Albert Siklós (born Albert Schönwald: 26 June 1878 in

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– 3 April 1942 in Budapest) was a Hungarian

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. Siklós studied at Budapest's music academy under Hans von Koessler. From 1918 on he taught composition, aesthetic and choir singing at the academy; in 1928 he became a

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commissioner at the conservatory. He composed two operas and a

pantomime Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment, generally combining gender-crossing actors and topical humour with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or ...

, two symphonies and a symphony for twelve

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, four

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s, two cello concertos, a piano concerto and one violin concerto. On the side, he penned a Hungarian music

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and a musical treatise.Opera Glass
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* 1878 births 1942 deaths Hungarian classical composers Hungarian opera composers Hungarian male opera composers {{Hungary-composer-stub