Pászti Miklós
Composer
4 March 1928 Budapest - 12 February 1989
Conductor, composer, Liszt Award Winner (1973), Merited Artist (1985) and owner of the Gold Degree of the Work Order of Merit (1988).
He started his music studies between 1944 and 1946 in the composing class of the Capital’s Upper Music School, where his masters were Géza Szatmári and Mihály Hajdú. From 1946 to 1950 he studied at the composing, the church conductor and music teacher training department of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music Budapest.
From 1950 to 1954 he was repetiteur and later also conductor of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble. Between 1954 and 1955 he was choir conductor of the Central Artist Ensemble of the Ministry of the Interieur. Between 1955 and 1958 he was leader of self-motivated choirs and orchestral ensembles such as OKISZ Central Choir and Symphonic Orchestra.
He was music director of the Danubia Artist Ensemble of the Ministry of the Interieur (1958-1960) and the founding choir master of the choir of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble (1964-1985). In 1986 he founded the State Choir (now: National Choir). He was board member of the National Board of Choirs as well as founding member of the Liszt and Kodály Society.
As conductor he guest performed all over the world. He released five Hungaroton albums (including cantatas, choral works, folk songs, folk song arrangements and incidental music to dance productions). With his choral works he won at international composing contests five times (Arezzo: 1974, 1976, 1977, 1981; Montserrat: 1982).
(See his obituary in the periodical Muzsika, 1989/5.)
see also: Pászti Miklós - chorus master
Conductor, composer, Liszt Award Winner (1973), Merited Artist (1985) and owner of the Gold Degree of the Work Order of Merit (1988).
He started his music studies between 1944 and 1946 in the composing class of the Capital’s Upper Music School, where his masters were Géza Szatmári and Mihály Hajdú. From 1946 to 1950 he studied at the composing, the church conductor and music teacher training department of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music Budapest.
From 1950 to 1954 he was repetiteur and later also conductor of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble. Between 1954 and 1955 he was choir conductor of the Central Artist Ensemble of the Ministry of the Interieur. Between 1955 and 1958 he was leader of self-motivated choirs and orchestral ensembles such as OKISZ Central Choir and Symphonic Orchestra.
He was music director of the Danubia Artist Ensemble of the Ministry of the Interieur (1958-1960) and the founding choir master of the choir of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble (1964-1985). In 1986 he founded the State Choir (now: National Choir). He was board member of the National Board of Choirs as well as founding member of the Liszt and Kodály Society.
As conductor he guest performed all over the world. He released five Hungaroton albums (including cantatas, choral works, folk songs, folk song arrangements and incidental music to dance productions). With his choral works he won at international composing contests five times (Arezzo: 1974, 1976, 1977, 1981; Montserrat: 1982).
(See his obituary in the periodical Muzsika, 1989/5.)
see also: Pászti Miklós - chorus master
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 |
Kortárs magyar kórusművek
(Hungarian Contemporary Choral Works) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31956 |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Biciniums on Melodies from Tolna | Children's choir | 1974 |
| Songs from 1848 | Choir a cappella | 1973 |
| For the Conclusion of Peace | Male choir | 1970 |
| The Cross | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1968 |
| A kertmegi kertek alatt | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1975 |
| The Pagan King´s Daughter | Choir with solo voice(s) | 1952 |
| A szebényi temetőbe | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1977 |
| The Beauty | Female choir | 1962 |
| Lullaby | Female choir | 1964 |
| Arany ideim folyása | Mixed choir | 1972 |
| The evening | Mixed choir | 1973 |
| The Night | Mixed choir | 1964 |
| Rejoice the New Life | Female choir | 1973 |
| Bagatelles I. | Chamber Music | 1962 |
| Bagatellek II. | Instrumental solo | 1962 |
| Bakonyi lakodalmas dalok | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| Hooper Dance | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1962 |
| Bogdánfalvi párosító dalok | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1979 |
| Happy Feast | Female choir | 0 |
| Borsót vittem a malomba | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1980 |
| Folk Songs from Bukovina | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1976 |
| Puppet Dance | Ensemble | 1957 |
| Bottle-csárdás of Báta | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1962 |
| Songs from Békés | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1982 |
| Sheperd Songs from Békés | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1978 |
| Békési summásdalok | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1982 |
| Bíró Szép Anna | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1960 |
