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Lajtha László 1920 Körül
Lajtha may refer to: * Old Hungarian spelling of the river Leitha The Leitha (; , formerly ; ; Czech language, Czech and ) is a river in Austria and Hungary, a right tributary of the Danube. It is long ( including its source river Schwarza (Leitha), Schwarza). Its basin area is . Etymology The ''Lithaha'' Riv ... People with the surname * László Lajtha {{Disambiguation, surname Hungarian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leitha
The Leitha (; , formerly ; ; Czech language, Czech and ) is a river in Austria and Hungary, a right tributary of the Danube. It is long ( including its source river Schwarza (Leitha), Schwarza). Its basin area is . Etymology The ''Lithaha'' River in the Carolingian Avar March was first mentioned in an 833 deed issued by Louis the German, son of the Carolingian Empire, Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious and ruler over the stem duchy of Duchy of Bavaria, Bavaria. The Old High German name probably referred to a List of ancient tribes in Illyria, Pannonian (Illyrian languages, Illyrian) denotation for "mud", as maintained in the former Hungarian name (compare , 'swamp'). Course The Leitha rises in Lower Austria at the confluence of its two headstreams, the Schwarza (Leitha), Schwarza, discharging the Schneeberg (Alps), Schneeberg, Rax and Schneealpe ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps, and the Pitten (river), Pitten. Between Ebenfurth and Leithaprodersdorf, and between Bruck a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Lajtha
László Lajtha (; 30 June 1892 – 16 February 1963) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor. Career Lajtha was born to Ida Wiesel, a Transylvanian-Hungarian and Pál Lajtha, an owner of a leather factory. His father had ambitions to become a conductor, played the violin well and also composed. Lajtha studied with Viktor Herzfeld in the Academy of Music in Budapest and then in Leipzig, Geneva and finally Paris where he was a pupil of Vincent d'Indy. Before the First World War, in collaboration with Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, he undertook the study and transcription of Hungarian folk song, heading up a project to produce a series of folk music recordings. Throughout the war he served at the front as an artillery officer, an experience recalled in his sombre Second Symphony (1938) – a work that remained unperformed until 1988. In 1919 he married Róza Hollós, and began teaching at the Budapest National Conservatory. Among his pupils was the conduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
