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Kósa György


Composer

Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1897

 
1897 April 24, Budapest - 1984 August 16

He bequeathed a rich oeuvre to posterity: nine operas, eleven ballets, nearly fifty cantatas and oratorios, nine symphonies, many other orchestral and chamber works, instrumental pieces, and about two hundred songs. Behind all this lay the man himself - rich in experiences and successes, and responsive to his times, the outside world and to related arts. The critics showed interest in his work from the mid-1920s onwards. His reception in musical circles was not invariably positive, but his personal charm and the enigmatic atmosphere and elusive effect of his music nevertheless won him special respect as a composer who consistently followed his own path. He died on 16 August 1984.
 
Title Type Year
Psalm of the Night Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1964
13 Bagatelles Instrumental solo 1918
Psalm 130 Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1979
17 Aphorisms Chamber Music 1964
Missa No. 2 Choir and solo instrument(s) 1949
Requiem No. 2 Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1966
Sonata No. 2 Instrumental solo 1947
String Quartet No. 2 Chamber Music 1929
3 Sonetti di Petrarca Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1957
Sonata No. 3 Instrumental solo 1956
String Quartet No. 3 Chamber Music 1932
String Quartet No. 4 Chamber Music 1935
String Quartet No. 5 Chamber Music 1956
String Quartet No. 6 Chamber Music 1960
String Quartet No. 7 Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1963
String Quartet No. 8 Chamber Music 1965
Psalm 84 Mixed choir 1979
The tragedy of the White Pierrot Ballet / Choreographic work 1916
The King´s Cloak Opera 1927
Women With Eyes Like Christ´s Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra 1946
The little Lamb Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1964
The jumblies Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1979
The dead lover Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1969
The good news Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1968
To solitude Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1969
A Refutation of Transitoriness Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 0
Complaints of the Poor Little Child Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1938
Sonnet of the Blind Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1976
Dedication Instrumental solo 1928
Bargain Mixed choir 1938
Amor Sanctus Choir and orchestra 1958
Andante e Vivace Chamber Music 1948
Animato - 1928 Instrumental solo 1928
Animato - 1968 Instrumental solo 1968
Student Anselmus Opera 1945
Love Me, Mother Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1918
Golden Cloud !to be determined 0
The Amen of the Thus Far Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1924
The table and the chair Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1979
The two Knights Opera 1934
The pendulum Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1930
A Sacred Song of Bálint Balassi Mixed choir 1940
Balassi Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1939
Ballad and Rondo Wind orchestra 1961
Supplication to St. Blaise Solo voice(s) with ensemble 1967
Peach Blossom Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1928
In Memoriam Béla Bartók Instrumental solo 1947
Biblical Mass Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1951
Dirge for a Bull Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1975
Happy Nonsense Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 0
Happy World Children's choir 1932
Song of an Exile Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1963
Burlesque Ballet / Choreographic work 1947
Farewell to Kemenesalja Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1974
Cantate Humana Choir and orchestra 1967
Cello Sonata Chamber Music 1965
Cenodoxus Opera 1942
Chanson Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1918
Concerto Concerto 1973
Concerto Patetico Chamber Music 1960
Cello Cantata Chamber Music 1963
Quiet Song Mixed choir 1928
After a Star Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1934
Csokonai Choral Suite Choir with accompaniment 1958
Mocking Chamber Music 1976
A Song About Unhappiness Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1919
Song Cycle to Posthumous Poems by Gábor Devecseri Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1972
Songs to Poems by György Hernádi Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1961
Songs to Poems by Louis Aragon Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1961
Songs to Poems by Sándor Petőfi Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1928
Songs to Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1960
Songs to Poems by György Sárközi Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1959
Songs to Poems by Theodor Storm Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1957
Songs to Poems by Árpád Tóth Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1943
There Sings the Light Choir and solo instrument(s) 1960
St Peter Damian´s Hymn of the Heavenly Bride Mixed choir 1940
Damjan and the Old Hag Mixed choir 1977
Das Lied des Zwergen Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1966
De Profundis Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1947
Desolazione del Povero Sentimentale Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1921
Dialogue - for organ Instrumental solo 1974
Dialogue - for piano Instrumental solo 1949
Die Bienen Opera 1946
Dies Irae Choir and solo instrument(s) 1937
Divertimento Instrumental solo 1938
Divertimento Instrumental solo 1960
Divertimento - for marimba !to be determined 1977
Divertimento - for two violins Chamber Music 1949
Drei fromme Gesänge Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1967
Duo for Two Pianos Chamber Music 1939
Duo per Violino e Violoncello Chamber Music 1964
Duo for Violin and Viola Chamber Music 1943
Duo for Violin and Piano Chamber Music 1919
King David Ballet / Choreographic work 1937
Man and the Universe- Symphony No. 1 Symphony orchestra 1922
Elegy - for voice and piano Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1957
Elegy- for piano Instrumental solo 1964
Souvenir Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1916
Souvenir, a Romantic Souvenir Instrumental solo 1955
