Kocsár Miklós
Composer
Place of Birth
Debrecen
Date of Birth
1933
21 December 1933, Debrecen - 29 August 2019
He started to play the piano when he was a child, but his regular studies began only later, at the Conservatory of Debrecen as a pupil of Emil Szabó. Between 1954 and 1959 he studied composition with Ferenc Farkas at the Lisyt Ferenc Academy of Music, graduating in 1959.
Between 1963 and 1972 he worked as musical director and conductor of the Madách Theatre in Budapest, in 1972 he joined the staff of the Béla Bartók Secondary School for Music as a teacher of composition. In 1974 he also became a leading member of the folk music programme at the Hungarian Radio, and from 1983 to 1995 he was deputy head of the Radios Music Department. In his versatile composing activity we can find chamber music, orchestral music and concertos, but also his vocal compositions are significant: airs, choirs, cantatas and oratorios. His works can be recognized by the aiming for beautiful sound and strict formal proportions.
Miklós Kocsár was awarded with the Erkel Prize in 1973 and 1980. In 1987 he became Merited Artist of the Hungarian Peoples Republic. In 1992 he received the Bartók-Pásztory Award. In 2000 he was honoured with the Kossuth Prize, in 2004 with the KÓTA Prize and in 2005 with the Kölcsey Plaque.
Works:
Orchestral works: Capriccio; Varianti; Metamorphoses; Sequenze; Formazioni; Ballata sinfonica
Concertos: Concerto in memoriam ZH - horn; Elegia - bassoon; Cello concerto; Concerto da Camera - violin; Concertino - two flutes; Concerto lirico - viola
Chamber works: String quartet, three Wind quartets; Solo sonata - violin; Trio sonata - violin, cello, piano; Capricorn concerto - flute, chamber orchestra; Quintetto dottoni; Rapsodia - trumpet, piano, percussion; Tone-colour Games - two flutes; Echoes No.1,-2,-3,-4 - horns
Vocal works: For Love Wanders There - cantata; Visions of the Night - oratorio; Magnificat - mixed choir, string orchestra; Stabat Mater - mixed choir, orchestra; Music of the seasons; Lily song; Zithers of Fire; The Miracle Stag; Mountain climbing - Six Folk Prayers; Someone is walking on the Hill of Trees; three masses; Salve Regina; Libera me; six Maria chants; Jubilate Deo; Six choruses; Knick-knacks; Cat and Dog; Two Christmas Motets; Invocation for Spring; Christmas, black glory.
Also a number of airs for poems by Sándor Petőfi, Attila József, Árpád Tóth, Miklós Radnóti, Lajos Kassák, Sándor Weöres, Margit Szécsi, Sándor Kányádi and Federico Garcia Lorca.
Since 2011 Miklós Kocsár was a full member of Hungarian Academy of Arts.
He started to play the piano when he was a child, but his regular studies began only later, at the Conservatory of Debrecen as a pupil of Emil Szabó. Between 1954 and 1959 he studied composition with Ferenc Farkas at the Lisyt Ferenc Academy of Music, graduating in 1959.
Between 1963 and 1972 he worked as musical director and conductor of the Madách Theatre in Budapest, in 1972 he joined the staff of the Béla Bartók Secondary School for Music as a teacher of composition. In 1974 he also became a leading member of the folk music programme at the Hungarian Radio, and from 1983 to 1995 he was deputy head of the Radios Music Department. In his versatile composing activity we can find chamber music, orchestral music and concertos, but also his vocal compositions are significant: airs, choirs, cantatas and oratorios. His works can be recognized by the aiming for beautiful sound and strict formal proportions.
Miklós Kocsár was awarded with the Erkel Prize in 1973 and 1980. In 1987 he became Merited Artist of the Hungarian Peoples Republic. In 1992 he received the Bartók-Pásztory Award. In 2000 he was honoured with the Kossuth Prize, in 2004 with the KÓTA Prize and in 2005 with the Kölcsey Plaque.
