Huzella Elek
Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1915
24 August 1915 Budapest - 15 December 1971 Budapest
As pupil of Albert Siklós he graduated at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music Budapest, where he studied composing. Parallel to this, he also studied aesthetics, philosophy and pedagogy at the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University. He wrote his thesis on the oeuvre of Claude Debussy.
From 1939 to 1944 he managed and conducted factory choirs. In 1943-1944 he was music editor of the Hungarian Radio and from 1945 he’s been deputy manager of the music department for a while. Afterwards he temporarily worked as weaver.
From 1947 he taught composing and music theory in the Upper Music School of the Capital City, and after its closing-down in the State Conservatory (now: Béla Bartók Secondary School for Music) from 1949. Besides, he also taught at the Federation of Music Schools of Budapest.
His organ work Epilogue, written on the theme B-A-C-H, was awarded with first prize in Vercelli (1957). He translated Debussy’s Pelléas and Mélisande, but many songs as well.
As pupil of Albert Siklós he graduated at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music Budapest, where he studied composing. Parallel to this, he also studied aesthetics, philosophy and pedagogy at the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University. He wrote his thesis on the oeuvre of Claude Debussy.
From 1939 to 1944 he managed and conducted factory choirs. In 1943-1944 he was music editor of the Hungarian Radio and from 1945 he’s been deputy manager of the music department for a while. Afterwards he temporarily worked as weaver.
From 1947 he taught composing and music theory in the Upper Music School of the Capital City, and after its closing-down in the State Conservatory (now: Béla Bartók Secondary School for Music) from 1949. Besides, he also taught at the Federation of Music Schools of Budapest.
His organ work Epilogue, written on the theme B-A-C-H, was awarded with first prize in Vercelli (1957). He translated Debussy’s Pelléas and Mélisande, but many songs as well.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 |
Magyar rézfúvós kamarazene
(Contemporary Hungarian Brass Chamber Music) |
Hungaroton | SLPX 11811 | LP |
| 2001 |
Versenyművek
(Concertos) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31990 | |
| 2001 |
Kamarazene
(Chamber Music) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31991 |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "The Castle of Patak" | Choir and orchestra | 1954 |
| 2 Liriche | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1956 |
| 4 Love Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| 4 Love Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| 4 Love Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| On the Bridge | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1958 |
| Ambrosian Hymns | Mixed choir | 1959 |
| In the Golden Net | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1956 |
| Archaic Dances | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Cradle Song | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1958 |
| Cambiate | Instrumental solo | 1968 |
| Concertino lirico | Concerto | 1963 |
| Csillag süt a szederágra | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1953 |
| Csokonai: Dorothy | Music for the theater | 1955 |
| At the Great Forest of Debrecen | Mixed choir | 1953 |
| Memorial Songs | Choir and orchestra | 1959 |
| Epilogue | Instrumental solo | 1957 |
| Clouds | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1952 |
| Three Archaic Dances | Instrumental solo | 1960 |
| Three Saced Chants | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Three Dances - In memoriam Domenico Scarlatti | Instrumental solo | 1959 |
| Foreign Folk Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1964 |
| Two Vietnamese Folk Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Meditation | Symphony orchestra | 1955 |
| Mass (in Eb Major) | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1941 |
| Miser Catulle | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1970 |
| Motet | Mixed choir | 1948 |
| Nocturne | Symphony orchestra | 1950 |
| That time of year | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1954 |
| Offertorio | Mixed choir | 1942 |
| Rapsodia per pianoforte, timpani ed archi | String orchestra | 1959 |
| Romance | Mixed choir | 1951 |
| Shakespeare´s Sonnet LXXIII | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1960 |
| Sophokles: Elektra | Music for the theater | 1956 |
| Breezes | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1956 |
| The Songs of Our Neighbors | Mixed choir | 1952 |
| Beautiful Colchicum | Mixed choir | 1951 |
| Dance and Song | Orchestral work | 1960 |
| Winter Song | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1953 |
| Ten Choral Songs | Choir a cappella | 1951 |
| Ungaresca | Orchestral work | 1966 |
| Water Magic | Choir a cappella | 1962 |
| String Sextet | Ensemble | 1940 |
| Variations | Instrumental solo | 1967 |
| Water in the Night | Mixed choir | 1957 |
| Orchestral Suite | Orchestral work | 1957 |
| My Mother´s Rosewood | Mixed choir | 1952 |
| Autumn Dusk | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1960 |