Gyopár László
Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1918
4 November 1918 (Budapest) - 1944 (Stanislau, then Poland, now Ukraine)
László Gyopár, composer, was born on 4 November 1918 in Budapest. In 1936 he was admitted to the Academy of Music, where he became a student of Zoltán Kodály. In 1938/39 he began his studies (already as a pianist) in the classes of Nándor Ember and Leó Weiner. He received his diploma from the Liszt Academy in 1940. During the war he earned his living by teaching music theory and solfege.
Although he was baptised with his parents, he was subject to the Jewish law because of his Jewish origins and was deported to Poland in 1942 for forced labour, where he became seriously ill in May 1944. He was due to return to Hungary in June 1944, but he was too weak to travel home. He was declared missing. The exact circumstances of his death are unclear.
His overture for orchestra was premiered on Hungarian Radio on 1 March 1940, performed by the Budapest Concert Orchestra conducted by Lajos Rajter.
Gyopár's major work is the Missa (D minor) for soloists, choir and orchestra, completed in 1942. The original manuscript is lost. In the 1950s, Gyopár's father gave a copy of the score to the composer István Anhalt, who had studied with László Gyopár and was also deported to Poland for forced labour, but survived the ordeal. Anhalt emigrated to Canada in 1949 and later sent the score to composers András Szőllősy and József Soproni. The mass was premiered on 14 March 1994 in the Matthias Church (Budapest) on the occasion of the Budapest Spring Festival.
László Gyopár, composer, was born on 4 November 1918 in Budapest. In 1936 he was admitted to the Academy of Music, where he became a student of Zoltán Kodály. In 1938/39 he began his studies (already as a pianist) in the classes of Nándor Ember and Leó Weiner. He received his diploma from the Liszt Academy in 1940. During the war he earned his living by teaching music theory and solfege.
Although he was baptised with his parents, he was subject to the Jewish law because of his Jewish origins and was deported to Poland in 1942 for forced labour, where he became seriously ill in May 1944. He was due to return to Hungary in June 1944, but he was too weak to travel home. He was declared missing. The exact circumstances of his death are unclear.
His overture for orchestra was premiered on Hungarian Radio on 1 March 1940, performed by the Budapest Concert Orchestra conducted by Lajos Rajter.
Gyopár's major work is the Missa (D minor) for soloists, choir and orchestra, completed in 1942. The original manuscript is lost. In the 1950s, Gyopár's father gave a copy of the score to the composer István Anhalt, who had studied with László Gyopár and was also deported to Poland for forced labour, but survived the ordeal. Anhalt emigrated to Canada in 1949 and later sent the score to composers András Szőllősy and József Soproni. The mass was premiered on 14 March 1994 in the Matthias Church (Budapest) on the occasion of the Budapest Spring Festival.
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Missa (D Minor) | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1942 |
| Overture for Orchestra | Symphony orchestra | 1940 |