Works:
Orchestral works: Capriccio; Varianti; Metamorphoses; Sequenze; Formazioni; Ballata sinfonica
Concertos: Concerto in memoriam ZH - horn; Elegia - bassoon; Cello concerto; Concerto da Camera - violin; Concertino - two flutes; Concerto lirico - viola
Chamber works: String quartet, three Wind quartets; Solo sonata - violin; Trio sonata - violin, cello, piano; Capricorn concerto - flute, chamber orchestra; Quintetto dottoni; Rapsodia - trumpet, piano, percussion; Tone-colour Games - two flutes; Echoes No.1,-2,-3,-4 - horns
Vocal works: For Love Wanders There - cantata; Visions of the Night - oratorio; Magnificat - mixed choir, string orchestra; Stabat Mater - mixed choir, orchestra; Music of the seasons; Lily song; Zithers of Fire; The Miracle Stag; Mountain climbing - Six Folk Prayers; Someone is walking on the Hill of Trees; three masses; Salve Regina; Libera me; six Maria chants; Jubilate Deo; Six choruses; Knick-knacks; Cat and Dog; Two Christmas Motets; Invocation for Spring; Christmas, black glory.
Also a number of airs for poems by Sándor Petőfi, Attila József, Árpád Tóth, Miklós Radnóti, Lajos Kassák, Sándor Weöres, Margit Szécsi, Sándor Kányádi and Federico Garcia Lorca.
Since 2011 Miklós Kocsár was a full member of Hungarian Academy of Arts.
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Bagatelle per clarinetto solo | Instrumental solo | 1989 |
| 5 Bagatelles for 2 Bassoons | Chamber Music | 1957 |
| 7 Sonate - "Hommage à Scarlatti" | Instrumental solo | 1993 |
| 9 Short Pieces | Chamber Music | 0 |
| The Clouds of Fear | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1992 |
| Shivering Future | Female choir | 2007 |
| The Swineherd | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1956 |
| Song of the Phantom | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1958 |
| The Stone and the Man | Male choir | 1988 |
| Ad te levavi | Female choir | 2005 |
| Adjon az Isten | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2012 |
| Adoramus te | Mixed choir | 2001 |
| Adoramus te Christe | Female choir | 2010 |
| Advent Wreath | Female choir | 2005 |
| Agnus dei | Female choir | 2014 |
| Alleluia - For Equal Voices | Choir a cappella | 0 |
| Alma redemptoris Mater | Female choir | 2004 |
| Titbits | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Arioso | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| Assumpta est Maria | Female choir | 1998 |
| Ave Maria | Choir a cappella | 1997 |
| Ave Regina caelorum | Female choir | 2003 |
| Ave maris stella | Female choir | 2004 |
| Ave verum corpus | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Ave verum corpus | Female choir | 2009 |
| Ave, rosa sine spina | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2009 |
| The Giant | Film music | 1960 |
| Visions of the Night | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1987 |
| Ballad for Cimbalom | Instrumental solo | 1995 |
| Ballata | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Ballata sinfonica | Symphony orchestra | 1994 |
| Beatus vir | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Drinking Songs | Male choir | 1958 |
| Cantate Domino | Choir a cappella | 2000 |
| Cantate Domino - for mixed choir | Mixed choir | 2000 |
| Capriccio | Symphony orchestra | 1961 |
| Capriccio | Instrumental solo | 1956 |
| Capriccio - for piano | Instrumental solo | 1960 |
| Capricorn Concerto | Concerto | 1978 |
| Cat and Dog | Children's choir | 1978 |
| Chaconne | Chamber Music | 1996 |
| Concertino per due Fluti, Cembalo e Archi | Concerto | 1999 |
| Concerto - in memoriam ZH | Concerto | 1983 |
| Concerto da camera | Concerto | 1995 |
| Concerto lirico | Concerto | 2000 |
| Cheating Songs | Children's choir | 1977 |
| The Miracle Stag | Mixed choir | 1979 |
| Wonder Whip | Film music | 1987 |
| Csontváry | Film music | 1990 |
| Songs to Poems by István Csukás | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2002 |
| Songs to Poems by Sándor Kányádi | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| Songs on Poems by Hungarian Composers, No. 2 | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Dialoghi | Chamber Music | 1965 |
| Divertimento | Chamber Music | 1956 |
| Due Notturni | Instrumental solo | 1996 |
