"due to the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, who in 1846 began composing 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies for piano, five of which were later orchestrated, thus being the first pieces of music by a major composer to incorporate sources from so-called “peasant music”. These works, which broke free from classical tradition, were often viewed by the elite as brash and unrefined, yet they deeply influenced others, like Johannes Brahms, and later Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók, even having an influence on American jazz. During the 20th century, Hungarian composers were influenced by the traditional music of their nation which may be considered"
"Hungarian Rhapsodies The Hungarian Rhapsodies, S.244, R.106 (, , ), is a set of 19 piano pieces based on Hungarian folk themes, composed by Franz Liszt during 1846–1853, and later in 1882 and 1885. Liszt also arranged versions for orchestra, piano duet and piano trio. Some are better known than others, with Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 being particularly famous and No. 6, No. 10, No. 12 and No. 14 (especially as arranged for piano and orchestra as the Hungarian Fantasy) also being well known. In their original piano form, the ""Hungarian Rhapsodies"" are noted for their difficulty (Liszt was a"
"Two Romanian Dances The Two Romanian Dances (""Két Román Tánc"" in Hungarian), Op. 8a, are piano work written by Béla Bartók, based on Romanian folk music. Written in 1910, they date from the beginning of his interest in folk music — his first work showing strong folk influence, the String Quartet No. 1, is from just two years before. However, the ""Dances"" show that he has already seamlessly incorporated folk idioms into his musical language. The first dance (""Allegro vivace"") is rhapsodic in form, though with a recurrent main theme. This theme, which provides the melodic, textural, and rhythmic foundations"
"fiddlers Csaba Ökrös and Balázs Vizeli, cimbalomist Kálmán Balogh, violinist Félix Lajkó (from Subotica in Serbia) and multi-instrumentalist Mihály Dresch. Hungary's most important contribution to the worldwide field of European classical music is probably Franz Liszt, a renowned pianist in his own time and a well-regarded composer of 19 ""Hungarian Rhapsodies"" and a number of symphonic poems such as ""Les préludes"". Liszt was among the major composers during the late 19th century, a time when modern Hungarian classical music was in its formative stage. Along with Liszt and his French Romantic tendencies, Ferenc Erkel's Italian and French-style operas, with Hungarian"
"Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19 (S.244/19) in D minor is the last of a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. It was written in 1885. ""Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19"" is based on the ""Csárdás nobles"" by Kornél Ábrányi, better known as a music critic than as a composer. The piece begins with a sharp theme, beginning in the lower register but moving up and down the piano several times. Slowly the theme develops more Hungarian character and also becomes more interesting. Halfway through the piece the mood changes drastically and a memorable"
"Lakodalmas (Ligeti) Lakodalmas, commonly translated into English as Wedding Dance, is an early vocal composition by Hungarian composer György Ligeti. It was completed in 1950, before he finished his musical studies. Ligeti finished this composition in 1950, when he was living in Hungary. At that time, he was following Béla Bartók's steps: he produced other vocal compositions based on Hungarian traditional music and poems. This composition has been later associated with Bujdosó (1946) and Kállai kettős (1950), forming a set called ""Three Hungarian Folksongs"", even though there is no direct relation; all those compositions were composed, conceived, and published separately."
"being the waltzes ""Amoretten"", ""Hydropaten"", ""Casino"" and ""Dreams on the Ocean"", the ""In Stiller Mitternacht"" polka, and the ""Blue Violets"" mazurka. His Hungarian march was transcribed by Franz Liszt. His music is characterized by the same-easy flowing melodies and well-marked rhythm that distinguish the dances of the younger Strauss, to whom alone he can be ranked second in this kind of composition. Joseph Gungl Joseph Gungl, correct: ""Josef Gung'l"" (1 December 1809 - 1 February 1889), was an Austrian composer, bandmaster, and conductor. He was born in Schambeck, Austria (now Zsámbék, Hungary). After working as a school-teacher in Buda, and"
"Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs ""Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs"", Sz. 71, BB 79 is a collection of short folk melodies arranged for piano by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. It was composed between 1914 and 1918. The collection consists of fifteen movements, some of which are grouped together. A typical performance lasts 13–15 minutes. The movement list is as follows: Some critics claim Bartók intended the work to be split into two parts: the first one would include the first six movements, and the second one would include the following nine movements. However, such division is not present in the original score."
