Tibor Harsanyi

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Tibor Harsanyi , also Tibor Harsányi , (born June 27, 1898 in Magyarkanizsa , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary , today Kanjiža , Serbia ; † September 19, 1954 in Paris ) was a French composer , conductor and pianist of Hungarian origin.

Life

Coming from the northern Banat , Tibor Harsanyi came to France via Austria and the Netherlands in the 1920s. After studying at the Franz Liszt Music Academy with Zoltán Kodály , he went on tour as a pianist in Europe and America. His works are partly influenced by jazz . The choreographer Martha Graham , considered the most important founder of modern dance, realized some of her solo dance pieces based on compositions by Tibor Harsanyi, for example Resurrection (1929), Unbalanced (1930) and Ecstatic Dance (1932). He was involved in an association of émigré musicians from all countries: The composers' circle of friends called École de Paris included Tibor Harsanyi, Conrad Beck , Marcel Delannoy, Pierre Octave Ferroud , Jacques Lamanjat, Nikolai Lopatnikoff , Bohuslav Martinů , Georges Migot , Marcel Mihalovici , Manuel Rosenthal , Erwin Schulhoff , Alexandre Tansman and Jean Wiener .

Works (selection)

  • Az utolsó álom ( The Last Dream ), ballet (1920)
  • Sonate pour violoncelle et piano / Sonate for violoncello and piano (1928)
  • Symphonic Overture (for orchestra; 1931)
  • Le petit roi ( The Little King ), film music (1933)
  • L'Histoire du petit tailleur ( The brave little tailor ; based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm ), composed for a puppet theater piece for speakers, 7 instruments and percussion (1939), as a suite 1950
  • Hungarian Suite (for orchestra; 1937)
  • Rhapsody (for cello and piano; 1939)
  • Illusions ou L'Histoire d'un miracle (Pierre Brive after ETA Hoffmann ; Illusionen oder Eine Wundergeschichte ), Opera 2 acts (1948)
  • Cantate de Noël ( Christmas cantata ; 1951–1952)
  • Sonata for viola and piano (1953–1954)

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Individual references / comments

  1. ↑ See Arthur Hoérée, Tibor Harsányi in: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , London 1980.
  2. ^ Resurrection (in: The Library of Congress) , ballet, choreographed and danced by Martha Graham to music by Tibor Harsanyi, March 3, 1929, at New York's Booth Theater .
  3. ^ Unbalanced (in: The Library of Congress) , ballet, choreographed and performed by Martha Graham to music by Tibor Harsanyi, June 2, 1930 at New York's Booth Theater .
  4. ^ Ecstatic Dance (in: The Library of Congress) , ballet, choreographed and danced by Martha Graham to music by Tibor Harsanyi, June 2, 1932 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  5. ↑ See Paris (école de) in the French Larousse encyclopedia.
  6. ↑ See pianist Gabrielle Beck-Lipsi - Ecole de Paris in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , October 18, 2013.
  7. ^ Michael Kube, "Treize Danses" by a composer group around 1930 - A Circle of Friends in Paris , in: Schweizer Musikzeitung, June 4, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Harsanyi, Tibor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harsanyi, Tibor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer, conductor and pianist of Hungarian origin
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Magyarkanizsa , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1954
Place of death Paris