| Duo | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Duo serenade | Chamber Music | 1955 |
| Echoes, No. 1 | Instrumental solo | 1984 |
| Echoes, No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Echoes, No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Echoes, No. 4 | Chamber Music | 1998 |
| Alone | Female choir | 2006 |
| Elegy | Concerto | 1985 |
| Memorial Sign | Female choir | 1986 |
| Memories from the 50´s of the 20th Century | Symphony orchestra | 2016 |
| Episodi | Concerto | 1982 |
| Epitaffio per contra basso | Instrumental solo | 1988 |
| Exsurge cor Meum | Choir a cappella | 1997 |
| Exsurge cor Meum | Mixed choir | 1997 |
| Peasant Dirge | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1959 |
| Fantasia - for clarinet and percussions | Chamber Music | 1991 |
| Fantasia - for soprano saxophone and harp | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Fantasy for Tárogató | Instrumental solo | 1989 |
| Fantasy and Brisk | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| Money Songs | Mixed choir | 1964 |
| Formazioni | Symphony orchestra | 1985 |
| Brisk | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| Flute Music - Musica Pastorale | Chamber Music | 1975 |
| Painful Love | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1958 |
| Fear | Female choir | 2007 |
| Gaudeamus igitur | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2005 |
| Gaudete in Domino | Female choir | 2005 |
| Concerto for Violoncello | Concerto | 1994 |
| Children´s Choruses I | Children's choir | 1974 |
| Children´s Choruses II | Children's choir | 1974 |
| Children´s Choruses III | Children's choir | 1974 |
| Children´s Choruses IV | Children's choir | 1983 |
| Children´s Choruses to Poems by Sándor Kányádi, Vol. 1 | Children's choir | 2008 |
| Children´s Choruses to Poems by Sándor Kányádi, Vol. 2 | Children's choir | 2008 |
| Children´s Choruses to Poems by Sándor Kányádi, Vol. 3 | Children's choir | 2008 |
| Children´s Choruses to Poems by Sándor Kányádi, Vol. 4 | Children's choir | 2008 |
| Games With Intervals | Instrumental solo | 2004 |
| Audio-Ritratti | Instrumental solo | 1996 |
| Sonds-Colours-Games | Chamber Music | 1993 |
| Mountain climbing | Mixed choir | 1992 |
| Mountain Climbing | Mixed choir | 1993 |
| Mountain Lads | Choir and chamber orchestra | 1956 |
| Hodie Christus natus est | Female choir | 2002 |
| Huszárik-breviarium | Film music | 1982 |
| Be Gone Cataract! | Mixed choir | 1993 |
| Three Songs to Poems by István Boda - for solo voice with piano | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1956 |
| Three Songs to Poems by István Boda - for solo voice and solo instruments | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1956 |
| Three Songs to Poems by Gyurkovics | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1996 |
| Three Songs to Poems by Sándor Petőfi | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1973 |
| Three Duets | Chamber Music | 1956 |
| Three Choruses for Equal Voices | Choir a cappella | 1959 |
| Three Children Choruses | Children's choir | 1956 |
| Three Sorrowful Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1979 |
| Three Female Choruses | Female choir | 1972 |
| Three Female Choruses on Poems by László Nagy | Female choir | 0 |
| Three Sorrowful Songs from Szeklerland | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1992 |
| Sette Variazioni / Seven Variations | Instrumental solo | 1983 |
| Improvvisazioni | Instrumental solo | 1972 |
| Jubilate Deo | Choir a cappella | 1995 |
| Jubilate Deo - double choir of equal voices with accompaniment | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1995 |
| Jubilate Deo - double choir of equal voices with organ | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1995 |
| Songs to Poems by Attila József | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1955 |
| Autumn is Coming! | Female choir | 2007 |
| Christmas, Black Glory | Female choir | 2007 |
| Christmas, black glory | Female choir | 2005 |
| Christmas Journey of the Shepherd | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1989 |
| Kassák-Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1976 |
| Sign of the Cross | Mixed choir | 1993 |