| Farewell | Male choir | 1977 |
| Cinegemadár | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1978 |
| Cinegemadár | Mixed choir | 1954 |
| Csángó Songs | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1982 |
| Csángó-Hungarian Love Songs | Mixed choir | 1969 |
| Dalok a Szinigyűjteményből I. | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1983 |
| Dalok a Szinigyűjteményből II. | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1983 |
| Dalok a Szinigyűjteményből III. | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1983 |
| Dextera Domini | Male choir | 1983 |
| Dunántúli párosító nóták | Mixed choir | 1977 |
| Dunántúli párosító nóták | Solo voice(s) with solo instr. and orch. | 1971 |
| Sheperd Songs from Dunántúl | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Ecco moriro dunque | Mixed choir | 1954 |
| We Accompanied You to Your Grave | Choir a cappella | 1971 |
| I Went to the Carpenter | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1977 |
| Elnémultan | Male choir | 1975 |
| Emléktűzgyújtás | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1969 |
| Transylvanian Love Songs | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1983 |
| Transylvanian Dances | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1982 |
| Transylvanian Dances | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| Swallow Dance | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1978 |
| Black Girl - Four Madrigal | Female choir | 1960 |
| Francisca meae laudes | Mixed choir | 1984 |
| Up! | Male choir | 1954 |
| Music from the Garam-Valley | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| Garibaldi, Kossuth | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1983 |
| The Songs of Gabriella Gaál | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1980 |
| Lament | Mixed choir | 1977 |
| Life Wins | Mixed choir | 1971 |
| Hajdu Dance | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1962 |
| Dawn | Mixed choir | 1960 |
| Six Little Poems | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1953 |
| Havasi kürtmuzsika | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| Hegyaljai dalok | Chamber Music | 1975 |
| Hevesi summásdalok | Solo voice(s), choir, solo instr. & orch. | 1979 |
| Hortobágyi-Sárréti dalok | Choir and chamber ensemble | 1984 |
| Hortobágyi-Sárréti dalok | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1984 |
| Three Folk Songs from Tolna County | Children's choir | 1974 |
| Három bodrogközi fonóházi dal | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1979 |
| Három dal a Dunántúlról | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1975 |
| Three Folk Songs | Choir with solo voice(s) | 0 |
| Három pataki népdal | Chamber Music | 1975 |
| Három rábaközi népdal | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1984 |
| Three Old Songs | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1968 |
| Three Old Songs | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra | 0 |
| Three Old Songs | Choir with solo voice(s) | 1967 |
| Three Folk Songs from Szebény | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1976 |
| Three Folk Songs from Szilágyság | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| Három székely katonakísérő | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1980 |
| Three Székely Folk Songs from Csík | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1976 |
| Three Flower-Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1976 |
| Three Flower-Songs | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1978 |
| Háromkuti bujdosó ének | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1979 |
| Folk Song Cantata, No. 1 | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra | 1978 |
| Songs from Kalotaszeg | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 1982 |
| Teenagers (Boys Dance) | Chamber Music | 1979 |
| Sword Dance | Ensemble | 1958 |
| I am a Soldier | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1983 |
| Kenyérlesők | Female choir | 1962 |
| Bitter Farewell | Female choir | 1959 |
| Kismajorban megrakták a tüzet | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1975 |
| Shout | Mixed choir | 1962 |
| Koccintó / Igéző | Children's choir | 1985 |
| Kontyolás | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1979 |
| Kossuth Lajos azt írta | Choir a cappella | 0 |
| Two Workers-Song from Pest-Buda | Male choir | 1980 |
| Két barkósági fonóházi dal | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1979 |
| Two Old Songs | Choir with solo voice(s) | 1953 |
| Two Yellow Ballads | Mixed choir | 1963 |
| Kőkő-tánc | Choir a cappella | 0 |
| Wedding Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Wedding Rhymes | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1974 |
| Wedding Dance Songs | Mixed choir | 1975 |
| Lamento | Choir with solo voice(s) | 1965 |
| Jesus´ Blood has Fallen | Vocal music | 1971 |
| Libera me | Mixed choir | 1977 |
| Látod-e Te babám... | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1982 |
| The Songs of Katalin Madarász | !to be determined | 1981 |
| Bear Song | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1968 |
| Story-teller | Female choir | 1977 |
