Ákos Buttykay
Buttykay's grave in the Kerepescher Cemetery in Budapest
Ákos Buttykay [ ˈaːkoʃ ˈbucːkɒ.i ] (born July 27, 1871 in Halmi , then Hungary , now Romania , † October 26, 1935 in Debrecen ) was a Hungarian composer .
Buttykay was a student of Victor von Herzfeld , István Thomán and Bernhard Stavenhagen . From 1907 to 1923 he was a piano teacher at the Budapest Music Academy .
He composed an opera and five operettas , two symphonies and a symphonic poem , a Hungarian suite and a Hungarian rhapsody, the tone painting Tale of a Summer Night , a violin concerto , piano pieces and songs .
Stage works
- A bolygó görög (The Flying Greek; Árpád Pásztor), great operetta op.15 (1905 Budapest)
- A harang (The Bell; Buttykay / Pongrác Kacsoh, after Árpád Pásztor), Singspiel (1907 Budapest) (together with Pongrác Kacsóh)
- A csibészkirály (also: Pompom) (Der Gaunerkönig; Lajos Szél), Operetta op.16 (1907 Budapest)
- Hamupipőke (Cinderella; Károly Bakonyi / Imre Földes / Andor Gábor), Fairy Tales op.20 (1912 Budapest)
- Ezüst sirály (The Silver Seagull; Liebesrausch (German adaptation by R. Bodanzky); Imre Földes / Andos Gábor), Operetta (1920 Budapest)
- Olivia hercegnő (Princess Olivia; Imre Földes / Miksa Brödy), operetta (1922 Budapest)
- A császárné apródja (The Page of the Empress; Jenö Faragó / Imre Harmath), Operetta (1925 Budapest)
- Happy End, Operetta (1930 Budapest)
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| SURNAME | Buttykay, Ákos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halmi |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1935 |
| Place of death | Debrecen |