Járdányi Pál
Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1920
30 January 1920, Budapest - 29 June 1966, Budapest
Son of István Járdányi Paulovics. He studied between 1936-42 at the Music High School in Budapest as a pupil of Zoltán Kodály (composition) and Ede Zathureczky (violin). Parallel with his music studies he also studied ethnography at the university, where in 1943 he obtained his doctorate.
For a short time he worked as a music critic, but in 1946 he became a teacher at the Academy of Music and taught folk music there till 1959. After that he devoted most of his time to discovering folk music. From 1948 he was a member of the folk music research group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and he systematized and edited Hungarian Folk Music File volumes I (1951) and IV (1959). He gave a lecture in 1964 in Budapest at the folk music congress on Experiences and achievements in systematizing Hungarian folk music.
Prizes:
1952 Erkel Prize
1953 Erkel Prize
1954 Kossuth Prize
Son of István Járdányi Paulovics. He studied between 1936-42 at the Music High School in Budapest as a pupil of Zoltán Kodály (composition) and Ede Zathureczky (violin). Parallel with his music studies he also studied ethnography at the university, where in 1943 he obtained his doctorate.
For a short time he worked as a music critic, but in 1946 he became a teacher at the Academy of Music and taught folk music there till 1959. After that he devoted most of his time to discovering folk music. From 1948 he was a member of the folk music research group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and he systematized and edited Hungarian Folk Music File volumes I (1951) and IV (1959). He gave a lecture in 1964 in Budapest at the folk music congress on Experiences and achievements in systematizing Hungarian folk music.
Prizes:
1952 Erkel Prize
1953 Erkel Prize
1954 Kossuth Prize
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 |
Hungarian Music Mosaic
(Magyar zenei mozaik) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32330 | |
| 2008 |
The Near Past of the Hungarian Flute
(A közelmúlt magyar fuvolája) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32578 |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Little Pieces for Piano | Instrumental solo | 1939 |
| Accompanying Music to the Hamlet | Incidental music | 1943 |
| Along the Tisza | Symphony orchestra | 1951 |
| Arietta | Chamber Music | 1958 |
| Borsod Rhapsody | Orchestral work | 1953 |
| Broad is the Danube (Saluting Kodály) | Mixed choir | 1957 |
| Brown girl´s skirt | Mixed choir | 1953 |
| Bulgarian Rhythms | Chamber Music | 1946 |
| Christmas Light - For Mixed Choir | Mixed choir | 1963 |
| Clarinet Tutor | Chamber Music | 1950 |
| Concertino | Concerto | 1965 |
| Concertino | Chamber Music | 1952 |
| Cotton Picker Girls | Choir and chamber orchestra | 1953 |
| Dance at Dawn | Choir and chamber ensemble | 1955 |
| Dance at Dawn | Mixed choir | 1950 |
| Dance Music | Symphony orchestra | 1950 |
| Dances I. | Instrumental solo | 1936 |
| Dances II. | Instrumental solo | 1937 |
| Daughter of the Pagan King | Mixed choir | 1952 |
| Divertimento concertante | Symphony orchestra | 1942 |
| Eve, My Dear Eve | Mixed choir | 1952 |
| Fantasy and Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song | Chamber Music | 1955 |
| Farewell | Female choir | 1938 |
| Forword - Cantata | Choir and orchestra | 1966 |
| Four Folk Songs from Kide | Mixed choir | 1951 |
| Girl Fair | Mixed choir | 1950 |
| Harp Concerto | Concerto | 1959 |
| Hey Mrs. Varga | Mixed choir | 1951 |
| Hungarian Dance | Chamber Music | 1958 |
| I Started to Wilt | Female choir | 1937 |
| It is Over... | Female choir | 1957 |
| Jeden, dva, tri (Saluting Kodály) | Male choir | 1962 |
| Lane, Lane | Mixed choir | 1953 |
| Little Christmas Song | Female choir | 1938 |
| Little Suite | Instrumental solo | 1942 |
| Lone Bird | Mixed choir | 1952 |
| Love Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1958 |
| Melody | Chamber Music | 1952 |
| Missa brevis. Ad duas voces inaequales | Mixed choir | 1947 |
| Oratorio to the Poem "Prologue" by Mihály Vörösmarty (Unfinished) | Choir and orchestra | 1966 |
| Parade March of the Home Guards | Wind orchestra | 1950 |
| Poor Susie at the Encampment | Female choir | 1940 |
| Psalm 30 | Mixed choir | 1942 |
| Quartettino | Chamber Music | 1956 |
| Rondeau | Instrumental solo | 1939 |
| Rondo scherzoso - For Violin with Piano Accompaniment | Chamber Music | 1960 |
| Roundel Dance | Mixed choir | 1951 |
| Salute to Kodály (Variations on a theme by Kodály) | Symphony orchestra | 1962 |
| Savaria - For Mixed Choir | Mixed choir | 1963 |
| Sigh | Female choir | 1937 |
| Sinfonietta per archi | String orchestra | 1940 |
| Soldier Love | Mixed choir | 1950 |
| Sonata | Chamber Music | 1943 |
| Sonata for Violin and Piano | Chamber Music | 1944 |
| Sonatina | Chamber Music | 1952 |
| Sonatina | Chamber Music | 1965 |
| Sonatina | Chamber Music | 1965 |
| Sonatina for Two Pianos | Chamber Music | 1942 |
| Sonatina No. 1 | Instrumental solo | 1940 |
| Sonatina No. 2 | Instrumental solo | 1958 |
| Songs of Gergő | Children's choir | 1959 |
| String Quartet No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1947 |
| String Quartet No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1954 |
| Suite for Violin and Cello Ensemble | Ensemble | 1962 |
| Symphonic March | Symphony orchestra | 1953 |
| Szekely Rhapsody | Orchestral work | 1965 |
| Terefere Tercsi | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 0 |
| The Hiding Bird | Mixed choir | 1953 |
| The Regiment of Lajos Kossuth | Male choir | 1953 |
| The Sea Has Risen | Mixed choir | 1957 |
| Three Choral Works on Poems by Endre Ady | Choir a cappella | 1937 |
| Three Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1937 |
| Trio for Strings | Chamber Music | 1959 |
| Trio piccolo | Chamber Music | 1966 |
| Two Hungarian Folk Songs - For Mixed Choir | Mixed choir | 1952 |
| Variations | Chamber Music | 1954 |
| Violin-ABC | Chamber Music | 1949 |
| Violin-Duos | Chamber Music | 1937 |
| Vivente e Moriente | Symphony orchestra | 1963 |
| Vörösmarty - Symphony in Five Sections | Symphony orchestra | 1952 |
| What Belongs to Whom | Mixed choir | 1961 |