Tibor Harsányi
Tibor Harsányi (June 27, 1898 in Magyarkanizsa, Kingdom of Hungary – September 19, 1954 in Paris) was a Hungarian-born composer and pianist. He studied at the Budapest Conservatory under Zoltán Kodály. He toured as a pianist around Europe and the Pacific, then settled in the Netherlands in 1920, and worked there as a pianist, conductor and composerArthur Hoérée "Tibor Harsányi" article in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' ed. Stanley Sadie; London: Macmillan, 1980 before relocating to Paris in 1923. He helped to found the Société Triton, which organised concerts of contemporary music, and established ties with other expatriates, becoming one of the so-called Groupe des Quatre, along with Bohuslav Martinů, Marcel Mihalovici and Conrad Beck.Arthur Hoérée/Barbara L. Kelly"Harsányi, Tibor" Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, accessed 15 May 2014 He was also one of a related group of émigré composers known as the Éco ...
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