György Ránki (composer)
György Ránki [ ˈɟørɟ ˈraːŋki ] (born October 30, 1907 in Budapest ; † May 22, 1992 ibid) was a Hungarian composer.
Ránki studied from 1926 to 1930 at the Budapest Music Academy with Zoltán Kodály and then lived as a freelance composer in his hometown.
In addition to around sixty film scores and thirty plays for the theater, Ránki composed seven works for the stage, a prelude for orchestra, the Fantasia 1514 for piano and orchestra, chamber music works, cantatas and a lament in memory of Kodály. “Don Quixote y Dulcinea for oboe and harpsichord” is also performed, also in the version for oboe and orchestra.
In 1953 his fairy tale opera "Pomádé király új Ruhája" ("King Pomades New Clothes" after: Hans Christian Andersen , The Emperor's New Clothes ) came out in Budapest. Ránki also set Imre Madách's epic “Az ember tragédiája” (The Tragedy of Man) to an opera that premiered in 1970 at the Budapest Opera House .
Ránki received the Kossuth Prize in 1954 .
Web links
- Works by and about György Ránki in the catalog of the German National Library
- György Ránki in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- List of stage works by György Ránki (composer) based on the MGG at Operone
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ránki, György |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1992 |
| Place of death | Budapest |