Artist database

This is the Artist Database of BMC, which includes information about composers, musicians, orchestras, choirs and groups that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary, as well as information about releases recorded with them.

Hajdu Mihály


Composer

Place of Birth
Orosháza
Date of Birth
1909

 
1909 January 30 Orosháza - 1990 July 23

He studied composition with Zoltán Kodály as well as piano with István Thomán and Arnold Székely at the Budapest Academy of Music (1929-33).

He taught at several private music schools, subsequently at the Budapest Municipal Music School Organization, the Béla Bartók Conservatory, and since 1961 he has been professor of the Academy of Music in Budapest. In 1957 he was awarded the Erkel Prize.

His cycle of songs won the first prize at the competition organized on the occasion of the 25th aniversary of Budapest's liberation, in 1970. His "Capriccio all'ongarese" was awarded the Hungarian Radio's Prize of the Public.
 
Title Type Year
2 Songs Solo voice(s) a cappella 1948
22 Duos Chamber Music 1951
3 Songs Solo voice(s) a cappella 1948
4 Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1953
5 Children´s Choruses Children's choir 1949
5 Hungarian Folk Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1951
5 Piano Pieces Instrumental solo 1955
Song of the Wolves Mixed choir 1950
Az a tél Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 0
Folk Songs from Békés Instrumental solo 1935
Capriccio all´ongarese Orchestral work 1969
Concertino gordonkára és vonóskarra Concerto 1963
Concertino per Violoncello e Archi - Riduzione per Violoncello e pianoforte Chamber Music 1963
Elegy Instrumental solo 1932
Clouds Solo voice(s) with orchestra 1946
Trio for Wind Instruments Chamber Music 1958
Hamvadó Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 0
Six Hungarian Folk Dance Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1952
Songs from Hortobágy Mixed choir 1953
Three Scherzos Instrumental solo 1931
Three Scoffer-Songs Female choir 1953
Three Pieces Chamber Music 1956
Jóság síró vágya Choir and solo instrument(s) 0
Round Dance Chamber Music 1955
Small Suite Chamber Music 1959
Salute to Kodály (Variations on a theme by Kodály) Symphony orchestra 1962
Kata Kádár Opera 1951
Canons Mixed choir 1952
Two Concert Studies for Harp / Zwei Konzertetüden für Harfe Instrumental solo 0
Two Girls Choirs Choir a cappella 0
Two Madrigals Female choir 1938
Two Pairing Songs Choir a cappella 1955
Two Dances Chamber Music 1950
Songs from Kőrös-region Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 0
Folk Songs from Kőrös-region Mixed choir 1951
Lyrical Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1957
Hungarian Children´s Songs Chamber Music 0
Hungarian Children´s Songs Chamber Music 0
Hungarian Folk Songs Solo voice(s) with ensemble 1953
Hungarian Shepherd´s Songs Chamber Music 1953
Marcia burlesca Instrumental solo 1933
Miniature Suite Instrumental solo 1934
May Feast Mixed choir 1954
Májusi zápor után Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 0
Nem adom vissza Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 0
Eight Etudes for Junior String Orchestra Ensemble 0
Four Soldier´s Songs Male choir 1953
Four Movements for Wind Quintet Ensemble 1979
Songs of People Chamber Music 1956
Pastorale and Rondeau Chamber Music 1944
Rózsa Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 0
Sonata No. 2 Chamber Music 0
Sugár magas… Choir and solo instrument(s) 0
Slovak Folk Songs Orchestral work 1950
Sonatina Chamber Music 1956
Sonatina Chamber Music 1951
Sonata Instrumental solo 1938
Sonata for Violin and Piano Chamber Music 1953
Suite Chamber Music 1934
Spring Motets Mixed choir 1968
Trio Chamber Music 1955
Trio Chamber Music 1957
Ten Songs Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1940
Variations and Rondo Chamber Music 1966
Varázslás Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 0
Recruiting Song Rondeau Symphony orchestra 1940
Virágim, virágim… Choir and solo instrument(s) 0
String Quartet Chamber Music 1936
April Serenade Orchestral work 1941
Transcription - André Grétry: The Two Misers Opera 1949
Transcription - Pongrác Kacsóh: Summer Desire Choir and orchestra 1942
Édesanyám a rózsa… Choir and solo instrument(s) 0