Hidas Frigyes
Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1928
May 25, 1928, Budapest - March 7, 2007, Budapest
He studied composition at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music with János Visky. For fifteen years he was music director of the National Theatre (1951-1966) and between 1974-1979 he performed the same function at the municipal Operetta Theatre. Since leaving that institution, he has been a freelance composer.
Hidas is a highly prolific composer who firmly believes in tunes and harmonies in a traditional sense of those terms and always writes in an easily accessible idiom. His oeuvre covers the entire gamut of genres: operas, ballets, concertos, orchestral, chamber, solo and choral music. He is particularly well known in the world for his woodwind and brass chamber music and for his works for wind orchestra. Hidas has received a considerable number of compositions by ballet companies, the State Opera House, Radio stations, Universities and various musical societies. Many of his compositions have been written at the request of soloists, ensembles and conductors in Hungary and abroad. In 1993 he was awarded with Béla Bartók-Ditta Pásztory Prize.
He studied composition at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music with János Visky. For fifteen years he was music director of the National Theatre (1951-1966) and between 1974-1979 he performed the same function at the municipal Operetta Theatre. Since leaving that institution, he has been a freelance composer.
Hidas is a highly prolific composer who firmly believes in tunes and harmonies in a traditional sense of those terms and always writes in an easily accessible idiom. His oeuvre covers the entire gamut of genres: operas, ballets, concertos, orchestral, chamber, solo and choral music. He is particularly well known in the world for his woodwind and brass chamber music and for his works for wind orchestra. Hidas has received a considerable number of compositions by ballet companies, the State Opera House, Radio stations, Universities and various musical societies. Many of his compositions have been written at the request of soloists, ensembles and conductors in Hungary and abroad. In 1993 he was awarded with Béla Bartók-Ditta Pásztory Prize.
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1+5 | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| 188 Bars for Brass | Chamber orchestra | 1995 |
| On the 23 October 1956, from 10:30 AM to 8:00 PM? | Symphony orchestra | 0 |
| 228 Days | Symphony orchestra | 2005 |
| Psalm 38: In Your Anger | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| 5 X 5 | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| 5 miniatures for wind instruments | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| 8+1 | Ensemble | 2006 |
| Closing Fanfars for the IV. European Youth Festival | Choir and orchestra | 1995 |
| A Little Encore | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Adagietto | String orchestra | 2000 |
| Adagio | Symphony orchestra | 1977 |
| Academic Quintet | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| Almost B.A.C.H. | Wind orchestra | 1993 |
| Alteba Trio | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| Andante e allegro | Chamber Music | 0 |
| The Woman and the Truth | Opera | 1965 |
| The Undanced Ballet | Symphony orchestra | 1989 |
| The Undanced Ballet | Wind orchestra | 1996 |
| Folk Songs from the Balaton - Suite | Wind orchestra | 1986 |
| Ballad for violoncello and orchestra | Concerto | 1982 |
| Ballad for violoncello and piano | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Ballad About the Soviet Republic | Mixed choir | 1979 |
| Ballet Music | Wind orchestra | 1980 |
| Baroque Concerto | Concerto | 1983 |
| Baroque Concerto | Chamber Music | 1984 |
| Birthday Concerto | Concerto | 1998 |
| Brass Septett | Chamber Music | 1982 |
| Sestetto d´ottoni | Chamber Music | 1972 |
| Brussels Concerto | Concerto | 1992 |
| Folk-Songs from Békés County - Suite | Wind orchestra | 1988 |
| Bösendorfer | Opera | 1977 |
| Cantate de minoribus | Choir and orchestra | 1959 |
| Capriccio | Wind orchestra | 1979 |
| Circus Suite | Wind orchestra | 1985 |
| Concertino | Wind orchestra | 1981 |
| Concertino | Concerto | 1957 |
| Concertino for Four Flutes, Four Clarinets and String Orchestra | Orchestral work | 1969 |
| Concertino for String Orchestra | String orchestra | 1966 |
| Concerto | Wind orchestra | 1998 |
| Concerto No. 1 for clarinet and orchestra | Concerto | 1958 |
