Sándor Veress
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Sándor Veress was a Swiss composer
of Hungarian
origin. The first half of his life was spent in Hungary; the second, from 1949 until his death, in Switzerland, of which he became a citizen in the last months of his life.
Veress taught at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest
. Among the composers who have studied under him are György Ligeti
, György Kurtág
, Heinz Holliger
, Heinz Marti, Jürg Wyttenbach, Roland Moser. He wrote numerous chamber music
pieces and symphonic works. He wrote one opera, Hangyegyek lázadása (1931). Veress was awarded the Kossuth Prize in 1949 in Hungary (though as an émigré he was unable to collect this award) and the Bartók-Pásztory Prize in 1985; in Switzerland he received the Berne canton prize in 1976.
Ballet
Orchestral
Concertante
Chamber and instrumental
Piano
Vocal
Choral
Film score
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
origin. The first half of his life was spent in Hungary; the second, from 1949 until his death, in Switzerland, of which he became a citizen in the last months of his life.
Veress taught at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. Among the composers who have studied under him are György Ligeti
György Ligeti
György Sándor Ligeti was a composer of contemporary classical music. Born in a Hungarian Jewish family in Transylvania, Romania, he briefly lived in Hungary before becoming an Austrian citizen.-Early life:...
, György Kurtág
György Kurtág
György Kurtág is a Hungarian composer of contemporary music.- Biography :György Kurtág was born in Lugoj in the Banat region, Romania.In 1946, he began his studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where he met his wife, Márta, and also György Ligeti, who became a close friend...
, Heinz Holliger
Heinz Holliger
Heinz Holliger Heinz Holliger Heinz Holliger (born 21 May 1939 is a Swiss oboist, composer and conductor.-Biography:He was born in Langenthal, Switzerland, and began his musical education at the conservatories of Bern and Basel. He studied composition with Sándor Veress and Pierre Boulez...
, Heinz Marti, Jürg Wyttenbach, Roland Moser. He wrote numerous chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
pieces and symphonic works. He wrote one opera, Hangyegyek lázadása (1931). Veress was awarded the Kossuth Prize in 1949 in Hungary (though as an émigré he was unable to collect this award) and the Bartók-Pásztory Prize in 1985; in Switzerland he received the Berne canton prize in 1976.
Selected works
Opera- Hangyegyek lázadása (1931)
Ballet
- A Csodafurulya (The Magic Flute) (1937)
- Térszili Katicza (1943)
Orchestral
- A Csodafurulya (The Magic Flute), Ballet Suite for chamber orchestra (1937)
- Musica ungaresca (1938)
- Sinfonia No.1 (1940)
- Quattro Danze transilvane for string orchestra (1944, 1949)
- Threnos in memoriam Béla Bartók (1945)
- Respublica nyitány (Respublica Overture) (1948)
- Sonata for orchestra (1953)
- Sinfonia No.2 "Minneapolitana" (1953)
- Expovare for flute, oboe and string orchestra (1964)
- Musica concertante for 12 strings (1966)
- Orbis tonorum for chamber orchestra (1986)
Concertante
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (1939, 1948)
- Nógrádi verbunkos for violin and orchestra (1940)
- Hommage à Paul Klee for 2 pianos and string orchestra (1951)
- Concerto for piano with percussion and string orchestra (1952)
- Nógrádi verbunkos for viola and string orchestra (1940, 1956); arrangement by D. Marton
- Passacaglia concertante for oboe and string orchestra (1961)
- Concerto for string quartet and orchestra (1961)
- Concerto for clarinet with harp, celesta, vibraphone, xylophone, percussion and string orchestra (1982)
- Tromboniade for 2 trombones and orchestra (1990)
- Concertotilinkó for flute and string orchestra (1991)
Chamber and instrumental
- String Quartet No.1 (1931)
- Sonatina No.1 for violin and piano (1932)
- Sonatina for cello and piano (1933)
- Sonatina for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1933)
- Sonata for violin solo (1935)
- String Quartet No.2 (1937)
- Sonata No.2 for violin and piano (1939)
- Nógrádi verbunkos for violin and piano (1940)
- Cukaszöke csárdás for violin and piano (1940)
- String Trio (1954)
- Tre quadri for violin, cello and piano (1963)
- Sonata for cello solo (1967)
- Diptych for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1968)
- Introduzione e Coda for clarinet, violin and cello (1972)
- Memento for viola and double bass (1983)
- Baryton-Trio for barytonBarytonThe baryton is a bowed string instrument in the viol family, in regular use in Europe up until the end of the 18th century. In London a performance at Marylebone Gardens was announced in 1744, when Mr Ferrand was to perform on "the Pariton, an instrument never played on in publick before." It most...
