Ferenc Farkas

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Ferenc Farkas (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈfɒrkɒʃ]; 15 December 1905 – 10 October 2000) was a Hungarian composer.

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Biography Born into a musical family (his father, Aladár Farkas, was an Olympian and soldier who played the cimbalom and his mother played the piano) in Nagykanizsa; he began his musical studies in Budapest, at the Protestant Gymnasium (Grammar School) and later attended the Music Academy, where he studied composition with Leó Weiner and Albert Siklós. After his graduation in 1927, he worked as a repetiteur and conductor at the Municipal Theatre of Budapest and collaborated with the Diaghilev Ballet. From 1929 to 1931, he attended Ottorino Respighi's masterclass at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. The years he spent in Rome had a decisive influence on him. He became acquainted with Italian and Mediterranean culture to which he felt a deep attraction. About this he said: "My principal aim has always been to attain for myself a latin clarity and proportion.". Farkas returned to Budapest in the autumn of 1931. As he could not find any other assignments, he played the piano in various theatre orchestras. In 1932 he met the director Paul Fejos for whom he composed several film scores, first in Hungary, then in Vienna and Copenhagen. This collaboration was to be for Farkas the…Citește mai mult

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Works "From the beginning, I have been involved in all areas of music; I have not wanted to create only a small corner of a room, full of atmosphere, with a personal and sophisticated taste, but spaces, large and small, arranged differently, pleasant to live in, with open windows". Farkas's works include over seven hundred opuses. He composed in all genres, opera, ballet, musicals and operettas, orchestral music, concertos, chamber music and sacred music. His wide literary culture enabled him to set words to music in 13 languages, stemming from about 130 writers and poets both ancient and modern.

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Main works Most of the works mentioned below are accompanied by an external link referring to a single source: the official website of Ferenc Farkas (see "External Links") which provides a detailed description of the work and a musical extract.

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Stage music Az Ember tragédiája (The tragedy of man), incidental music for the play by Imre Madách (1935) A Bűvös szekrény (The magic cupboard), opera (1942) Furfangos diákok (The sly students), ballet (1949, rev. 1956)

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Piroschka, musical comedy (1964) Egy Úr Velencéből, Casanova (A gentleman from Venice, Casanova), opera (1979-1980)

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Preludio e fuga (1944-1947) Furfangos diákok (The sly students), Suite for orchestra (1949)

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Planctus et consolationes (1965) Funérailles, adaptation for orchestra of the piano work by Franz Liszt (1974)

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Musica pentatonica (1945) Choreae hungaricae, 3 cycles of Hungarian dances from the 17th century (1961)

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Concertos Concertino for harp and orchestra (1937, rev. 1956), also revised in 1994 for harp and string orchestra or string quartet

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Concertino for piano and orchestra (1947) Concertino for harpsichord and string orchestra or string quartet (1949) Trittico concertato for violoncello and string orchestra (1964) Concertino all'antica for baryton or violoncello or viola and string orchestra (1964) Concertino rustico for Alphorn and string orchestra (1977) Concertino for oboe and string orchestra (1983) Concertino for trumpet and string orchestra (1984)

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Chamber music Arioso for violoncello or viola and piano (1926) Notturno for violin, viola and violoncello (1929)

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Serenade für Bläserquintett (1951) Antiche danze ungheresi del 17. secolo / Early Hungarian dances from the 17th century for wind quintet (1959) (12 variants) Old Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century (4 Movements) - Saxophone Quartet - Published 1991 EditionDarok Sonata a due for viola and violoncello (1961)

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Ballade for violoncello and piano (1963) Quattro pezzi for double-bass and wind quintet (1966) Lavottiana − Suite of themes by János Lavotta (1764-1820) - Wind Quintet in 5 Movements - 1968

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Contrafacta Hungarica for wind octet (1976) La Cour du roi Matthias for clarinet, basson, horn and string quintet (1977) Trio for violin, violoncello and piano (1979) Sonate romantique for bassoon and piano (1982) Maschere for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1983) Ricordanze for clarinet, violin, viola and violoncello (1984) Three Burlesques for 2 clarinets, basset horn and 2 bass-clarinets (1992)

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Masses Missa secunda in honorem Sanctae Margaritae for mixed choir and organ or string orchestra (other version for female choir) (1964-1968) Missa in honorem Sancti Andreae for mixed choir and orchestra (1968) Requiem pro memoria M. for mixed choir and orchestra (1992)