"Notable recordings of this composition include: Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs ""Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs"", Sz. 71, BB 79 is a collection of short folk melodies arranged for piano by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. It was composed between 1914 and 1918. The collection consists of fifteen movements, some of which are grouped together. A typical performance lasts 13–15 minutes. The movement list is as follows: Some critics claim Bartók intended the work to be split into two parts: the first one would include the first six movements, and the second one would include the following nine movements. However, such division is"
"Ungarische Zigeunerweisen Ungarische Zigeunerweisen (Konzert im ungarischen Styl), ""Hungarian Gypsy Melodies (Concerto in the Hungarian Style)"", is a single-movement work for piano and orchestra of about 17 minutes' duration by Sophie Menter (a renowned pianist in her day, Franz Liszt's favourite female student, and a composer of salon trifles). The work was written in 1885 (with possible help from Liszt), was orchestrated by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1892, and first performed by Menter (with Tchaikovsky conducting) in 1893. The work is listed in Liszt's catalogue as S.714 (recently renumbered as S.126a) on account of his possible involvement. It is not"
"Dance Suite (Bartók) Dance Suite (; ), Sz. 77, BB 86a, is a well-known 1923 orchestral work by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. The composer produced a reduction for piano (Sz. 77, BB 86b) in 1925, though this is less commonly performed. Béla Bartók composed the ""Dance Suite"" in 1923 in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the union of the cities Buda and Pest, to form the Hungarian capital Budapest. Then, after its great success, the director of Universal Edition, Emil Hertzka, commissioned from him an arrangement for piano, which was published in 1925. However, he never publicly"
"called ""Slovakian Dance"", and was finally dismissed and remained unorchestrated. However, the first, second and fourth movements contain thematic references to this piece towards the end of each one of them. Notable recordings of the orchestral version include: Notable recordings of the piano reduction include: Dance Suite (Bartók) Dance Suite (; ), Sz. 77, BB 86a, is a well-known 1923 orchestral work by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. The composer produced a reduction for piano (Sz. 77, BB 86b) in 1925, though this is less commonly performed. Béla Bartók composed the ""Dance Suite"" in 1923 in order to celebrate the"
"Hungarian Fantasy (Liszt) The Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Melodies (German: ""Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien"", Hungarian: ""Fantázia magyar népi dallamokkal""), commonly known in short form simply as the Hungarian Fantasy, is Franz Liszt's arrangement for piano and orchestra of his Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14, originally for solo piano. The Fantasia was written in 1852 and premiered in Pest on June 1, 1853, with Hans von Bülow as soloist and Ferenc Erkel conducting the orchestra. During Liszt's lifetime, his Hungarian Rhapsodies were among his most popular works. Because of this popularity, he may have been under pressure to produce versions of them"
"Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in C-sharp minor is the first of a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by composer Franz Liszt, dedicated to one of his friends and former student, Ede Szerdahelyi. Work on the piece began in 1846 in Klausenburg, and it was published about November 1851. The piece, like many in the set, is composed in the ""csárdás"" style, signified by two sections: the ""lassú"" (slower, first section) and the ""friss"" (faster, second section). Also typical for the set, themes in the piece can be traced to earlier sources, specifically Ferenc Erkel and Gáspár"
"Slovak Dance Slovak Dance, sometimes also incorrectly referred to as Slovakian Dance, is a piece for solo piano by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. It was presumably composed in 1923, but it was not published until 1999. This scherzo-style composition was meant to be placed between the second and the third movement of Bartók's ""Dance Suite"", but he eventually refused because of his mathematical principles, as placing it in the Suite would ruin the proportion of the whole work. Since ""Dance Suite"" was an orchestral suite, this ""Slovakian Dance"" remained as a sketch, unpublished and unorchestrated, until his son, Peter Bartók,"
"her bid to free László from prison and he is condemned to death, the executioner only succeeding in cutting off his head at the fourth attempt. Hunyadi László (opera) Hunyadi László (""László Hunyadi"") is an opera in three acts by the Hungarian composer Ferenc Erkel. The libretto, by Béni Egressy, is based on a play by Lőrinc Tóth. The opera was first performed at the Pesti Nemzeti Magyar Szinház, Budapest on 27 January 1844. ""Hunyadi László"" is considered to be the first important Hungarian opera and Erkel's musical style draws on folk influences, particularly the dance known as the verbunkos."
