Ránki György
Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1907
30 October 1907 Budapest - 22 May 1992 Budapest
Encouraged by music aesthetician Antal Molnár, he applied to the composing department of the Music Academy in 1926. He graduated as pupil of Zoltán Kodály in 1930.
As composer he drifted towards folk music and under the guidance of László Lajtha he studied the domestic and European ethnographical and folk music material of the Museum of Ethnography. Thereafter he studied the same subject in the Musée de l'Homme (Paris) and in London.
Between 1947 and 1949 he directed the music department of the Hungarian Radio, but meanwhile he composed music more and more. His first success was the comic opera "King Pomádé's New Clothes" that was first presented as children's opera in the radio (1950) and later adapted to a feature theatrical work (1953). Further on, he proved his versatile talent in various music genres, from soundtracks to symphonic works, from dancing-songs to ballet.
As recognition of his activity he was awarded with the Kossuth Prize (1954), the Erkel Prize (1952 and 1957) and the titles Merited Artist (1963) and Excellent Artist (1988). In 1987 he received the Bartók-Pásztory Award as well.
Major works:
Goldoni: The Liar (incidental music, 1936, Burgtheater, Vienna)
Snowmen (ballet, 1939, London)
King Pomádé's New Clothes (radio children's opera, presented 1950 in the Hungarian Radio; adapted to a three-act opera, presented on the 6th of July 1953 Hungarian State Opera House; reworked, presented on the 20th of August in the Hungarian Radio; abridged, two-act version, presented on the 13th of October in the Hungarian Television)
The Disturber (radio play, 1950)
Beauty of Beauties (musical comedy, 1955)
Winner is Unknown (radio play, 1955)
The Two Beggar Students (operetta, 1955)
Roundabout (soundtrack, 1955)
Shall We Dance? (musical play, 1961)
Three Nights of Love (musical play, 1961)
Peter the Musician (children's opera, 1962)
Swan Song (soundtrack, 1962)
Villa Negra (soundtrack, 1963)
The Talking Gown (soundtrack, 1968)
The Tragedy of Man (three-act mystery opera, presented on the 4th December 1970 Budapest, Hungarian State Opera House)
Boatman by Moonlight (opera fantasy in two parts, presented on the 23rd February 1979 Győr, Kisfaludy Theater)
Encouraged by music aesthetician Antal Molnár, he applied to the composing department of the Music Academy in 1926. He graduated as pupil of Zoltán Kodály in 1930.
As composer he drifted towards folk music and under the guidance of László Lajtha he studied the domestic and European ethnographical and folk music material of the Museum of Ethnography. Thereafter he studied the same subject in the Musée de l'Homme (Paris) and in London.
Between 1947 and 1949 he directed the music department of the Hungarian Radio, but meanwhile he composed music more and more. His first success was the comic opera "King Pomádé's New Clothes" that was first presented as children's opera in the radio (1950) and later adapted to a feature theatrical work (1953). Further on, he proved his versatile talent in various music genres, from soundtracks to symphonic works, from dancing-songs to ballet.
As recognition of his activity he was awarded with the Kossuth Prize (1954), the Erkel Prize (1952 and 1957) and the titles Merited Artist (1963) and Excellent Artist (1988). In 1987 he received the Bartók-Pásztory Award as well.
