Tibor Harsányi (27 June 1898 in
Magyarkanizsa,
Kingdom of Hungary
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– 19 September 1954 in
Paris
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) was a
Hungarian-born
composer
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and
pianist
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.
He studied at the
Budapest Conservatory under
Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály (, ; , ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education.
...
. He toured as a pianist around Europe and the Pacific, then settled in the Netherlands in 1920, and worked there as a pianist, conductor and composer
[ Arthur Hoérée "Tibor Harsányi" article in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' ed. Stanley Sadie; London: Macmillan, 1980] before relocating to Paris in 1923. He helped to found the
Société Triton, which organised concerts of contemporary music, and established ties with other expatriates, becoming one of the so-called Groupe des Quatre, along with
Bohuslav Martinů
Bohuslav Jan Martinů (; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphony, symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber music, chamber, vocal and ins ...
,
Marcel Mihalovici
Marcel Mihalovici (Bucharest, 22 October 1898 – Paris, 12 August 1985) was a French composer born in Romania. He was discovered by George Enescu in Bucharest. He moved to Paris in 1919 (at age 21) to study under Vincent d'Indy. His works include ...
and
Conrad Beck
Conrad Arthur Beck (16 June 1901 – 31 October 1989) was a Swiss composer.
Life and works
Beck's stay in Paris between 1924 and 1933 proved crucial to his artistic development, where he studied with Jacques Ibert and also made contact with Ar ...
.
[ Arthur Hoérée/Barbara L. Kelly]
"Harsányi, Tibor"
Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, accessed 15 May 2014 He was also one of a related group of émigré composers known as the
École de Paris
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The School of Paris was not a single art movement or institution, but refers to the importance of Paris as a centre o ...
, which helped bring him together with other colleagues from Central and Eastern Europe, such as
Alexander Tansman and
Alexander Tcherepnin.
List of works (chronological)
* Four Pieces, for piano (1924)
* Petite Suite for Children, for piano (1924)
* Petite Dance Suite, for piano (1925)
* Rhapsody, for piano (1925)
* Sonatine, for violin and piano (1925)
* Twelve Small Pieces of Average Difficulty, for piano (1926)
* La Semaine, seven short piano pieces for the days of the week (1927)
* Six Short Pieces, for piano (1927)
* Trio, for piano, violin, and cello (1927)
* Duo, for violin and cello (1928)
* Five Brief Preludes, for piano (1928)
* Novelette, for piano (1928)
* Piece, for two pianos (1928)
* Poems (5) of Robert Edward Hart, for voice and piano (1928)
* Sonata, for piano (1928)
* String Quartet (1928)
* Three Dance Pieces, for piano (1928)
* Two Burlesques, for piano (1928)
* Rhythms, five inventions for piano (1929)
* Sonata, for cello and piano (1929)
* Suite, for orchestra (1929)
* Aria-Cadence-Rondo, for cello and orchestra or piano (1930)
* Baby-Dancing, for piano (1930)
* Five Bagatelles, for piano (1930)
* Nonet, for flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, horn, and string quartet (1930)
* Sonata, for violin and piano (1930)
* Suite, for piano (1930)
* Three Pieces, for piano and flute (1930)
* Vocalise-Etude, for high voice (1930)
* Blues, for cello and piano (1931)
* Concert Piece, for piano and orchestra (1931)
* Symphonic Overture, for orchestra (1931)
* Concertino, for piano and string quartet (1932)
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* Pastorales, four pieces for piano (1934)
* Les Invités, opera in one act (1937)
* Suite Hongroise, for orchestra (1937)
* Pantins (Puppets), orchestral suite after the ballet (1938)
* Rhapsody, for cello and piano (1939)
* Divertimento no. 1: Concertino, for two violins and chamber orch. (1946)
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* Divertissement Français, for orchestra (1946)
* Concerto, for violin and orchestra (1947)
* Danses variés (1950)
* ''L'histoire du petit tailleur'', for narrator, seven instruments and percussion (1950, based on the folktale "
The Brave Little Tailor")
* Cantata de Noel, for SATB, flute and strings (1951-2)
* Five Rhythmic Etudes of Medium Difficulty, for piano (1952)
* Three Impromptus, for piano (1952)
* Three Lyrical Pieces, for piano (1952)
* Sonata, for viola and piano (1953–1954)é
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1898 births
1954 deaths
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