 3rd concert for orchestra
- 1971 Erkel Prize
- 1985 Kossuth Prize
- 1987 Appointment as Commandeur de l ' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government
- 2006 Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
literature
- András Szőllősy . In: Music in the past and present . 2nd edition, Volume 16, pp. 365-366
- András Szőllősy . In: Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . 2nd edition, Volume 24, pp. 888 ff. (English)
- Jörg Hillebrand . In: Program booklet Schleswig-Holstein-Musikfestival, NDR das neue Werk , 25 August 2007
Web links
- András Szőllősy at Editio Musica Budapest (English)
- Obituary. In: Neue Musikzeitung
- Works by and about András Szőllősy in the catalog of the German National Library
- András Szőllősy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Collection of film music. In: Two thousand and one lexicon of international film
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Szőllősy, András |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian composer and musicologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Orăștie |
DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 2007 |
Place of death | Budapest |