Miklós Bródy (30 March 1877 – 17 December 1949) was a Hungarian–Romanian composer, conductor, and

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. Bródy was born in Nagykároly,

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, now

Carei Carei (; , ; /, , ) is a municipiu, city in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania, near the border with Hungary. The city administers one village, Ianculești (). Geography The municipality of Carei is situated in the north-west of Romania, aw ...

, Romania; he died, aged 72, in

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

, Romania. His brother István (1882–1941) was a theatre director, and his son Tamás (1913–1990) was a composer and conductor.

Music career

Bródy studied music in Cluj-Napoca and Budapest, and then became a conductor in Pécs, Graz, Bratislava and Cluj-Napoca. He was the conductor of the Romanian State Opera until his retirement in 1936. He translated and wrote

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s and set to music several poems by, among others,

Endre Ady Endre Ady (Hungarian: ''diósadi Ady András Endre,'' archaic English: Andrew Ady; 22 November 1877 – 27 January 1919) was a turn-of-the-century Hungarian poet and journalist. Regarded by many as the greatest Hungarian poet of the 20th centur ...

Lajos Áprily Lajos Áprily (birth name Lajos Jékely; 14 November 1887 – 6 August 1967) was a Hungarian poet and translator who won the 1954 Attila József Prize for his contributions to Hungarian literature. Áprily was born 14 November 1887 in Brassó ...

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and

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. His operettas and translations include ''A. B. C.'' (1903); ''A hollandi lány'' (1908, translation of ''

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'' by Paul Rubens); ''Férjhez megy a feleségem'' (''My Wife is Getting Married'', operetta, 1921); ''Thámár'' (operetta, premiered in Cluj-Napoca in 1922, and in Budapest under the title ''Az ígéret földje'' (''The Promised Land'') in 1929).

Chess career

In 1897, he tied for 4–5th in Berlin (

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won). In 1897, he tied for 3rd–4th in Vienna (

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won). In 1899, he took 3rd in Budapest (

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won). In 1899, he tied for 2nd–3rd with

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, behind

, in Vienna (Kolisch Memorial). He took 13th in the Paris 1900 chess tournament (

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won). In 1902, he took 8th in Hanover (13th DSB-Kongress, B tourn., Walter John won). In 1906, he took 3rd in

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(1st HUN-ch,

Zoltán von Balla Zoltán von Balla (31 August 1883, Budapest – 1 April 1945, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess champion. In 1904, Balla took 11th place in Coburg (14 DSB Congress, B tournament). In 1905, he took 10th place in Vienna. In 1906, he won the first H ...

won). In 1908, he tied for 6–7th in Düsseldorf (16th DSB-Kongress, Frank Marshall won). In 1909, he tied for 2nd–4th, behind Zsigmond Barász, in Budapest. In 1911, he tied for 3rd–5th in Budapest (HUN-ch, Balla and Barasz won). In 1913, he tied for 6–7th in Budapest (

Rudolf Spielmann Rudolf Spielmann (5 May 1883 – 20 August 1942) was a Jewish-Austrian chess master of the romantic school, and chess writer. Career Spielmann was born in 1883, second child of Moritz and Cecilia Spielmann, and had a younger brother Edgar, an ...

won). After World War I, he became a Romanian citizen as a result of the post-war border changes in 1920. Brody took 6th at Budapest in 1921 (

Savielly Tartakower Savielly Tartakower (also known as ''Xavier'' or ''Ksawery'' ''Tartakower'', less often ''Tartacover'' or ''Tartakover''; 21 February 1887 – 4 February 1956) was a Polish chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (chess), Internatio ...

and Szávay won). In 1927, he took 2nd, behind Alexandru Tyroler, in Bucharest (2nd ROM-ch). He played for Romania in

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in FIDE Onli ...

s: * In 1926, at second board in

2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad The second unofficial Chess Olympiad was a team chess tournament held in Budapest from June 26 to July 15, 1926, during the third FIDE Congress. Six teams applied to contest the team tournament but Austria and Czechoslovakia withdrew before the sta ...

in Budapest; * In 1928, at first board in

2nd Chess Olympiad The 2nd Chess Olympiad (), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 21 and August 6, 192 ...

in The Hague (+4 –8 =4); * In 1935, at third board in

6th Chess Olympiad The 6th Chess Olympiad (), organized by the FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events ...

in Warsaw (+5 –3 =7). He won team bronze medal at Budapest 1926.OlimpBase – the encyclopaedia of team chess
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brody, Miklos 1877 births 1949 deaths Composers from Austria-Hungary Hungarian operetta composers Conductors (music) from Austria-Hungary Romanian conductors (music) Hungarian chess players Romanian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors People from Carei Sportspeople from Satu Mare County