| Missa. Jubilate deo | Mixed choir | 1949 |
| Betyár Songs from Mohács | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1977 |
| Rhymes | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1986 |
| May | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1971 |
| Not Enough Yet! | Female choir | 1974 |
| Not Enough Yet! | Mixed choir | 1969 |
| Mérai dalok II. | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1982 |
| Calendar | Choir and orchestra | 1969 |
| Njest svjat (nect cbjat) | Mixed choir | 1975 |
| Négy Jaj | Male choir | 1985 |
| Four Canons | Choir a cappella | 1955 |
| Four Folk Songs from Magyarózd | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1982 |
| Four Folk Songs from Nyitra-County | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| Four Folk Songs from Somogy-County | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1980 |
| Four Yellow Ballads | Mixed choir | 1973 |
| Four Maiden Songs from Ürög | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1982 |
| Folk Song Bouquet | Choir a cappella | 1980 |
| Offertorium Dom. Infra Octavam Epiphaniae | Mixed choir | 1949 |
| Olyan feneasszony vagyok | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1980 |
| Ormánsági mulatónóták | Male choir | 1983 |
| Sheperd´s Song and Goat Dance | Chamber Music | 1981 |
| Precatio pro pace | Mixed choir | 1974 |
| Puer natus | Mixed choir | 1984 |
| Puer natus est nobis | Mixed choir | 1984 |
| Pueri Hebraeorum | Female choir | 1981 |
| Pillow Dance | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1962 |
| Regnart´s Villanella | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1967 |
| Regölés | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1978 |
| Fly Bird | Female choir | 1953 |
| Rindácska dalai | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1977 |
| Maiden Songs from Rábaköz | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1979 |
| Salve Regina | Children's choir | 1981 |
| Se mi voleri ben | Mixed choir | 1982 |
| Seprődi Borbára | Choir with solo voice(s) | 1968 |
| Sokféle részögösről | Choir with solo voice(s) | 1967 |
| Sheperd Songs from Somogy County | Solo voice(s) with solo instr. and orch. | 1980 |
| Son senza pan | Mixed choir | 1982 |
| Stanzas for Péter Ilosvay Selymes´ TOLDI | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1971 |
| Folk Songs from Szebény | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1976 |
| Szegelet | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| Szegelet | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1983 |
| Bicinias from Szekszárd | Choir a cappella | 1974 |
| About St. Gellert | Mixed choir | 1983 |
| Love Dance | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1967 |
| Dances from Szilágyság | Chamber Music | 1982 |
| Dances from Szilágyság | Other | 1983 |
| Székely asszonyok dalaiból | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1983 |
| Songs from Sály | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1984 |
| Shaman Dance | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1968 |
| Under Sárpilis´ Mountain | Female choir | 0 |
| Encounter (Dance Competition) | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1962 |
| Terra tremuit | Male choir | 1976 |
| Eleven Dance Songs for Children´s Voice | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 1968 |
| Torontáli lakodalmas | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1983 |
| Torontáli lakodalmas | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| Trio | Chamber Music | 1978 |
| Songs from Túr | Mixed choir | 1984 |
| Dance of the Fairies | Choir a cappella | 1978 |
| Dagger | Mixed choir | 1964 |
| Fire Fountain - Thirty bagatelles | Choral music | 1953 |
| Vargyasi Elek | Female choir | 1951 |
| Vargyasi Elek | Choir a cappella | 1954 |
| Vendéghivogató | Female choir | 1969 |
| Flowers Rivalry | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1967 |
| Flower-Song | Mixed choir | 1952 |
| Válaszúti csujogató | Mixed choir | 1974 |
| Say Farewell Now | Female choir | 0 |
| Red Psalm | Mixed choir | 1977 |
| Soldiers Songs from Zala | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1977 |
| Rollicking Songs from Zala | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1977 |
| Shepherd´s Music form Zala | Chamber Music | 1984 |
| Shepherd´s Music form Zala | Orchestral work | 1985 |
| Zengjük a dalt | Choir with solo voice(s) | 1976 |
| Zuhogj csak ár | Choir a cappella | 1977 |
| Édesanyám úgy szeretett | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1982 |
| Hunger-Song | Male choir | 1970 |
| Sheperd Songs from North Hungary | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| Seasons | Solo voice(s), choir, solo instr. & orch. | 1972 |
| Örömünkre most kinyílott liliomszál | Female choir | 1975 |
| Five old Soldier Songs | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1981 |
| Five Merry Songs from Ürög | Solo voice(s) with solo instr. and orch. | 1982 |
| Üssön meg babám | Choir a cappella | 0 |
| Őrségi dalok | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1977 |
| Children´s Song from the Őrség | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Autumn Wind | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1977 |