Major works:
Goldoni: The Liar (incidental music, 1936, Burgtheater, Vienna)
Snowmen (ballet, 1939, London)
King Pomádé's New Clothes (radio children's opera, presented 1950 in the Hungarian Radio; adapted to a three-act opera, presented on the 6th of July 1953 Hungarian State Opera House; reworked, presented on the 20th of August in the Hungarian Radio; abridged, two-act version, presented on the 13th of October in the Hungarian Television)
The Disturber (radio play, 1950)
Beauty of Beauties (musical comedy, 1955)
Winner is Unknown (radio play, 1955)
The Two Beggar Students (operetta, 1955)
Roundabout (soundtrack, 1955)
Shall We Dance? (musical play, 1961)
Three Nights of Love (musical play, 1961)
Peter the Musician (children's opera, 1962)
Swan Song (soundtrack, 1962)
Villa Negra (soundtrack, 1963)
The Talking Gown (soundtrack, 1968)
The Tragedy of Man (three-act mystery opera, presented on the 4th December 1970 Budapest, Hungarian State Opera House)
Boatman by Moonlight (opera fantasy in two parts, presented on the 23rd February 1979 Győr, Kisfaludy Theater)
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1514 - Animation art film | Film music | 1962 |
| 1514 - Fantasy | Concerto | 1961 |
| 1514 - Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra after Woodcuts by Derkovits | Concerto | 1961 |
| 1944 - Oratorio | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra | 1966 |
| 7 Easy Four-Hands on Jewish Melodies | Chamber Music | 0 |
| The Talking Gown | Film music | 1968 |
| The Circus | Music for the theater | 1979 |
| Breacher of the Peace | Stage work | 1950 |
| Breacher of the Peace (Television Play) | Incidental music | 1980 |
| The Starry-eyed | Music for radio drama | 1959 |
| The Wonderful Pot | Music for the theater | 1951 |
| The Wonderful Pot | Music for radio drama | 0 |
| The Emperor´s New Clothes | Music for the theater | 1961 |
| The Lyric-Seller | Other | 1961 |
| The Crafty Infant | Music for radio drama | 1973 |
| The Crafty Infant (Television Play) | Incidental music | 1983 |
| Phoenix Bird | Mixed choir | 1971 |
| The Winner´s Unknown | Stage work | 1961 |
| The Liar | Music for the theater | 1935 |
| The Liar - Suite | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1936 |
| The Liar - Suite | Other | 0 |
| Violin´s Parched Wood | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1925 |
| The Lunar Boatman | Opera | 1978 |
| The Three Musketeers | Music for the theater | 1954 |
| Serenade of the Seven-Headed Dragon | Ensemble | 1980 |
| The King`s Cold | Film music | 1981 |
| Little Rooster´s Diamond Penny | Film music | 1950 |
| The Two Beggar Students | Stage work | 1955 |
| The Poet´s Song | Chamber Music | 0 |
| The Modern Miracle | Other | 1979 |
| The Mute Paladin - Radio Song-Play | Music for radio drama | 1976 |
| The Conspiracy of Women | Music for the theater | 1947 |
| The Pendragon Legend | Film music | 1974 |
| A plakátragasztó - Pantomime for TV | Film music | 1960 |
| Treasure of Ronins | Music for the theater | 1936 |
| The Rhyme Carver | Music for the theater | 1984 |
| Song of the Freedom - Cantata | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1950 |
| The Culprit is Unknown | Film music | 1957 |
| The Perfect Worker | Other | 1979 |
| The Magic Potion - Ballet Comedy | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1972 |
| The Magic Potion - Suite No. 1 | Symphony orchestra | 1976 |
| The Magic Potion - Suite No. 2 | Symphony orchestra | 1976 |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Music for the theater | 1962 |
| A Streetcar Named Desire - Incidental Music Suite | Orchestral work | 0 |
| Under the City | Film music | 1953 |
| At The Edge of Town - Cantata | Choir and orchestra | 1947 |
| The Bards of Wales | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra | 1957 |
| Adagio for Piano | Instrumental solo | 1926 |
| African Magic Rhyme | Instrumental solo | 1966 |
| Until Tomorrow | Film music | 1961 |
| Anderseniada - Fantasy Tale | Music for radio drama | 0 |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Music for the theater | 1955 |
| Suite Aristofanes | Concerto | 1985 |
