Mosonyi Mihály
Composer
Place of Birth
Boldogasszonyfalva
Date of Birth
1815
September 2, 1815, Boldogasszonyfalva (Frauenkirchen, Austria) - October 31, 1870, Pest
Mihály Mosonyi is one of the most significant creative personalities of the Hungarian musical romanticism besides Franz Liszt and Ferenc Erkel. He was born on the Hungarian side of the western borderland between Hungary and Austria and baptized on 4 September 1815 in the village of Boldogasszony, in Moson County. Now this village is called Frauenkirchen and belongs to the Austrian Burgenland. The composer changed his original surname Brand to Mosonyi in 1859 referring to his narrower native land. He started his musical studies in his native village and continued them in Mosonmagyaróvár and Pozsony (Bratislava/Pressburg). From 1835 to 1842 Mosonyi worked as a counts music master in Rétfalu, Slavonia. From 1842 to his death he lived in Budapest working as a piano teacher and honored composer of ecclesiastical compositions, piano pieces, symphonies and chamber music. In his first period he was influenced by the classical masters of Vienna. First and foremost he became Beethovens follower. The romantic masters such as Schumann, Liszt and Wagner influenced his compositions from the beginning of the fifties. In his second period, from 1859, he became a pioneer of the new Hungarian national music. In this period he wrote two operas, several cantatas, numerous songs, piano pieces and secular choral works by which he won Liszts and Wagners recognition and friendship. To two tunes of his opera Szép Ilonka (Beautiful Ilonka) Liszt composed a piano fantasy. Liszt also immortalized his fellow composers memory in his composition entitled Mosonyi Gyászmenete (Mosonyis Mourners). Mosonyis œuvre sank into oblivion after his death. His renaissance started around the year 1920. From the great personalities of the twentieth century Bartók and Kodály also wrote extensive studies about Mosonyi. New performance of his works was initiated by Ernő Dohnányi. Nowadays Mosonyis piano pieces and ecclesiastical music are available on recordings too.
Mihály Mosonyi is one of the most significant creative personalities of the Hungarian musical romanticism besides Franz Liszt and Ferenc Erkel. He was born on the Hungarian side of the western borderland between Hungary and Austria and baptized on 4 September 1815 in the village of Boldogasszony, in Moson County. Now this village is called Frauenkirchen and belongs to the Austrian Burgenland. The composer changed his original surname Brand to Mosonyi in 1859 referring to his narrower native land. He started his musical studies in his native village and continued them in Mosonmagyaróvár and Pozsony (Bratislava/Pressburg). From 1835 to 1842 Mosonyi worked as a counts music master in Rétfalu, Slavonia. From 1842 to his death he lived in Budapest working as a piano teacher and honored composer of ecclesiastical compositions, piano pieces, symphonies and chamber music. In his first period he was influenced by the classical masters of Vienna. First and foremost he became Beethovens follower. The romantic masters such as Schumann, Liszt and Wagner influenced his compositions from the beginning of the fifties. In his second period, from 1859, he became a pioneer of the new Hungarian national music. In this period he wrote two operas, several cantatas, numerous songs, piano pieces and secular choral works by which he won Liszts and Wagners recognition and friendship. To two tunes of his opera Szép Ilonka (Beautiful Ilonka) Liszt composed a piano fantasy. Liszt also immortalized his fellow composers memory in his composition entitled Mosonyi Gyászmenete (Mosonyis Mourners). Mosonyis œuvre sank into oblivion after his death. His renaissance started around the year 1920. From the great personalities of the twentieth century Bartók and Kodály also wrote extensive studies about Mosonyi. New performance of his works was initiated by Ernő Dohnányi. Nowadays Mosonyis piano pieces and ecclesiastical music are available on recordings too.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Mosonyi Mihály: Piano Works Vol.1 | Marco Polo (Naxos) | 8.223557 |
Own Complete edition |
| 1994 | Mosonyi Mihály: Piano Music for Four Hands Vol.2 | Marco Polo (Naxos) | 8.223558 |
Own Complete edition |
| 1994 | Mosonyi Mihály: Piano Works Vol.3 | Marco Polo (Naxos) | 8.223559 |
Own Complete edition |
| 1998 | Mosonyi Mihály: Piano Works Vol.4 | Marco Polo (Naxos) | 8.223560 | Complete edition |
| 1998 | Mosonyi Mihály: Piano Works Vol. 5 - Opera Transcriptions | Marco Polo (Naxos) | 8.225022 | Complete edition |
| 2006 |
Dohnányi Ernő, Mosonyi Mihály: Vonós szextettek
(Dohnányi Ernő, Mosonyi Mihály: String Sextets) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32300 |
Own |