Geographic composer abc game

[Ouled Nails]

I cannot find any "X" or "Y", but will also pass on the "Z" to let somebody else choose the next country.

 

[Art Rock]

Well, Ziehrer, Zelenka and Zemlinsky all do not qualify, so maybe a new country is appropriate. Hungary?

Jeno Adam, 1896-1982

 

[Ouled Nails]

Sorry, Art Rock. I'll slip in the name of Carl Friedrich Zelter, born in Berlin, 1758. He was one of Mendelsohn's music instructors.

Back to the letter "B", Hungary, Bela Bartok, Hungary's most famous composer.

 

[Krummhorn]

Pierre Csillag (b. 1938) Conductor of the Toulouse Orchestra for over 20 years, then turned to composing for Flute, Piano and Chamber music.

 

[Art Rock]

Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-1960), born in Pressburg, Hungary (now Bratislava,Sslovakia). I have his Variations on a nursery rhyme, for piano and orchestra.

 

[mm75]

Ferenc Erkel (1810-1896), he composed operas and the music of the Hungarian national anthem.

 

[mm75]

Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000), his choir pieces are really popular!

 

[Ouled Nails]

Carol (Karoly) Goldmark born 1830 in Keszthély, Hungary; died 1915 in Vienna. Operas, 2 symphonies, etc.

 

[Krummhorn]

Stephen Heller (1813-1888) Although Hungarian born, Heller is thought of by some scholars as being a French composer. Many a piano student have studied and performed his Etudes - he died in Paris.

 

[Ouled Nails]

Ouch! "I" might be a problem for Hungary......

 

[mm75]

Benedek Istvánffy ([SIZE=-1]1733-1778), church music composer.
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[Krummhorn]

Ouch! "I" might be a problem for Hungary......

Hooray :clap: for mm75 :up: solved our 'ouch' ... btw, the Hungarian alphabet doesn't include the letters Q, W, X or Y, although there is at least one with the letter "w", (prounounced "v"), but we aren't there yet :crazy:

Joseph Joachim (1831-1907) A great friend of Brahms as well as an distinguished violinist.

 

[Art Rock]

Ooooh... I get an easy one:
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967).

 

[mm75]

Hooray :clap: for mm75 :up: solved our 'ouch' ...


:tiphat:

 

[mm75]

oops. once again...

Hooray :clap: for mm75 :up: solved our 'ouch' ...

:tiphat:

 

[Krummhorn]

We are moving right along ...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Although officially born in Hungary, the city of his birth is now part of Austria :crazy:

 

[mm75]

I have problems with L. Liszt (1811-1886) hardly spoke Hungarian, Ligeti (1923-2006) was born in Romania...

 

[mm75]

oops again. I am too sleepy today...

:banghead:

 

[Ouled Nails]

Minimalist Laszlo Melis, born Budapest, 1953. From Wikipedia:

He writes primarily in the minimal style and his compositions are often characterized by a propulsive, bouncy quality. Melis was a founding member of the Hungarian new music group Group 180, which during its existence (1978-90) performed and recorded five of his compositions.
Melis has also composed for film and worked extensively in theater, creating incidental music for theatrical productions. His compositions have been recorded by the BMC and Hungaroton labels.

 

[acc]

Well, Ziehrer, Zelenka and Zemlinsky all do not qualify

Sorry to disrupt the flow and come back to this, but there would have been contemporary composer Gerd Zacher, born in 1929 in Meppen, Germany (but only just: the city lies close to the Dutch border).