, viola and cello (1985) - Geschichten und Märchen for 2 percussionists (1988)
Piano
- Sonata (1929)
- Szonatina gyermekeknek I (Sonatina for Children I) (1932)
- Szonatina gyermekeknek II (Sonatina for Children II) (1932)
- Sonatina (1932)
- Szonatina kezdő zongorázóknak (Sonatina for Young Pianists) (1933)
- Tizenöt kis zongoradarab (15 Little Piano Pieces) (1935)
- Venti Pezzi (20 Pieces) (1938)
- 6 Csárdás (1938)
- 7 Danze ungheresi (1938)
- Billegetőmuzsika (Fingerlarks), 88 Exercises (1946)
- Homage to Wales, 3 Short Pieces based on Welsh folk melodies (1948)
- Cinque Pezzi (5 Pieces) (c.1950)
Vocal
- Canti Ceremissi, 9 Folk Song Arrangements for mezzo-soprano and piano (1945)
- Cinque Canti (5 Songs) for mezzo-soprano and piano (1945); poems by Attila JózsefAttila JózsefAttila József was one of the most important and well-known Hungarian poets of the 20th century.-Biography:The son of Áron József, a soap factory worker of Romanian origin from Bánát, and Hungarian peasant girl Borbála Pőcze, he was born in Ferencváros, a poor district of Budapest. He had two elder...
- Elegie for baritone, harp and string orchestra (1964); poem by Walther von der VogelweideWalther von der VogelweideWalther von der Vogelweide is the most celebrated of the Middle High German lyric poets.-Life history:For all his fame, Walther's name is not found in contemporary records, with the exception of a solitary mention in the travelling accounts of Bishop Wolfger of Erla of the Passau diocese:...
Choral
- Orbán for male chorus (1924); poem by Sándor PetöfiSándor PetofiSándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...
- Gyermekkar és három kánon for children's chorus (1929)
- Karácsonyi kantáta (Christmas Cantata) for female chorus (1934)
- Tizennégy férfikar magyar népi dallamokra (14 Male Choruses on Hungarian Folk Tunes) for male chorus (1934)
- Erdélyi kantáta (Una Cantata transilvana), 4 Folk Song Arrangements for mixed chorus a cappella (1935)
- Két virágének (2 Flower Songs) for male chorus (1936)
- Tizenöt gyermekkar (15 Children's Choruses) (1936)
- Betlehemi kántáló (Christmas Chant) for female chorus (1937)
- A búbánat keserüség (Sorrow Makes You Truly Bitter) for male chorus (1938)
- Rabaközi nóták (Songs from Rábaköz) for male chorus (1940)
- Sancti Augustini psalmus contra partem Donati for bass solo, mixed chorus and orchestra (1944); poem by AugustinusAugustinusThe Augustinus seu doctrina Sancti Augustini de humanae naturae sanitate, aegritudine, medicina adversus Pelagianos et Massilianses, known as the Augustinus, was a theological work in Latin by Cornelius Jansen...
- Laudatio musicae for soprano, chorus and chamber orchestra (1958); poem by Valentin RathgeberValentin RathgeberJohann Valentin Rathgeber was a German composer, organist and choirmaster of the Baroque Era.His father, an organist, gave him his first music lessons...
- Ode all'Europa for mixed chorus a cappella (1962); poem by Gyula IllyésGyula IllyésGyula Illyés was a Hungarian poet and novelist. He was one of the so called népi writers, named so because they aimed to show – propelled by strong sociological interest and left-wing convictions – the disadvantageous conditions of their native land.-Early life:He was born...
- Songs of the Seasons for mixed chorus a cappella (1967); poems by Christopher BrennanChristopher BrennanChristopher John Brennan was an Australian poet and scholar.-Biography:Brennan was born in Sydney, to Christopher Brennan , a brewer, and his wife Mary Ann , née Carroll, both Irish immigrants....
- Das Glasklängespiel for soloists and chamber orchestra (1978); poems by Hermann HesseHermann HesseHermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature...
Film score
- Talpalatnyi föld (The Soil under Your Feet) (1948)