Frogtoon Muziek

Four Ancient Hungarian Dances From The 17th Century No. 4. Acrobats by Ferenc Farkas

Biografie van de kunstenaar Ferenc Farkas

Ferenc Farkas December 15 1905 In Nagykanizsa – October 10 2000 In Budapest Was A Hungarian Composer. Farkas Began His Studies In Composition At The Budapest Academy Of Music 1922–1927 Where His Teachers Were Leo Weiner And Albert Siklós. He Later Studied With Ottorino Respighi In Rome 1929–1931 . After Spending A Number Of Years Abroad Farkas Taught And Conducted In His Home Country And In 1949 He Was Appointed Professor Of Composition At The Franz Liszt Academy In Budapest. He Retired From This Post In 1975. His Pupils Included György Kurtág György Ligeti Emil Petrovics Zsolt Durkó And Attila Bozay.
As A Composer Farkas Wrote More Than 700 Works In A Wide Variety Of Genres. His Style Is Melodic Quirky And Broadly Traditional Although He Used Dodecaphonic Techniques On Occasion.

THUIS FERENC FARKAS
POPULAIR TRACKS MIXEN ALBUMS
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