"Hungarian Rhapsody No. 16 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 16, S.244/16, in A minor, is the sixteenth Hungarian Rhapsody composed by Franz Liszt for solo piano. Being one of the later Hungarian Rhapsodies, it was composed and published in 1882. The rhapsody, subtitled ""Budapest Munkácsy-Festlichkeiten"", has a duration of approximately five minutes and is dedicated to Mihály Munkácsy. It was arraged for piano four-hands by the composer himself, marked as S.622, published in the same year. The piece begins with an outset of the main theme, hovering around A Minor, but with a distinct ambiguity of tonality. This section ends with a"
"Three German Dances (Mozart) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Three German Dances (Teutsche), K. 605, are a set of three dance pieces composed by Mozart in 1791. Most of Mozart's German Dances were written whilst he held the position of ""Kammermusicus"" (Imperial Chamber Composer) in Vienna. Mozart had been appointed to this position on 1 December 1787 by Emperor Joseph II. The position was offered following the death of the former ""Kammermusicus"", Christoph Willibald Gluck on 15 November 1787. In the position Mozart earned 800 Florins a year. One of the main obligations of his position was to write music for the"
"Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S.244/2, is the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by composer Franz Liszt, and is by far the most famous of the set. In both the original piano solo form and in the orchestrated version this composition has enjoyed widespread use in animated cartoons. Its themes have also served as the basis of several popular songs. The Hungarian-born composer and pianist Franz Liszt was strongly influenced by the music heard in his youth, particularly Hungarian folk music, with its unique gypsy scale, rhythmic spontaneity and direct, seductive"
"new recordings of never-before-recorded early piano and vocal works. However, none of the composer's own performances are included in this 32-disc set . Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers . Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later became ethnomusicology. Bartók was born in the Banatian town of Nagyszentmiklós in"
"Hunyadi László (opera) Hunyadi László (""László Hunyadi"") is an opera in three acts by the Hungarian composer Ferenc Erkel. The libretto, by Béni Egressy, is based on a play by Lőrinc Tóth. The opera was first performed at the Pesti Nemzeti Magyar Szinház, Budapest on 27 January 1844. ""Hunyadi László"" is considered to be the first important Hungarian opera and Erkel's musical style draws on folk influences, particularly the dance known as the verbunkos. The opera is based on events which took place in Hungary in 1456-7. The great military leader, János Hunyadi, who defended Hungary against the attacks of"
"Hungarian dance Hungarian dance refers to the folk dances practised and performed by the Hungarians, both amongst the populations native to Hungary and its neighbours, and also amongst the Hungarian diaspora. According to György Martin, a prominent folklore expert, Hungarian dances can be divided into two categories. The first refers to dances performed in the middle ages while the second relates to the 18th and 19th century. Improvisation is often mentioned as being characteristic of Hungarian dance. ""The peasant dance is not one which is set absolutely according to rule; the dancer constructs his steps according to his mood and"
"Psalmus Hungaricus (Kodály) Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 13, is a choral work for tenor, chorus and orchestra by Zoltán Kodály, composed in 1923. The Psalmus was commissioned to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the unification of Buda, Pest and Óbuda for a gala performance on 19 November 1923 along with the ""Dance Suite"" by Béla Bartók, and the ""Festival Overture"" by Ernő Dohnányi, who conducted the concert. The work's first performance outside Hungary took place under Volkmar Andreae in Zürich on 18 June 1926. This marked a turning point in the international recognition of Kodály as a composer, beyond his renown"
"Ferenc Erkel Ferenc Erkel ( , ; November 7, 1810June 15, 1893) was a Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist. He was the father of Hungarian grand opera, written mainly on historical themes, which are still often performed in Hungary. He also composed the music of ""Himnusz"", the national anthem of Hungary, which was adopted in 1844. He died in Budapest. Erkel was born in Gyula to a Danube Swabian family, a son of Joseph Erkel who was a musician. His mother was the Hungarian Klára Ruttkay. The libretti of his first three operas were written by Béni Egressy. Beside his"
"Kállai kettős (Ligeti) Kállai kettős, also referred to in English as Double-Dance from Kálló, Kálló Two-Step, Two Folksongs, or its French form Kálló's pas de deux, is an early vocal composition by Hungarian composer György Ligeti. It was composed in 1950 and is one of Ligeti's collections of Hungarian pieces which the composer himself conceived as a whole. This composition was written in 1950, when Ligeti was still living in Hungary. As Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, Ligeti was very interested in adapting and arranging Hungarian traditional music with his own style. During this period, Hungary was going through a repressive"
"Three Czech Dances (Martinů) Three Czech Dances (H. 154) is a set of three solo piano pieces written by the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů, written in 1926, premiered in 1927, and published in 1929. Out of the three pieces in the set, two were given the names of traditional Czech dances, ""Obkročák"" (""Stepping Round""), and ""Dupák"" (""Stomp Dance""), while the third was named ""Polka"". The total duration is approximately ten minutes. All three pieces have dedications, the first to John Herman, the second to Molié Denyse, and the third to Jeane Mortier. Mortier premiered the entire work, although in segments."