| Concerto No. 2 (Ohio Concerto) | Concerto | 1983 |
| Concerto No. 2 for trombone and orchestra | Concerto | 1983 |
| Concerto Semplice (Clarinet Concerto No. 2) | Concerto | 1977 |
| Concerto for Viola and Orchestra | Concerto | 1959 |
| Concerto for Bassoon, No. 2 | Concerto | 1999 |
| Concerto for piano and orchestra | Concerto | 1972 |
| Concerto per Corno | Concerto | 1965 |
| Concerto per Flauto | Concerto | 1967 |
| Harpsichord Concerto | Concerto | 1995 |
| Concerto per trombone e orchestra | Concerto | 1979 |
| Concerto for Brass and Wind Orchestra | Concerto | 2004 |
| Concerto for Sax Quartet | Concerto | 1998 |
| Coriolanus (A Ballet Suite) | Wind orchestra | 1980 |
| Cymboa for cimbalom, oboe and string orchestra | Concerto | 1982 |
| Cedar | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1975 |
| Divertimento per 8 fiati | Ensemble | 1985 |
| Domine, Dona Nobis Pacem | Chamber Music | 1991 |
| Dornier DoX | Wind orchestra | 2007 |
| Double Concerto | Concerto | 2000 |
| Double Concerto | Concerto | 2002 |
| Double Concerto for horn, harp and string orchestra with percussion | Concerto | 1989 |
| Double Concerto for Trombone, Bass-Trombone and Symphony Orchestra | Concerto | 1988 |
| Danube Bend | Opera | 1984 |
| Training Patterns | Chamber Music | 1982 |
| Training Patterns | Chamber Music | 1982 |
| Episode | String orchestra | 1991 |
| Etude | Wind orchestra | 1988 |
| Euphoniada | Concerto | 1995 |
| Fantasia | Chamber Music | 1965 |
| Fantasia - Hommage á F. Liszt | Instrumental solo | 1969 |
| Fantasia per trombone | Instrumental solo | 1977 |
| Fantasy | Concerto | 1998 |
| Fantasy for Symphonic Band | Wind orchestra | 2003 |
| Fantasy for Twelve Horns | Chamber orchestra | 1988 |
| Fantasy for Trumpet and Piano | Chamber Music | 1984 |
| Fantasy and Fugue | Wind orchestra | 1984 |
| Farewell | Wind orchestra | 1996 |
| White Shirt and Red Scarf | Choir with accompaniment | 1976 |
| Festive Music | Wind orchestra | 1985 |
| Florida-Concerto | Concerto | 1991 |
| Four little pieces | Chamber Music | 1990 |
| Concerto for Flute No. 3 | Concerto | 2002 |
| Disconsolate Prayer | String orchestra | 2005 |
| Requiem for an Army | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1973 |
| From Dawn to Evening / Von Frührot bis zum Abend | Choir with accompaniment | 1967 |
| Quartet for Trombones | Chamber Music | 1996 |
| Six Studies | Chamber Music | 1980 |
| Garrison March | Wind orchestra | 1985 |
| Concerto for Harp | Concerto | 1979 |
| Three little scherzos | Chamber Music | 1982 |
| Three Symphonic Pictures | Symphony orchestra | 2005 |
| Seven Bagatelles | Chamber orchestra | 1979 |
| Concerto for Bassoon No. 1 | Concerto | 1980 |
| Concerto for Flute No. 1 | Concerto | 1967 |
| Flute Concerto Nr. 2 (Ohio Concerto) | Concerto | 1983 |
| Wind Quintet No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1961 |
| Horn Concerto No. 2 | Concerto | 1989 |
| String Quartet No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| Wind Quintet, No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1979 |
| Admonitions | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 2000 |
| Interludio | Chamber Music | 1977 |
| Introduzione e fughetta | Chamber Music | 1977 |
| Play | Chamber Music | 1981 |
| Chamber Music | Chamber Music | 1974 |
| Little Suite | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| A Musical Address | Symphony orchestra | 1992 |
| Laudate Dominum | Wind orchestra | 0 |
| Quartettino d´ottoni / Quartettino per ottoni | Chamber Music | 1973 |
| Little Fanfare | Chamber orchestra | 1990 |
| Little Overture | Wind orchestra | 2005 |
| Lo Svago (Wind Quintet No. 2) | Chamber Music | 1969 |
| Magical Oregon | Wind orchestra | 2000 |
| Hungarian Folk Songs | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| Hungarian Rhapsody | Wind orchestra | 0 |
| Meditation | Instrumental solo | 1979 |
| Delayed Notes | Instrumental solo | 1998 |
| Tale | Chamber Music | 1991 |
| Missa brevis | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1956 |
| Missa in honorem reginae pacis | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1991 |
| Missouri Impression | Wind orchestra | 1999 |
| Movement | Chamber Music | 1982 |
| Music for Harp and Violin | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Musica Solenne | Wind orchestra | 1993 |
| Musique de chambre | Chamber Music | 1990 |
| Musique pour six | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| Neuhofen Signal | Wind orchestra | 1984 |
