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Miklós Radnai (1 January 1892 – 4 November 1935) was a Hungarian composer, critic and music writer. From 1925 to his death in 1935, he was a noted Intendant of the Hungarian Royal Opera House in Budapest.
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Miklós Radnai (1 January 1892 – 4 November 1935) was a Hungarian composer, critic and music writer. From 1925 to his death in 1935, he was a noted Intendant of the Hungarian Royal Opera House in Budapest.
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Biography At an early age he had lessons with the blind pianist Attila Horváth, and also studied the violin. While still in secondary school, he entered the Academy of Music in Budapest, where he studied under János Koessler and Viktor Herzfeld. He taught theory at another music school, and had an extended tour of European countries. In 1919 he became a teacher at the Academy of Music. In 1924, with some associated artists, he gave a performance of his own works, including his Violin Sonata, Poems for piano, and songs. In 1925 he became director of the Hungarian Royal Opera House, the youngest director since Gustav Mahler. He restored the institution's artistic reputation that had deteriorated during and after World War I, and put its financial affairs on a sound footing. His first venture was to stage the Hungarian premiere of Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. These were followed by the Hungarian premieres, mostly shortly after their world premieres, of Stravinsky's Oedipus rex, Puccini's Turandot, Milhaud's "three-minute" operas, Hindemith's Hin und zurück, Malipiero's Il finto Arlecchino (from his trilogy Il mistero di Venezia), and others. His administration of the Opera House was criticised not only for being too conservative and…
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Gold (Andor Kozma, 1911) Lovers of Yore (aka The Former Lovers), Op. 22 (after János Arany, 1918–21)
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Ballet The Birthday of the Infanta (Oscar Wilde, 1918)
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Choral Symphony of the Magyars (solo voices, chorus and orchestra, ? 1923)
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Concertante Orkan the Hero (aka Knight Gale, Heroic Chapters), tenor and orchestra, Op. 17 (1917)
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Piano Trio (1912) Cello Sonata in B flat major, Op. 2 (1912)
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Deux Sonatines, Op, 17 (1922) Fünf Klavierstücke (1st series), Op. 25 (1922) Fünf Klavierstücke (2nd series), Op. 26 (1922)
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Songs (1911) 4 songs, 2 vols, Op. 15 (1920) 5 Transylvanian Folksongs, Op. 23 (for girls’ voices; 1922) 5 Transylvanian Folksongs, Op. 24 (for boys’ voices; 1922)
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Sources Eric Blom ed., Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed. 1954