Ádám Jenő
Composer
Place of Birth
Szigetszentmiklós
Date of Birth
1896
12 December 1896, Szigetszentmiklós - 15 May 1982, Budapest
He studied composition under Zoltán Kodály and graduated in 1925 simultaneously also in Hungarian literature.
During the first World war he was taken P.O.W. in Russia, thus he saw Western Siberia and Turkestan, subsequently he continued his musical profession. In 1933 he studied conducting under Felix Weingartner.
From 1929 to 1959 he was professor at the Academy of Music, Budapest (faculty: training courses of singing, and education of secondary school music teachers). He was a member of the Board of Directors of ISME (International Society for Musical Education), and secretary of the Hungarian Section of the International Folk Music Council.
In 1955 he was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Hungarian Peoples Republic, and in 1957 the Kossuth Prize.
He studied composition under Zoltán Kodály and graduated in 1925 simultaneously also in Hungarian literature.
During the first World war he was taken P.O.W. in Russia, thus he saw Western Siberia and Turkestan, subsequently he continued his musical profession. In 1933 he studied conducting under Felix Weingartner.
From 1929 to 1959 he was professor at the Academy of Music, Budapest (faculty: training courses of singing, and education of secondary school music teachers). He was a member of the Board of Directors of ISME (International Society for Musical Education), and secretary of the Hungarian Section of the International Folk Music Council.
In 1955 he was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Hungarian Peoples Republic, and in 1957 the Kossuth Prize.
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "A lad was killed" | Mixed choir | 1929 |
| "A tavaszi szép időnek" | Orchestral work | 1952 |
| "A toronyban delet" | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 1952 |
| "Dominica" | Symphony orchestra | 1928 |
| "Esteledik" | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 1951 |
| "Mostan kinyílt" | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1939 |
| "My violin is broken" | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1953 |
| "Recruiter Song" | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 1951 |
| "Sorrow Rises with Me" | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1951 |
| "Szebb a bimbó..." | Ensemble | 1954 |
| "The Dry Wood of the Violin" | Solo voice(s) with solo instr. and orch. | 1952 |
| "Tulip" | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 1954 |
| "Two Peonies" | Chamber orchestra | 1948 |
| 12 Russian Folk Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1927 |
| 3 Easy Mixed Choirs | Mixed choir | 1954 |
| 35 Hungarian Folk Songs | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 1946 |
| Carneval Song | Mixed choir | 1930 |
| Cello-Piano Sonata | Chamber Music | 1926 |
| Czech Folk Songs | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1950 |
| Én vagyok a kunsági if… | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Erdő nincsen zöld ág nélkül | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Folk Song-Choirs | Mixed choir | 1939 |
| Hungarian Christmas | Opera | 1955 |
| Hungarian Christmas | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1938 |
| Hungarian-Moldavian Songs | Choir and chamber orchestra | 1951 |
| Kimentem a selyemrétre kaszálni | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Lacrima sonata | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 1930 |
| Man on the road | Symphony orchestra | 1945 |
| Maria Veronica | Opera | 1938 |
| Remembering Dankó | Chamber orchestra | 1953 |
| Salute to Kodály (Variations on a theme by Kodály) | Symphony orchestra | 1962 |
| Shepherd Songs | Orchestral work | 1953 |
| Songs from Somogy | Male choir | 1939 |
| String Quartet No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1930 |
| String Quartet, No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1924 |
| Suite for Folk Orchestra | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1949 |
| The Wandering of a Melody | Symphony orchestra | 1940 |
| Village End | Male choir | 1928 |