| My Origin is Unmistakable | Female choir | 2006 |
| Knick Knacks | Children's choir | 1978 |
| Belated Winds | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1958 |
| Two Radnóti Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1956 |
| Two Christmas Motets | Female choir | 2002 |
| Two Wedding Songs for Girls Choir | Choir a cappella | 1955 |
| Two Dances | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Two Mixed Choruses | Mixed choir | 1960 |
| Two Piano Pieces | Instrumental solo | 1954 |
| Choral Songs - for children´s choir and chamber ensemble | Choir and chamber ensemble | 1995 |
| Choral Songs - for children´s choir and piano | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1995 |
| Invocation for Spring, 1957 | Mixed choir | 1999 |
| Concerto for Horn | Concerto | 1957 |
| Lamenti | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1967 |
| Laudate Dominum - Psalm CXVII | Mixed choir | 2002 |
| Laudate Dominum for double choir of equal voices and organ | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2005 |
| Laudate Dominum for double choir of equal voices and brass instruments | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2005 |
| Laudatio Episcopi Sancti Martini / The Praise of Bishop Saint Martin | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra | 2000 |
| Libera me | Female choir | 1999 |
| Wistaria | Music for the theater | 1969 |
| Lily Song | Mixed choir | 1971 |
| Bird Feeder | Choir and chamber orchestra | 1995 |
| Magnificat | Choir and chamber orchestra | 1996 |
| Magnificat | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1996 |
| Hungarian Summer | Mixed choir | 1958 |
| Hungarian Folksongs for Piano | Instrumental solo | 1956 |
| Hungarian Dances | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Hungarian Dances No. 1 | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Hungarian Dances No. 2 | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Hungarian Dances from the Sepsiszentgyörgy Manuscript | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Hungarian Dances from the Apponyi Manuscript | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Hungarian Dances from the Barkóczi Manuscript | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Solitary Song | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1970 |
| Stay Longer | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2002 |
| Maria mater gratiae | Female choir | 2004 |
| Maria, fons aquae vivae | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2008 |
| Metamorphoses | Symphony orchestra | 1979 |
| Miniature | Instrumental solo | 1955 |
| Missa Secunda | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| Missa Tertia | Mixed choir | 2002 |
| Missa in A | Female choir | 1992 |
| Man, I Have Spoken | Mixed choir | 1980 |
| Musica | Ensemble | 1991 |
| Despair in May | Mixed choir | 2006 |
| Marian Songs | Female choir | 2004 |
| I Invoke you Damion! | Mixed choir | 1985 |
| Christmas Night | Mixed choir | 2003 |
| Sunflower | Film music | 1974 |
| National Song | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Nunc dimittis | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Nyár van, nyár | Female choir | 2007 |
| Four Madrigals | Female choir | 2002 |
| Four Sketches | Instrumental solo | 1958 |
| Suite of Folk Songs | Instrumental solo | 1954 |
| Female Choirs on Poems by László Nagy | Female choir | 2011 |
| Female Choirs on Poems by László Nagy | Female choir | 2012 |
| O vos omnes | Female choir | 1998 |
| O, Maria, Mater pia | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2008 |
| O, Maria, gratiosa | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2008 |
| Oh, Dawn, Dawn | Mixed choir | 1993 |
| Pater noster | Mixed choir | 2014 |
| Red-faced bread | Choir with solo voice(s) | 1963 |
| Populus Sion | Female choir | 2005 |
| Dust song | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1996 |
| Dances of Pozsony | Chamber Music | 1980 |
| Psallite Deo! - Festive Psalm for children´s choir and chamber ensemble | Choir and chamber ensemble | 2004 |
| Psallite Deo! - Festive Psalm for children´s choir and organ | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2004 |