"Romanian Folk Dances Romanian Folk Dances (), Sz. 56, BB 68 is a suite of six short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók in 1915. He later orchestrated it for small ensemble in 1917 as Sz. 68, BB 76. It is based on seven Romanian tunes from Transylvania, originally played on fiddle or shepherd's flute. The original name for the piece was titled Romanian Folk Dances from Hungary (""Magyarországi román népi táncok"") but was later changed by Bartók when Romania occupied and finally annexed Transylvania between 1918–1920. It is nowadays available in the 1971 edition which is written with key"
"A Major chords. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 16 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 16, S.244/16, in A minor, is the sixteenth Hungarian Rhapsody composed by Franz Liszt for solo piano. Being one of the later Hungarian Rhapsodies, it was composed and published in 1882. The rhapsody, subtitled ""Budapest Munkácsy-Festlichkeiten"", has a duration of approximately five minutes and is dedicated to Mihály Munkácsy. It was arraged for piano four-hands by the composer himself, marked as S.622, published in the same year. The piece begins with an outset of the main theme, hovering around A Minor, but with a distinct ambiguity of tonality. This section"
"Dances of Galánta Dances of Galánta (Galántai táncok) is a 1933 orchestral work by Zoltán Kodály. The piece was composed on commission for the 80th anniversary of the Budapest Philharmonic Society. It is based on folk music of Galánta (now part of Slovakia), where Kodály lived for several years. The composer remarked: ""At that time there existed a famous Gypsy band...This was the first 'orchestral' sonority that came to the ears of the child...About 1800 some books of Hungarian dances were published in Vienna, one of which contained music 'after several Gypsies from Galánta'...the composer has taken his principal themes"
"(July 4, 1842, PestMarch 22, 1909, Újpest), Elek (November 2, 1843, PestJune 10, 1893, Budapest), László (April 9, 1844, PestDecember 3, 1896, Pozsony / Bratislava) and Sándor (January 2, 1846, PestOctober 14, 1900, Békéscsaba). Ferenc Erkel Ferenc Erkel ( , ; November 7, 1810June 15, 1893) was a Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist. He was the father of Hungarian grand opera, written mainly on historical themes, which are still often performed in Hungary. He also composed the music of ""Himnusz"", the national anthem of Hungary, which was adopted in 1844. He died in Budapest. Erkel was born in Gyula to"
"Csárdás (Liszt) The three csárdás that Franz Liszt wrote in 1881-2 and 1884 are solo piano pieces based on the Hungarian dance form of the same name. Liszt treats the dance form itself much less freely than he did much earlier with the ""verbunkos"" in the Hungarian Rhapsodies, and the material itself remains more specifically Hungarian than gypsy in thematic material. Their spare lines, angular rhythms and advanced harmonies show these pieces to be direct ancestors of the compositions of Béla Bartók. Because of these attributes, the csárdás are considered by Liszt scholars among the more interesting of the composer's"
"wall. Hungarian music consists mainly of traditional Hungarian folk music and music by prominent composers such as Liszt and Bartók, considered to be among the greatest Hungarian composers. Other renowned composers are Dohnányi, Franz Schmidt, Zoltán Kodály, Gabriel von Wayditch, Rudolf Wagner-Régeny, László Lajtha, Franz Lehár, Imre Kálmán, Sándor Veress and Rózsa. Hungarian traditional music tends to have a strong dactylic rhythm, as the language is invariably stressed on the first syllable of each word. Hungary has renowned composers of contemporary classical music, György Ligeti, György Kurtág, Péter Eötvös, Zoltán Kodály and Zoltán Jeney among them. One of the greatest"
"the dumka, the polka, the sousedská, the skočná, the mazurka, the odzemek, the špacírka, the kolo and the polonaise. A full performance of each opus typically takes approximately 40 minutes. The dances of this opus are sometimes numbered separately from the first and sometimes as numbers 9–16. Most editions give both numbers. Slavonic Dances The Slavonic Dances () are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Op. 46 and Op. 72 respectively. Originally written for piano four hands, the ""Slavonic Dances"" were inspired by Johannes Brahms's own"