Gergely Jean
Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1911
23 May 1911 (Budapest) - 7 September 1996 (Paris)
Jean Gergely, composer, musicologist and linguist, was born in Budapest on 23 May 1911. He studied composition at the Academy of Music under Albert Siklós and obtained a degree in Hungarian-French composition at the University of Sciences (where he was a student of Kodály's folk music classes). He lived in Paris from 1938 until his death in 1996. He studied musicology and aesthetics at the Sorbonne. Between 1938 and 1959 he was a member of the staff of the Hungarian Institute.
He spent the war years in Paris and took part in the Resistance. In 1949 he was appointed professor at the College of Oriental Languages, first as a lecturer and then as a full professor from 1976. In addition to Hungarian, he taught history and ethnography. In 1968, he was awarded a doctorate in Hungarian linguistics at the University of Paris, and in 1975 he was awarded a state doctorate for his scientific work on Béla Bartók in Strasbourg. In 1962 he founded the Finno-Ugor Society in France. He enriched the French-language literature on Hungarian music and Bartók in particular with his numerous studies. His studies on music and linguistics have been published in French and other journals. He researched the language spoken by Hungarians in Paris. He was a regular contributor to La Revue Musicale, the Hungarian Language and the Études Finno-ougriennes, which he founded.
He died in Paris on 7 September 1996.
Jean Gergely, composer, musicologist and linguist, was born in Budapest on 23 May 1911. He studied composition at the Academy of Music under Albert Siklós and obtained a degree in Hungarian-French composition at the University of Sciences (where he was a student of Kodály's folk music classes). He lived in Paris from 1938 until his death in 1996. He studied musicology and aesthetics at the Sorbonne. Between 1938 and 1959 he was a member of the staff of the Hungarian Institute.
He spent the war years in Paris and took part in the Resistance. In 1949 he was appointed professor at the College of Oriental Languages, first as a lecturer and then as a full professor from 1976. In addition to Hungarian, he taught history and ethnography. In 1968, he was awarded a doctorate in Hungarian linguistics at the University of Paris, and in 1975 he was awarded a state doctorate for his scientific work on Béla Bartók in Strasbourg. In 1962 he founded the Finno-Ugor Society in France. He enriched the French-language literature on Hungarian music and Bartók in particular with his numerous studies. His studies on music and linguistics have been published in French and other journals. He researched the language spoken by Hungarians in Paris. He was a regular contributor to La Revue Musicale, the Hungarian Language and the Études Finno-ougriennes, which he founded.
He died in Paris on 7 September 1996.
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Troisieme Sonate Pour Piano / Third Sonata for Piano | Instrumental solo | 1989 |
| Deuxieme Sonate Pour Piano / Second Sonata for Piano | Instrumental solo | 1989 |
| Ode á la Liberté | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Sonate pour Piano | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Sonate pour Violon Seul / Sonata for Violin Solo | Instrumental solo | 1984 |
| Toccate No.1 | Instrumental solo | 1983 |
| Toccate No.2 | Instrumental solo | 1985 |