László Lajtha · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1963
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Instrumental Music from Western Hungary
- Sopron megyei virrasztó énekek
- Széki gyüjtés
- Lajtha László írásai
- Szépkenyerüszentmártoni gyüjtés
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Hungary
- Active from
- 1892-06-30
- Active to
- 1963-02-16
classical
Discography
- Plays Quartet No. 1 / Quartet No. 7, Op. 49
- Piano Works1992
- Symphony no. 7 / Suite no. 3 / Hortobágy1994
- Capriccio1994
- Symphony no. 2 / Variations, op. 441995
- Orchestral Works, Vol. 5: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 "Spring" / Suite No. 21996
- Suite Pour Orchestre / In Memoriam / Symphony No. 11996
- Symphonies nos. 5 and 61997
- Symphonies nos. 8 and 92000
- String Quartets, Complete, Vol. 12007
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 842
- Total plays
- 5,903
Tags
contemporary classicalClassical20th Centuryethnomusicologistcomposer
László Lajtha (in Hungarian Lajtha László) (30 June 1892 – 16 February 1963) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor. Born in Budapest, Lajtha studied with Viktor Herzfeld in the Academy of Music in that city and then in Leipzig, Geneva and finally Paris where he was a pupil of Vincent d'Indy. Before the First World War, in collaboration with Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, he undertook the study and transcription of Hungarian folk song, heading up a project to produce a series
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- László
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Budapest
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Employer
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Student of
- Vincent d'Indy
- Genre
- opera
- Conflict
- World War I
- Official website
- lajtha.hagyomanyokhaza.hu
- Image
- Lajtha László 1920 körül.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1892-06-30
- date of death
- 1963-02-16
- Commons category
- László Lajtha
- place of burial
- Farkasréti Cemetery
- birth name
- Leitersdorfer János László
- name in native language
- Lajtha László
Sources (3)
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