| Suite Aristofanes - For Violin and Piano | Concerto | 1947 |
| Ars poetica | Mixed choir | 1972 |
| Au tournant d´une rue | Other | 1961 |
| Aurora Tempestuosa - In memoriam octobris MCMXVII | Orchestral work | 1967 |
| In the Year of 1848 | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra | 1949 |
| Over the Sleeping Lilla | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1973 |
| The Man of Gold | Film music | 1936 |
| The Tragedy of Man | Opera | 1970 |
| Arrival of the Lord | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| The New Squire | Film music | 1935 |
| The New Hungary | Film music | 1948 |
| Ballada a szép fegyvermesterné vénségéről | Music for radio drama | 0 |
| Ballad of Youth - Transciption for Trumpet and Harp | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Ballads | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1934 |
| Had To Be Taken | Other | 1965 |
| Ingathering Song | Choir with solo voice(s) | 1951 |
| Byzantium | Music for the theater | 1936 |
| Byzantium-Suite | Symphony orchestra | 1938 |
| Foolish World | Other | 1976 |
| Fool April | Film music | 1957 |
| Fool´s Earl | Music for the theater | 1965 |
| Frolicsome Zoology | Music for radio drama | 0 |
| Concerto for Viola and Orchestra | Concerto | 1978 |
| Enchantment | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Bánk bán (Television Play) | Incidental music | 1968 |
| Cartoon-Film-Music | Incidental music | 0 |
| The Circus - Ballet | Symphony orchestra | 1965 |
| Cirkus-Suite | Symphony orchestra | 1965 |
| Coloured Bebbles - Piano Music for Children (In Modern Idiom) | Instrumental solo | 1946 |
| Concertino for Cimbalom | Concerto | 1978 |
| Donkey Serenade | Music for radio drama | 1972 |
| Family Dinner | Other | 1961 |
| Vagabonds´s Song | Other | 0 |
| Country of Wonders | Music for the theater | 1949 |
| Pike of Csór - Three Songs for Little Children | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1974 |
| Song | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Song about Mrs. Scale | Children's choir | 1966 |
| Song about the People´s Harmony | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1952 |
| Song about the People´s Harmony - For Choir and Piano | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1952 |
| Divertimento | Concerto | 1983 |
| Dodecaphonic Chanson | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Don Juan | Music for the theater | 1957 |
| Don Quijote et Dulcinea | Concerto | 0 |
| Don Quijote y Dulcinea | Chamber Music | 1951 |
| Dunárul fúj a szél | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Dózsa´s Soul | Mixed choir | 1972 |
| Crooner | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1942 |
| Predatory Game | Film music | 1959 |
| A Morsel of Bread | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1945 |
| A Day in Paradise (Television Play) | Incidental music | 1967 |
| Three Nights | Film music | 1967 |
| Three Nights | Music for radio drama | 1965 |
| Three Nights (Television Play) | Incidental music | 1986 |
| Three Nights - Musical Tragedy | Stage work | 1960 |
| Eine beinliche Angelegenheit | Film music | 0 |
| Waking the Ancestors | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1972 |
| Mankind | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1942 |
| Emberiség | !to be determined | 0 |
| It Rains | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Black Grape | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Five Easy Piano Duets (For Young Pianists) | Chamber Music | 1940 |
| The Carousel Rotates | Music for the theater | 1974 |
| Hot Fields | Film music | 1948 |
| Sonata for Recorder and Cimbalom | Chamber Music | 1948 |
| The Earth Takes a Light Bath | Mixed choir | 1974 |
| Earth, Our Loyal Mother | Male choir | 1963 |
| Gallop from King Pomádé | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Girls & Boys, Come Out To Play (Nursery Rhymes) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Children´s Letter-Song for the Summit | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1960 |
| Ms. Diamond Brook | Music for the theater | 1936 |
| Pianola | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| If Once in Twenty Years | Film music | 1964 |
