Németh G., István: Vermesy, Péter (English)

ISBN9639433446 2006

HUNGARIAN COMPOSERS 35

Péter Vermesy (1939-1989) was born in Brassó (Romanian: Brasov) and died in Heidenheim (Baden-Württemberg), but lived most of his life in Kolozsvár (Cluj).

His style is based on the tension of diminished octaves and the close relation to the prosody of the spoken language, and was modelled on modern classical composers from the first half of the 20th century, among them Bartók. He spoke to children with cheerful simplicity and, with adults, used a humour bordering on the grotesque to speak about things that could only be hinted at. In some of his late compositions he transcended humour and protestations about the outside world to express the most intimate messages.


Author: István Németh G.
Editor, series editor: Melinda Berlász (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institue for Musicology)
Translated by István Németh G.
English language editor: Jane Pogson
Published by Magus Publishers Ltd
Publishing director: Emőke Tóth
Compositor: Enikő Zágoni Szakács

Supported by National Cultural Fund and Hungarian Scientific Research Fund

The publication can be purchased in person at the BMC Library for a price of HUF 1,500, and can also be ordered from the Editio Musica Budapest websop.

Full series: www.emb.hu

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Decsényi, János (1927)
Dohnányi, Ernő (1877.1960)
Dubrovay, László (1943)
Durkó, Zsolt (1934-1997)
Egressy, Béni (1814-1851)
Farkas, Ferenc (1905-2000)
Fusz, János (1777-1819)
Gárdonyi, Zoltán (1906-1986)
Horusitzky, Zoltán (1903-1985)
Hubay, Jenő (1858-1937)
Huszár, Lajos (1948)
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Jeney, Zoltán (1943-2019)
Kadosa, Pál (1903-1983)
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Kurtág, György (1926)
Lavotta, János (1764-1820)
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Maros, Rudolf (1917-1982)
Mihalovich, Ödön (1842-1929)
Mosonyi, Mihály (1815-1870)
Orbán, György (1947)
Petrovics, Emil (1930-2011)
Pongrácz, Zoltán (1912-2007)
Ránki, György (1907-1992)
Sári, József (1935)
Soproni, József (1930-2021)
Sugár, Rezső (1919-1988)
Szokolay, Sándor (1931-2013)
Szőnyi, Erzsébet (1924-2019)
Szőllősy, András (1921-2007)
Vántus, István (1935-1992)
Verebi, Végh János (1845-1918)
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Vidovszky, László (1944)
Volkmann, Robert (1815-1883)

Péter Vermesy (EN)
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