Júlia Székely (

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, 8 May 1906 – 19 March 1986) was a Hungarian writer and musician. She studied with the composer

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 Hunga ...

, eventually becoming a pianist. She is also the author of biographies (especially of famous musicians), novels and dramas.

Works

* ''A repülő egér'' (1939): novel * ''A halhatatlan kedves'' (1961): biography of composer

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

* ''Vándor Évek'' (1962): biography of composer

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

* ''Elindultam szép hazámból'' (1965) : biography of Béla Bartók * ''Schubertiáda'' (1968) : biography of composer

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

* ''Chopin Párizsban'' (1969) : biography of composer

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for Piano solo, solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown ...

Sources

* Biographical note on the electronic Lexikon website: https://web.archive.org/web/20111005204636/http://www.netlexikon.hu/yrk/Ryrgenwm/14441 (hu) 1906 births 1986 deaths Musicians from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian classical pianists Pupils of Béla Bartók Hungarian women biographers 20th-century biographers Hungarian women novelists 20th-century Hungarian novelists 20th-century Hungarian women writers 20th-century Hungarian women composers 20th-century Hungarian women pianists {{Hungary-writer-stub