| Heyduck Dance | Symphony orchestra | 1951 |
| Six Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Swan Song | Film music | 1963 |
| Here´s the Time Now - Song of Peace | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1960 |
| Where the Anvil Rings | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Hommage á Blanche - Walz for Piano | Instrumental solo | 1962 |
| Three Buddies - Dance Suite | Symphony orchestra | 1955 |
| Three Duos | Chamber Music | 1949 |
| Three Children´s Choir (On Folk Texts) | Children's choir | 1960 |
| Three Hungarian Folksong | Chamber Music | 1948 |
| Three Joyful Good Friends - Dance Picture | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1954 |
| Three Pioneer Choirs | Children's choir | 1952 |
| Heredia Sonnet | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1974 |
| Seven Easy Piano Pieces on Melodies from Viet-Nam | Instrumental solo | 1973 |
| Snowmen | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1938 |
| Hölgyválasz - Operetta in Two Parts | Stage work | 1961 |
| Twenty Years Ago | Mixed choir | 1965 |
| I Want to Know | Other | 0 |
| Symphony No. 1 | Symphony orchestra | 1977 |
| Piano Sonata No. 1 | Instrumental solo | 1931 |
| Symphony No. 2 (In One Movement) | Symphony orchestra | 1981 |
| Piano Sonata No. 2 | Instrumental solo | 1947 |
| Sonata per Pianoforte No. 3 (in 1 movimento) / Piano Sonata No. 3 (in 1 Movement) | Instrumental solo | 1980 |
| Ilók and Mihók - Funny Scene | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra | 1952 |
| Quizzical | Instrumental solo | 1966 |
| Indian Moon Hymn | Other | 1960 |
| March | Chamber Music | 1940 |
| Invention on Given Theme | Instrumental solo | 1928 |
| Invocation to the Blue Bird | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1988 |
| Invokáció a kék madárhoz | !to be determined | 0 |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah | Other | 1968 |
| Jucika | Other | 1960 |
| Ballad of Jucika | Other | 0 |
| Jártas-költes vőlegény | Music for radio drama | 1951 |
| Lament of Jesus | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 1991 |
| Looking for a Good Man | Music for the theater | 1957 |
| Good Evening Summer, Good Evening Love | Film music | 1971 |
| Good Night! | Other | 1946 |
| Charlie´s Adventures (Television Play) | Incidental music | 1979 |
| Sword Dance | Chamber Music | 1958 |
| Sword Dance - For Orchestra | Orchestral work | 1949 |
| You Came with a Stake | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1940 |
| Reaper-Dance | Instrumental solo | 1950 |
| Katy and the Wild Cat | Film music | 1955 |
| Soldier´s Song | Other | 0 |
| Waltz | Other | 0 |
| Remembering Kodály | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Greeting of Kodály (Variations on a theme by Kodály) | Symphony orchestra | 1962 |
| Greeting of Kodály - Variations on a Kodály-Theme (12th variation) | Symphony orchestra | 1962 |
| Beggar´s Song | Other | 1932 |
| At the Ferry | Other | 1961 |
| Knocker | Instrumental solo | 1965 |
| Smith´s Song | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1936 |
| Quintet | Chamber Music | 1929 |
| Cain and Abel - Oratorio | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1989 |
| Please | Other | 1961 |
| The New Bridge is Standing | Orchestral work | 1946 |
| Two Bass Arias from the Comedy-Opera: "King Pomade" | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Two Wonder Oxen | Film music | 1955 |
| Two Wonder Oxen | Music for radio drama | 1956 |
| In Your Two Arms | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Two Easy Pieces for Violin | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Two Hungarian Folk Songs | Chamber Music | 1957 |
| Two Engines | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Two Excerpts from Pillared Simeon | Choir a cappella | 1972 |
| Two Spirituals | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1987 |
| Two Dance Pictures - Don Quijte-Ballet | Ballet / Choreographic work | 0 |
| Two Confessions | Film music | 1957 |
| Two Psalms | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1926 |
