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Ferenc Erkel
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Ferenc Erkel was a Hungarian conductor, composer, music educator, and chess player born in Gyula in 1810. He was educated at and employed by the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. His notable works include the opera *Hunyadi László* and the *Himnusz*. He also composed *Bánk bán*, *Brankovics György*, and *István király*. Erkel played the piano and was associated with the opera genre.
He died in Budapest in 1893 and is buried at Fiume Road Graveyard. Erkel held citizenship in the Austrian Empire, Austria–Hungary, and Hungary. He spoke Hungarian and had a son named Sándor Erkel. His work has been described in the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary* and the *Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1810
- Died
- 1893
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Ladislaus Hunyadi
- Operak = Operas
- Brankovics György
- Bánk bán
- István király
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Hungary
- Active from
- 1810
- Active to
- 1893
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,433
- Total plays
- 16,489
Tags
Ferenc Erkel (pronounced [ˈfɛrɛnts ˈɛrkɛl]; November 7, 1810]] – June 15, 1893) was a Hungarian composer. He was the father of Hungarian grand opera, written mainly on historical themes, which are still often performed in Hungary. He also composed the music of "Himnusz", the national anthem of Hungary, which was adopted in 1844. The libretti of his first four operas were written by Béni Egressy. Beside the operas, which he is the best known for, he wrote pieces for piano and chorus. <a href="ht
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 12
- Cited by
- 1
Research areas
Most cited works
- De aantrekkingskracht van centrumlocaties : woonmilieus in de binnenstad van Amsterdam1988 · 1 cit
- ハンガリー人作曲家ピアノ作品集 = Hungary : Liszt and hungarian composers of the 19th century2011 · 0 cit
- National anthem for piano by great composers2008 · 0 cit
- Kammspielwerke aus Wien und Prag : Opernmelodien = Musical boxes from Vienna and Prague : operatic melodies2000 · 0 cit
- Liszt at the opera1990 · 0 cit
via OpenAlex · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,640x
- Photo-Realistic Single Image Super-Resolution Using a Generative Adversarial Network
· 2017 · cited 8,888x
- The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Generates Cells with Properties of Stem Cells
· 2008 · cited 7,233x
- Real-Time Single Image and Video Super-Resolution Using an Efficient Sub-Pixel Convolutional Neural Network
· 2016 · cited 5,689x
- Attosecond physics
· 2009 · cited 5,257x
via Crossref · CC0
Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Ferenc Erkel, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![Gara áriája “Hunyadi László” - ból. / [Ferenc Erkel]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F006647%2Ffon_snp_b_006647_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Brothal: “Bánk-bán” - ból. / [Ferenc Erkel]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F006647%2Ffon_snp_b_006647_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
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Encyclopedic overview
1850s painting of Erkel by Alajos Györgyi Giergl
Ferenc Erkel (Hungarian: Erkel Ferenc Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɛrkɛl ˈfɛrɛnt͡s], German: Franz Erkel; November 7, 1810 – June 15, 1893) was a Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist. He was the father of Hungarian grand opera, written mainly on historical themes, which are still often performed in Hungary. He also composed the music of "Himnusz", the national anthem of Hungary, which was adopted in 1844. He died in Budapest.
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