Kornél Ábrányi (; 15 October 1822 – 20 December 1903) was a Hungarian

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, music writer and

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, and composer. He was born in Szentgyörgyábrány. A pupil of Frédéric Chopin, and a close friend of Franz Liszt, whose music he championed, Ábrányi chiefly wrote music for

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, but also composed chamber music, choral works, and '' lieder.'' He began teaching at the

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at its founding in 1875 and became its secretary. He was one of several people to use the pseudonym Kákay Aranyos.Lexikon (Hungarion)
/ref> Ábrányi died in

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, aged 81. His grandson was the composer Emil Ábrányi.

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