| Wall of China | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1960 |
| Easy Variations (For Beginner Violin Players) | Instrumental solo | 1966 |
| Easy Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song for Piano | Instrumental solo | 1955 |
| Carousel | Film music | 1955 |
| Horn Quartet | Chamber Music | 1931 |
| L´eglantine | Chamber Music | 1939 |
| La-Ti-Po´s Song of Sorrow | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Blockflöte from Laos | Instrumental solo | 1966 |
| Las satrapias | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1973 |
| Lenin´s October | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1950 |
| Leverkühn´s Abschied - Monodrama | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 1979 |
| Lumpáciusz Vagabundusz | Music for the theater | 1946 |
| Fever | Film music | 1957 |
| The Tales of Father Goose | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| The Tales of Father Goose - For Trombone and Wind Symphony Orchestra | Concerto | 1987 |
| Matt the Gooseboy | Music for the theater | 1946 |
| Cats | Other | 1960 |
| Birdmarch - Burlesque | Music for radio drama | 0 |
| Hungarian Dance-Suite | Symphony orchestra | 1938 |
| Hungarian Dances of the 16th Century | Orchestral work | 1954 |
| Hungary is My Homeland | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Mambo | Other | 0 |
| Baer Dance | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1942 |
| Megrakják a tüzet… | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| The Walnut Flourished | Chamber orchestra | 0 |
| Megyen már a hajnalcsillag lefelé… | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Mekk Elek the handyman | Film music | 1980 |
| Tale About the Good-For-Nothing Earthenware Jug | Film music | 1956 |
| All´s Well That Ends Well | Music for the theater | 1961 |
| Munkácsy Mihály | Film music | 0 |
| Munkácsy Mihály - Film Music Suite | Symphony orchestra | 0 |
| Peter Muzsikus´ New Adventure | Opera | 1962 |
| March | Instrumental solo | 1944 |
| It Is Not True | Male choir | 1936 |
| Nostalgia | Choir and chamber orchestra | 0 |
| November the 7th | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Greeting Noémi (At Her Baptism) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1975 |
| Ouverture to the 21st Century | Choir and orchestra | 1987 |
| Eight Hours | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1964 |
| Folk Song | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1925 |
| Orpheus | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1975 |
| Pas de Deux and Gallop - For Piano | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| In the Chemist´s Window | Other | 1960 |
| Pentaerophonia | Chamber Music | 1960 |
| Piano Gnomes | Instrumental solo | 1934 |
| Polynesian Lullaby | Instrumental solo | 1966 |
| King Pomade - Tale Opera for Radio | Music for radio drama | 1950 |
| King Pomade´s New Clothes - I. Suite | Orchestral work | 1954 |
| King Pomade´s New Clothes - II. Suite | Symphony orchestra | 1954 |
| King Pomade´s New Clothes - Comedy-Opera | Opera | 1950 |
| King Pomade´s New Clothes - For Piano | Instrumental solo | 1962 |
| Panic | Music for radio drama | 1967 |
| A Few Steps Away from the Border | Film music | 1959 |
| Coffee House in Paris | Other | 0 |
| Knight Pázmán | Film music | 1956 |
| Knight Pázmán - Film Music Suite | Symphony orchestra | 1956 |
| Knight Pázmán - Suite for Renaissance Consort | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Quartetto per archi - In memoriam Bartók Béla | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| Quo vadis? | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1979 |
| Raga di Notte | Concerto | 1974 |
| Razzia | Film music | 1958 |
| Insects | Music for radio drama | 1981 |
| I Sank into Ancient Times | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Régmúlt időkben merültem | !to be determined | 0 |
| Horrible Things Happen | Music for radio drama | 1965 |
| Scherzo - For Piano | Instrumental solo | 1961 |
| Serenata | Instrumental solo | 1964 |
| Serenata all´antiqua (Old-fashioned serenade) | Chamber Music | 1956 |
| Simone Machard´s Visions | Tape music | 1963 |