Ballads from the Transylvanian Peaks Mixed choir 1964
Evening in Eden Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1976
This Day Too Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1937
Fabula Rasa Choir and orchestra 1983
Fantasy Instrumental solo 1917
Fantasy on Three Hungarian Folk Songs Symphony orchestra 1948
The Moon Is White Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1946
In An Earthly Hut Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1946
The Sea Has Risen - for solo voice and piano Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1948
The Sea Has Risen - for mixed choir Mixed choir 1947
Wind Quintet Chamber Music 1960
Sonata for Gabi Chamber Music 1958
Dance for Gabi Chamber Music 1964
Gavotte Chamber Music 1915
Geistliche Hirtenlieder Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1960
A Child´s Sorrow Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1949
Children´s Songs Instrumental solo 1952
Children´s Songs to Poems by Judit Pinczési Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1978
Children´s Songs to Poems by Eszter Tóth Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1952
When I Already Understand Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1979
Bird of Dawns Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1918
Hajnóczy - Revolutionary Scene Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1954
Todesfuge Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra 1974
Six Bagatelles Instrumental solo 1924
Six Songs to Poems by Miklós Radnóti Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1969
Six Pieces Symphony orchestra 1919
Six Intermezzi Chamber Music 1969
Six Portraits Instrumental solo 1933
Six Piano Pieces Instrumental solo 1919
Six New Miniatures Chamber Music 1969
A Dead Prophet on the Mountain Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1967
In the Shade Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1978
In the Shade - for orchestra Symphony orchestra 1977
Three Tales from Andersen Chamber Music 1931
Three Petőfi Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1974
Three Hymns to St Emerich for Male Choir Male choir 1969
Three Humble Recitatives to Verses by French Poets Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra 1959
Three Ballads Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1976
Three Songs to Poems by J. Presutti Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1920
Three Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1961
Three Songs to Poems by Zoltán Somlyó Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1962
Three Songs to Poems by Árpád Tóth Solo voice(s) a cappella 1940
Three Songs for Organ Instrumental solo 1971
Three Humoresques Chamber Music 1928
Three Cantatas to Poems by Anna Hajnal Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1978
Three Choral Pieces to Poems by Anna Hajnal Mixed choir 1979
Three Sketches Instrumental solo 1960
Three New French Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1973
Three Songs to Poems by Rabindranath Tagore Solo voice(s) a cappella 1964
Seven Offertories Choir and solo instrument(s) 1949
Hora-Song Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1931
Easter Oratorio Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1932
Symphony No. 2 Symphony orchestra 1930
3rd Symphony Symphony orchestra 1933
4th Symphony - Moses Symphony orchestra 1934
9th Symphony Choir and orchestra 1969
Itsy-bitsy Children's choir 0
Elijah Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1940
Prayer Instrumental solo 1928
In memoriam... Instrumental solo 1977
Warning for The Watchmen Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1946
Sacred Songs on the Poems by Mihály Babits Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1936
Johannes Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1972
Jutka Instrumental solo 1928
Ballad for Jutka Instrumental solo 1946
Before Good Prince of Silence Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1918
Job Solo voice(s) with orchestra 1933
Jonah Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1931
Joseph Choir and solo instrument(s) 1939
The Crowing of the Cock Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra 1975
Chamber Music for 17 Solo Instruments Ensemble 1928
Karinthy Cantata Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1974
Song of the Catacombs - A Contentious Prophecy Solo voice(s) with ensemble 1953
The Death of Ádám Kincses Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1923
A Short Christmas Charol Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1948
In Tiny Shoes Instrumental solo 1953
Little Whirlwind Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1930
Little Suite Symphony orchestra 1953
Shouting Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1945
City, Cry Out! Opera 1981
The Marriage of Mihály Kocsonya Opera 1971
Christ Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra 1943
Navvies Mixed choir 1949
Two Scandinavian Proclamations Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1966
Two Ady Songs for Orchestra Solo voice(s) with orchestra 1924
Two Bagatelles Chamber Music 1961
Two Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 0
Two Songs to Poems by Miklós Radnóti Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1964
Two Songs on Poems by Sándor Sík Vocal music 0
Two Evenings Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1945
Two Cantatas to Poems by T.S. Eliot Vocal music 1974
Two Choruses for Two Children Voices to Poems by Károly Tamkó Sirató Children's choir 1979
Two Pieces for Piano Instrumental solo 1955
Two New Ballads from the Transylvanian Peaks Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1965
Little Choruses for Children for Two Voices Children's choir 1952
Chinese Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1954
Chinese Songs to Poems by Po Chü-I - 2nd Series Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1954
Easy Folk Song Arrangements for Piano Instrumental solo 1952
Mission Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1948
Laodameia Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) 1925
Laterna Magica Ballet / Choreographic work 1923
Visions Mixed choir 1972
Léda Aboard the Ship Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1921
Bird Talk Children's choir 1983
Solitude Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1949
Loneliness Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1967