| Quattuor carmina Mariana / Four Mary Songs | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Quintetto d´ottoni | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| Quintetto per fiati No. 1 / Wind Quintet No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1956 |
| Quintetto per fiati No. 3 / Wind Quintet No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1984 |
| Rapsodia | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Regina caeli | Female choir | 2004 |
| Repliche | Chamber Music | 1971 |
| Repliche No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1976 |
| Repliche No. 3 | Instrumental solo | 1981 |
| Requiem aeternam | Female choir | 2004 |
| Rag Carpet - for solo voice and solo instruments | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1956 |
| Rag Carpet - for solo voice with piano | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1956 |
| Rorate caeli | Female choir | 2004 |
| Old Hungarian Students´ Songs | Mixed choir | 2005 |
| Brass Trio | Chamber Music | 1958 |
| Saltus Hungaricus | Chamber Music | 1970 |
| Salve Regina | Female choir | 1995 |
| Sequenze | String orchestra | 1980 |
| Serenata per archi | Chamber Music | 1971 |
| Sestetto d´ottoni | Chamber Music | 1972 |
| String Symphonietta | String orchestra | 1996 |
| Six Choruses | Female choir | 1981 |
| Sonata | Instrumental solo | 1961 |
| Sonata per violino solo | Instrumental solo | 1961 |
| Sonatina | Instrumental solo | 1956 |
| Stabat mater | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 2007 |
| Sub tuum praesidium | Female choir | 2004 |
| For Love Wanders There | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1961 |
| Suite per chitarra | Instrumental solo | 1986 |
| Suite for three trombones | Chamber Music | 1996 |
| Super flumina Babilonis | Female choir | 2003 |
| St. Anthony´s fire | Mixed choir | 1992 |
| A Midsummer Night Trip | Female choir | 1993 |
| Rock | Mixed choir | 1959 |
| Suite String Orchestra | String orchestra | 1986 |
| Children Rondo from Sárköz | Chamber Music | 1975 |
| Shine, Sun | Children's choir | 1962 |
| Spring, spring! | Female choir | 2003 |
| Spring Song - for voice and piano | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1961 |
| Spring Song - for solo voice and chamber ensemble | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1961 |
| Wating for spring | Children's choir | 1997 |
| Cow Love | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1964 |
| Fifteen Short Piano Pieces | Instrumental solo | 1974 |
| Tre Notturni | Instrumental solo | 1997 |
| Tre pezzi per organo in memoriam Ferenc Farkas | Instrumental solo | 2005 |
| Trio per archi | Chamber Music | 1990 |
| Trio Sonata | Chamber Music | 1963 |
| Winter Sunset | Female choir | 1993 |
| Ten Studies for Solo Guitar | Instrumental solo | 1993 |
| Fire, you Wonderful | Mixed choir | 1971 |
| Zithers of Fire | Female choir | 1973 |
| Ungaresca per due fiatti di legno | Chamber Music | 1968 |
| Last Encounter | Chamber Music | 0 |
| We are and Will Be | Choir a cappella | 2001 |
| Someone is walking on the Hill of Trees | Female choir | 1995 |
| Varianti | Symphony orchestra | 1977 |
| Variazioni per quintetto di fiati | Chamber Music | 1968 |
| Magic Box | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| Virgo parens Christi benedicta | Choir with solo voice(s) | 2004 |
| String Quartet | Chamber Music | 1960 |
| Varianti per violoncello solo | Instrumental solo | 1989 |
| Awaiting the Snow | Female choir | 2005 |
| Piano Pieces | Instrumental solo | 1958 |
| Dream Voice | Female choir | 2006 |
| Seasons | Female choir | 2007 |
| Music of the Seasons | Female choir | 1967 |
| Oh beautiful, mysterious night! | Female choir | 2003 |
| Care For Me, oh God | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1998 |
| Öregisten, Nagyisten | Female choir | 2003 |
| Five Bagatelles | Chamber Music | 1957 |
| Five Two-Part Songs | Children's choir | 1994 |
| Five Christmas Songs | Choir a cappella | 2007 |
| Five Short Piano Pieces | Instrumental solo | 1957 |
| Five Movements | Concerto | 1976 |
| Five Flower Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| New Kelemen Kőmíves | Male choir | 1960 |
| Festive Fanfare | Chamber Music | 0 |