Gyula Dávid (May 6, 1913 – March 14, 1977) was a Hungarian

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and composer. Dávid studied composition with

Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (; hu, Kodály Zoltán, ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music edu ...

at the

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. He played

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with the Municipal Orchestra in

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from 1940 to 1943, and was a conductor at the National Theatre from 1945 to 1949. Dávid's music can largely be divided into two periods: his early compositions were influenced by folk song, and those from his second period are more chromatic or 12-tone serial. One of the most famous compositions of his first period is his Viola Concerto (1950).

Selected works

;Orchestral * Symphony No. 1 (I. szimfónia) (1947) * ''Tánczene, magyar népdalfeldolgozások'' (Dance Music, Based on Hungarian Folk Songs) (published 1952) * Symphony No. 2 (II. szimfónia) (1957) * Symphony No. 3 (III. szimfónia) (1960) * ''Sinfonietta'' for small orchestra (1961) * ''Színházi zene'' (Theatrical Music; Theatermusik) (published 1963) * Symphony No. 4 (IV. szimfónia) (1970) * ''Festive Overture'' (Ünnepi előjáték) (1972) ;Concertante * Concerto (Brácsaverseny) for viola and orchestra (1950) * Concerto (Hegedűverseny) for violin and orchestra (published 1970) * Concerto (Kürtverseny) for horn and orchestra (published 1976) ;Chamber music * Wind Quintet No. 1 (I. Fúvósötös) (published 1954) * Sonata (Sonata fuvolára és zongorára) for flute and piano (published 1954) * ''Serenade'' for wind quintet (1955) * ''Preludio'' for flute and piano (1964) * Wind Quintet No. 3 (III. Fúvósötös) (published 1965) * Sonatina for viola and piano (1969) * ''Miniature'' for 3 trumpets, 2 trombones and tuba (published 1971) * Wind Quintet No. 4 (IV. Fúvósötös) (published 1971) * ''Pezzo'' (Piece) for viola and piano (1974) * Piano Trio (published 1974) * String Quartet No. 2 (published 1976) * Sonata for violin solo (published 1983) ;Piano * Piano Sonata (Szonáta zongorára) (1955) ;Vocal * ''A rózsalángolás'' (The Burning Rose), Chamber Music for female voice, flute and viola (1966); words by István Vas

Discography

* Gyula Dávid: ''Viola Concerto'' – Pál Lukács (viola);

János Ferencsik János Ferencsik (18 January 190712 June 1984) was a Hungarian conductor. Ferencsik was born in Budapest; he actively played music even as a very young boy. He took violin lessons and taught himself to play the organ. He studied at the Nati ...

(conductor); Hungarian State Orchestra; Hungaroton HCD31989 * Gyula Dávid: ''Viola Concerto, Violin Concerto, Sinfonietta'' – Pál Lukács (viola);

Dénes Kovács Dénes Kovács (18 April 1930 – 11 or 14 February 2005) was a Hungarian classical violinist and academic teacher, described as "pre-eminent among Hungarian violinists". He won the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition in 1955. In his care ...

(violin);

, Ervin Lukács, Tamás Breitner (conductors); Hungarian State Orchestra, Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Hungaroton SLPX 12452 (LP)

References

Grove Music Article on Dávid, Gyula 1913 births 1977 deaths Hungarian classical violists Hungarian composers Hungarian male composers Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century composers 20th-century Hungarian male musicians {{hungary-composer-stub