Lajos Bárdos

Lajos Bárdos (1948)

Lajos Bárdos (born October 1, 1899 in Budapest ; † November 18, 1986 there ) was a Hungarian composer .

biography

The Hungarian conductor, composer and music teacher studied at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest with Zoltán Kodály and Albert Siklós . Just a few years after graduating in 1925, he was appointed professor of harmony , music theory and music history at this music college . He taught there from 1928 to 1968. In 1931, together with Gyula Kertész and György Kerényi, he founded the music publishing house MAGYAR KÓRUS and a music magazine that played an essential role in the development of choral singing in Hungary.

From 1925 to 1942 he also directed church music at the Városmajor Church and from 1942 to 1962 at the Matthias Church , the Hungarian coronation church at the castle. During his era, this church became the most important workshop for new Hungarian church music, as he not only performed his own works here, but also those of many important contemporaries. The support of church music by the city ended with the communist takeover. Despite the obstruction by state authorities, he was able to repeatedly perform important works such as the Nelson Mass by Joseph Haydn , the Missa solemnis by Beethoven or the masses by Franz Liszt, as many musicians performed here without payment.

He mainly composed sacred and secular choral works, both for a cappella choirs and for choir and orchestra. He oriented himself primarily on Gregorian singing , Hungarian folk music, classical polyphony based on the model of Palestrina and the other great contemporary Hungarian composers. In addition, he created stage works, oratorios , masses , motets and psalm settings , but also instrumental music.

A Lajos Bárdos music week has been held in his honor every June since 1977.

Web links

• Works by and about Lajos Bárdos in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of the Lajos Bárdos Society and the Lajos Bárdos Museum (English / Hungarian)