|
Egressy Zoltán
Egressy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Béni Egressy (1814–1851), Hungarian composer, librettist, translator, and actor * Gábor Egressy (1808–1866), Hungarian actor * Gábor Egressy (born 1974), Hungarian footballer {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béni Egressy
Béni Egressy (; born Galambos Benjámin; 21 April 1814 – 17 July 1851 in Sajókazinc) was a Hungarian composer, librettist, translator and actor. He created a number of popular melodic compositions, including the one to Mihály Vörösmarty's patriotic poem ''Szózat.'' He also authored the librettos of the operas ''Hunyadi László'' and ''Bánk bán'' by Ferenc Erkel. Biography Egressy was born in 1814 in Sajókazinc, today a part of Kazincbarcika, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary, to a Protestant pastor. He entered the stage in 1834, like his older brother Gábor Egressy, and in 1837 became a member of the national theatre in Prague. During the Revolution of 1848, he took part in the fighting and became a member of the Hungarian Honvéd resistance. He was wounded in the Battle of Kápolna and was present during the defense of Komárom under György Klapka, where he wrote the Klapka March. After the rebellion, he received amnesty and returned to the stage. Works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gábor Egressy (actor)
Gábor Egressy () was a Hungarian actor and brother of Béni Egressy. He was responsible for bringing the dramas of William Shakespeare to the Hungarian stage in the Hungarian Language. Life Having taken part in several traveling actor ensembles, he found a theater in Kolozsvár to perform at. Later, he completed his artistic education in Vienna. In 1837 he became one of the most important actors at the newly opened Hungarian National Theater in Pest. In the turbulent Hungarian Revolution of 1848 he was sent to work as a government commissioner in the lower-Tisza area, but was recalled for carrying out his duties too rigorously. He returned to the stage, but escaped to Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ... after the failure of the Hungarian revolution. In 1854 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |