Dezső Legány
Dezső Legány (born January 19, 1916 in Szombathely ; † May 28, 2006 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian composer , pianist and musicologist .
Life
His father taught at the Protestant grammar school in Oberschützen (then the Hungarian name Felsőlövő ). Legány spent his childhood in what is now Burgenland . After the First World War the family moved to Hungary . He studied law at the University of Pécs , composition with János Viski at the Franz Liszt Music Academy and musicology at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences . He received his PhD in musicology in 1981.
From 1951 to 1958 he was an assistant professor at the Franz Liszt Music Academy. He supported the Hungarian uprising in 1956 , which is why the government transferred him from the music college to the conservatory as a teacher . From 1958 to 1973 he taught at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest. From 1973 to 1983 he headed the music department at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
He was a board member of the American Liszt Society and an honorary member of the International Liszt Center in Stockholm. Dezső Legány wrote a. a. Books about Henry Purcell , Franz Liszt , Ferenc Erkel and Zoltán Kodály . He also wrote the Chronicle of Hungarian Music History (1962).
Works
- Erkel Ferenc művei és korabeli történetük . Zeneműkiadó, Budapest 1975, ISBN 963-330-061-4 .
- Purcell . 2nd edition, Gondolat, Budapest 1981, ISBN 963-280-870-3 .
- Kodály Zoltán levelei [Letters from Zoltán Kodály]. Zenemûkiadó, Budapest 1982, ISBN 963-330-448-2 .
- Franz Liszt - Unknown press and letters from Vienna 1822–1886 . Böhlau, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-205-00543-0 . (= Viennese musicological contributions 13)
Awards
- 1982: Great Art Fund Prize from the American Liszt Society
- 1984/86: Winner of the Cziffra Foundation
- 1988: Erkel Prize
literature
- Europa Publications: International Who's Who in Classical Music 2003 . 19th edition, Routledge, London 2003, ISBN 1-857-43174-X , p. 458.
Web links
- Literature by and about Dezső Legány in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Legány, Dezső |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szombathely |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 2006 |
| Place of death | Budapest |