Rezső Sugár (October 9, 1919 – September 22, 1988) was a Hungarian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. Rezső Sugár was born in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

. He studied musical composition under

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 ed ...

at the

Franz Liszt Academy of Music The Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music ( hu, Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem, often abbreviated as ''Zeneakadémia'', "Liszt Academy") is a music university and a concert hall in Budapest, Hungary, founded on November 14, 1875. It is home to the ...

from 1937 to 1942. He was a teacher of composition at the

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 Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...

Secondary School of Music from 1949 to 1968 and at the

from 1968 to 1979. His recorded compositions include the

oratorio An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is mus ...

s Hunyadi and Savonarola, the Quartet for Strings and Piano, and the Partita for String Orchestra. He was a winner of the

Kossuth Prize The Kossuth Prize ( hu, Kossuth-díj) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1948 (on occasion of the centenary of the March 15th revolution, the ...

in 1954 and was the father of the composer and conductor Miklós Sugár.

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The Liszt Academy of Music

The Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music
* Hungarian Wikipedia entry {{DEFAULTSORT:Sugar, Rezso 1919 births 1988 deaths 20th-century classical composers Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni Hungarian classical composers Hungarian male classical composers Musicians from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian male musicians