| Neuhofen Suite | Wind orchestra | 1984 |
| Eight Miniatures | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Four Little Pieces | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Four Movements for Brass Ensemble | Ensemble | 1991 |
| Four Movements for Ochestra | Symphony orchestra | 2005 |
| Four-in-Hand | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| Folk Song Suite No. 1 | Wind orchestra | 1985 |
| Folk Song Suite No. 2 | Wind orchestra | 1985 |
| Concerto for Oboe, No. 1 | Concerto | 1951 |
| Concerto for Oboe No. 2 | Concerto | 1998 |
| Oclaba-Trio | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Only Two | Chamber Music | 1990 |
| Concerto for Organ | Concerto | 1997 |
| Petit Cadeau pour M. Le Directieur Philippe Langlet | Wind orchestra | 0 |
| Pian-Org | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| Pictures of South Africa | Wind orchestra | 2005 |
| Our tie is red | Choir with accompaniment | 1976 |
| Preludium, Passacaglia and Fugue | Concerto | 1984 |
| Psalmus Cl | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1989 |
| Quartettino | Chamber Music | 1977 |
| Quintettino No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Quintettino No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Quintettino No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Quintetto Concertante | Concerto | 1986 |
| Quintetto d´ottoni | Chamber Music | 1972 |
| Rhapsody | Concerto | 1982 |
| Reges Tharsis | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1988 |
| Air Force March | Wind orchestra | 1984 |
| Requiem for Peace | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1995 |
| Play of Rhythms | Chamber Music | 1996 |
| Save the Sea | Wind orchestra | 1997 |
| Sax Fantasy | Concerto | 1998 |
| Saxophonia | Concerto | 1998 |
| Scherzo | Chamber Music | 1996 |
| Septettino | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| Sestetto per ottoni | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| Sherzo e corale | Chamber Music | 1977 |
| Signal | Ensemble | 1973 |
| Sinfonietta for Strings | String orchestra | 2005 |
| Sprightly Tunes | Wind orchestra | 1996 |
| Stabat Mater | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 2005 |
| Suite for Strings | Chamber orchestra | 1993 |
| Swiss Rhapsody | Wind orchestra | 1998 |
| Symphonic Movement | Wind orchestra | 2002 |
| Symphony | Symphony orchestra | 1960 |
| We Live In A Strict Age | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Sonata | Instrumental solo | 1956 |
| Sonata for Oboe and Piano | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| St. Augustine: "Don´t cry if you love me" | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Suite | Wind orchestra | 1981 |
| Suite for Trombone Quartet | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Széchenyi-Concerto | Symphony orchestra | 1984 |
| Colours | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1960 |
| Te Deum | Solo voice(s), choir, solo instr. & orch. | 2000 |
| Third Concerto for Horn | Concerto | 2005 |
| Three Movements for Orchestra | Symphony orchestra | 1987 |
| Three Sketches | Ensemble | 1982 |
| Triga | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Trio | Chamber Music | 1980 |
| Trumpet Fantasy | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| Trumpet Fantasy | Concerto | 1983 |
| Trumpet Concerto No. 1 | Concerto | 1956 |
| Trumpet Concerto No. 2 | Concerto | 0 |
| Trombone octet (Variable Spirits) | Ensemble | 1995 |
| Tuba Concerto | Concerto | 1996 |
| Tuba Quartet | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| Tuphonium | Chamber Music | 1999 |
| Tutti Frutti | Wind orchestra | 1993 |
| Merry Music | Wind orchestra | 1980 |
| Violina | Concerto | 2001 |
| Vjenne (History of Vriezenveen) | Wind orchestra | 1998 |
| String Fantasy | String orchestra | 1992 |
| String Quartet, No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1954 |
| String Quartet, No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1963 |
| String Music | String orchestra | 1997 |
| Changing Rhythms | Wind orchestra | 1990 |
| Music for Brass Instruments | Chamber orchestra | 1983 |
| Piano Concerto No. 1 | Concerto | 2002 |
| Piano Concerto No. 2 | Concerto | 2003 |
| Piano Concerto No. 3 | Concerto | 2005 |
| Piano Concerto No. 4 | Concerto | 2005 |
| Piano Concerto No. 5 | Concerto | 2006 |
| Dream Bach | Opera | 1991 |
| Five Little Movements For Brass | Ensemble | 1998 |
| Five Movements | Chamber Music | 1978 |
| Festive march | Wind orchestra | 1993 |