| Song (From the Work "Spoon Dance") | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Free Country, Free Bread | Choir and orchestra | 1953 |
| Freedom March | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1945 |
| Mrs. Szabó | Film music | 1949 |
| Mrs. Szabó - Film Music Suite | Symphony orchestra | 1948 |
| Donkey Fair | Music for the theater | 1966 |
| Stag King | Music for the theater | 1951 |
| My Poor Mother | Other | 0 |
| The St. Gallen Adventure | Film music | 1961 |
| A Midsummer Night´s Dream | Music for radio drama | 1965 |
| A Midsummer Night´s Dream | Music for the theater | 1964 |
| Serenade in the Space | Film music | 0 |
| Sonatine (For Young Pianists) | Instrumental solo | 1942 |
| Sonata for Clarinet | Instrumental solo | 1931 |
| Suite | Chamber Music | 1984 |
| Suite for Piano | Instrumental solo | 1929 |
| Széki csűrdöngölő | Chamber Music | 1990 |
| Széki csűrdöngölő | Chamber orchestra | 1950 |
| Széki csűrdöngölő | Chamber Music | 1990 |
| Rhapsody of Szék | Concerto | 1961 |
| Recruiting Song of Szék | Chamber orchestra | 0 |
| Beauty of Beauties | Music for the theater | 1955 |
| Birthday Poem | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1946 |
| Sződd a traktort ifjúság - Mass Song Caricature | Choir a cappella | 0 |
| Under the Gardens of Sárpilis | Choir and chamber orchestra | 1953 |
| Sigh After the Peace | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1954 |
| Sigh After the Peace - For Bariton Solo, Mixed Choir and Orchestra | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1959 |
| Ta-ta-ta-ta | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Uncle Tom´s Cabin | Music for the theater | 1950 |
| Council Republic March | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Spring Poem | Orchestral work | 1961 |
| Spring Rain Shower | Film music | 1932 |
| Terülj táska | Music for the theater | 1951 |
| There Was a Little Guinea Pig | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Ode-Fragment to Budapest | Male choir | 1968 |
| Tűvé-tevők (Television play) | Incidental music | 1966 |
| Fire | Film music | 1948 |
| Street Chanson About Paris | Other | 0 |
| Ulti-opera | Opera | 1962 |
| Journey Around My Skull | Film music | 1970 |
| The Magic Potion - For Symphonic Band | Wind orchestra | 1989 |
| Hurdy-Gurdy | Instrumental solo | 1937 |
| Rivals | Film music | 1958 |
| Villa Negra | Music for the theater | 1986 |
| Volpone | Music for the theater | 1965 |
| Off Reckoning - Twentieth-century Ballad | Music for radio drama | 1988 |
| When the Love Calls You | Other | 0 |
| You Can Always Be Sure of "Shell" | Film music | 0 |
| Psalm for Children´s Voice | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1984 |
| Rain Shower | Film music | 1960 |
| Á la recherche | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Dreaming Youth | Film music | 1974 |
| April´s Fool - Children´s Songs to Poems by Sándor Weöres | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Reveille for the 1st of August, 1947 | Chamber Music | 1947 |
| Sweet Ann | Film music | 1958 |
| Égig érő fa | Music for radio drama | 1953 |
| Sign of Life | Film music | 1954 |
| Signs of Life - Film Music Suite | Symphony orchestra | 1954 |
| Long Live the Peace! - Cantata | Mixed choir | 1951 |
| Én vagyok a csinn-bumm cirkusz | Music for radio drama | 0 |
| Song about the City - "Cantus Urbis" | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra | 1972 |
| And Than the Chap | Film music | 1966 |
| And Then The Chap - Filmmusic-Suite | Other | 1968 |
| Irish and Scottish - Two Little Chamber Piece | Chamber Music | 1940 |
| Ode to Nature | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Ode to a Dinner | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 1960 |
| Kindergarten Song | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1978 |
| Oxen, Geese, Dragons | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1988 |
| Old Piper | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Five Bagatelles | Instrumental solo | 1930 |
| Battle in Peace | Film music | 1951 |
| Battle in Peace - Cantata after the same titled movie | Choir and orchestra | 1951 |