Curse of the Prophet of Today Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1947
Master Manole Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1965
Minuet String orchestra 1912
Tale of the Princess Who Never Laughed Ballet / Choreographic work 1919
Fairy-Tale Suite Symphony orchestra 1931
Fairy Bird Instrumental solo 1956
Miniatures Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1964
Like Sunlight Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1950
Mass Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) 1946
Why? Symphony orchestra 1913
Mysterioso Instrumental solo 1927
Metropolitan Icons Choir and orchestra 1965
Never See Me Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1918
Nocte Surgentes Mixed choir 1958
Notturno Chamber Music 1966
Eight Serious Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 0
Four Csokonai Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1954
Four Portraits Chamber Music 1954
Four Songs to Poems by Gyula Juhász Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1973
Four Children´s Songs for Double Bass and Piano Chamber Music 1979
Four Pieces for Violin Chamber Music 1943
Four Easy Pieces Chamber Music 1967
Folksong Arrangements Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1951
Orpheus, Eurydike, Hermes Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1967
Paysages Intimes Children's choir 1928
Phaedra Ballet / Choreographic work 1919
Po Chü-I Chorus Suite Choir and solo instrument(s) 1955
Pan and Core Ballet / Choreographic work 1918
Pázmán the Knight Opera 1963
Quintet Chamber Music 1938
Requiem Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1948
A Strange Rhyming Game Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1954
Saulus Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) 1935
Scherzo Chamber Music 1915
Sechs Morgenstern Lieder Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1967
Mystery Drum Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1969
Lament - Three Songs Solo voice(s) with orchestra 1956
Solo Sonatina Instrumental solo 1928
Stabat Mater - electronic music Mixed choir 1979
Stabat Mater - for mixed choir Mixed choir 1949
Suite Symphony orchestra 1915
Susannah Solo voice(s) with ensemble 1971
Gentle Evening Prayer Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1947
Love Under the Willow Trees Music for radio drama 1957
God in Love Ballet / Choreographic work 1947
Sonata Chamber Music 1937
Suite - Three Ironical Portraits Symphony orchestra 1925
Suite for String Orchestra String orchestra 1958
Splinters Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1972
Wind on the Pilis Hills Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1964
Beautiful is the Mine Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1950
Speaks the Lord Choir and solo instrument(s) 1957
I Call You, Swan Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1978
Contemplation in the Vineyards Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1964
By Dark Waters Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1948
Tartuffe Opera 1951
Te Deum Choir and solo instrument(s) 1949
Church Window Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1975
The God is With You Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1947
Twelve Songs to Poems by Gyula Juhász Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1958
Trio - for flute, violin and cello Chamber Music 1941
Trio - for violin, cello and piano - 1962 Chamber Music 1962
Trio - for violin, cello and piano - 1967 Chamber Music 1967
Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello Chamber Music 0
Trio for Soprano, Violin and Clarinet Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1947
Dance Suite Symphony orchestra 1951
Afterlife Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1978
Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo Goes Courting Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1979
Ladislav V Mixed choir 1939
5th Symphony Symphony orchestra 1937
6th Symphony - Stella Symphony orchestra 1947
7th Symphony - Mohács Symphony orchestra 1957
Symphony No. 8 Symphony orchestra 1959
Veni sancte Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1947
Diary in Verse Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1967
Vier Lieder zu Richard Dehmel´s Gedichten Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1919
Villon Oratorio Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1961
Flowers in the Wind Ballet / Choreographic work 1947
Flower Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1964
String Quartet No. 1 - Self Portrait Chamber Music 1920
String Trio Chamber Music 1946
I Await You Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1916
Fresco of the 20th Century Mixed choir 1976
Piano Sonata Instrumental solo 1941
Psalm Mixed choir 1976
Green, Red Yellow, Brown Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1968
Abraham´s Sacrifice Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1975
My Dream is God Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1947
Dream Chamber Music 1915
April Capriccio Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1937
Józsi Árva´s Three Miracles Ballet / Choreographic work 1930
A Song about Benedek Virág Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1958
In Praise of Creation Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1936
Song of Eternal Lament Ballet / Choreographic work 1955
Sing! Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1979
Enduring People of Enduring Hope Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1949
Five Animal Tales from Phaedrus Children's choir 1970
Five Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1950
Five Songs to Poems by Mihály Babits Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1967
Five Songs to Poems by Lőrinc Szabó Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1943
Five French Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1969
Five Short Piano Pieces Instrumental solo 1967
Five Offertories Choir and solo instrument(s) 1949
Fifth Eclogue Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra 1964
New Babits Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1971
New Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1961
Red Autumn Flowers Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1918
Late Poems Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1970