Ede Donáth
Ede Donáth [ ˈɛdɛ ˈdonaːt ] (born May 5, 1865 in Besztercebánya / Neusohl / Banská Bystrica , Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia ); † April 30, 1945 in Budapest ), Hungarian - Jewish conductor and composer .
His parents were of Moravian descent. His father Moritz was a rabbi in Puncho, a poor community in Trenčín County .
Donáth's musical talent was recognized at an early age, at the age of 12, by the organist of the local band , when he was composing an oriental interlude without prior guidance . His father did not support his musical activities and demanded that he become a businessman.
Ede began his musical studies secretly in Pressburg with the conductor József Thiard-Laforest at the local cathedral. This was a friend of Franz Liszt . Here he studied music theory and harmony and in Vienna orchestration with the conductor Mór Solling . He later worked as an organist in Pressburg and gave private piano lessons.
In 1897 Lajos Serly , the director of the Kisfaludy Theater in Óbuda (a district in Budapest ), hired him as an assistant conductor.
From 1910 onwards he was conductor at the field theater in Budapest's " Városliget " and from 1925 until his death he was choirmaster at the synagogue on Dohány Street .
In 1911 he went on a research trip on which he studied and collected Arabic, Persian, Hebrew and early Christian chants and songs.
He wrote theatrical music for several stage works. He had his greatest success with the operetta "Shulamith" (1899), which is based on the play of the same name by Abraham Goldfaden . This work has been performed over 500 times.
Ede Donáth survived the terror of the Nazi persecution in the Budapest ghetto and died shortly after the liberation of Hungary on April 30, 1945, five days before his 80th birthday.
Donáth's manuscripts are kept in the music department of the Széchényi Library in Budapest.
Web links
Hungarian
- Short biography of Ede Donáth
- The resurrection of the operetta Sulamith (article from the Hungarian daily newspaper "Magyar Nemzet")
Individual evidence
- ↑ OSZK Katalógus ( Hungarian ) Országos Széchényi Könyvtá. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Donáth, Ede |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian-Jewish conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Besztercebánya (Banská Bystrica) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1945 |
| Place of death | Budapest |