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Farkas, Ferenc

Ferenc Farkas was one of Hungary’s most decisively important 20th-century composers.

He was born on 15 December, 1905 in Budapest. At the Academy of Music Budapest (1922–27) he was a pupil of Leó Weiner and Albert Siklós, then continued his studies in Rome at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia under the supervision of Ottorino Respighi. From 1935 he taught at the Higher Music School in Budapest, then at the Conservatoire in Kolozsvár, and later at the Székesfehérvár Conservatoire (he was also director of the latter two). In 1949 he was appointed teacher of composition at the Academy of Music Budapest, and as head of department he retired from there in 1965. He died in Budapest on 10 October, 2000.

György Ligeti and György Kurtág studied under him, and in the course of his long teaching career he taught several generations of Hungarian composers – his students included Emil Petrovics, Sándor Szokolay, Miklós Kocsár, Zsolt Durkó, Attila Bozay, Zoltán Jeney and László Vidovszky. His oeuvre (more than 700 works) embraces almost every musical genre: he composed operas, ballets, incidental music for the theatre, film music, masses, cantatas, choral works, songs, orchestral works and concertos, chamber music and also solo pieces. His musical profile combined Hungarian folk music, classical traditions, the melodiousness of the Mediterranean, and twelve-tone technique. His technical virtuosity as a composer, his knowledge of style, his fertile inventiveness and his wide-ranging culture won him international recognition. The Hungarian state conferred many honours on him.
 
Official website of Ferenc Farkas: http://www.ferencfarkas.org/
 


Publications to celebrate the centenary of the composer’s birth

 

A selection from the solo and chamber works

  

All’antica viola da gambára (vagy gordonkára) és csembalóra (zongorára) / for viola da gamba (or violoncello) and harpsichord (piano) (1926) – Z. 4439

Ballada gordonkára és zongorára / Ballad for violoncello and piano (1963) – Z. 5296

Bihari román táncok hegedűre (brácsára, fuvolára vagy klarinétra) és zongorára / Rumanian Folk Dances from the County of Bihar for violin (viola, flute or clarinet) and piano (1950) – Z. 958

Contrafacta Hungarica két oboára, két klarinétra, két fagottra és két kürtre / for two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons and two horns (1974) – score and parts – Z. 12827

Correspondances. Nyolc zongoradarab / Eight piano pieces (1957) – Z. 12097

Gitárdalok énekhangra és gitárra. Három dal Dsida J. verseire / Guitar Songs for voice and guitar. Three songs on poems by J. Dsida (1983) – Z. 12897

Hybrides. Tíz zongoradarab / Ten piano pieces (1957) – Z. 12096

Maskarák oboára, klarinétra és fagottra / Maschere for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1983) partitúra és szólamok score and parts – Z. 13127

Magyar táncok a 17. századból kamarazenekarra / Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century for chamber orchestra "Leggiero" – partitúra és szólamok / score and parts – Z. 14249

Naplójegyzetek 1986–1987 zongorára / Journal for piano (1986, 1987) 1–2. kötet / Vols. 1–2 – Z. 13804

Notturno hegedűre, brácsára és gordonkára / for violin, viola and violoncello (1929) – Z. 14465

Nyírbátori toronyzene rézfúvós együttesre / Kleine Turmmusik for brass ensemble (1967) – partitúra és szólamok – Z. 6714

Régi nóta, régi tánc. Két zongoradarab / Old Song, Old Dance. Two piano pieces (1955) – Z. 2202

Régi magyar táncok a 17. századból / Antiche danze ungheresi del 17. secolo
- zongorára / for piano (1943) – Z. 797
- hegedűre vagy gordonkára és zongorára / for violin or violoncello and piano (1958) – Z. 2424
- hárfára / for harp (1979) – Z. 8627
- fuvolára és zongorára / for flute and piano (1987) – Z. 14076
- négy klarinétra / for four clarinets (1976) – partitúra és szólamok / score and parts – Z. 13420
- fúvósötösre / for wind quintet (1959) – partitúra és szólamok / score and parts – Z. 14056
- rézfúvósötösre / for brass quintet (1987) – partitúra és szólamok / score and parts – Z. 13664

Rézfúvószene fúvósegyüttesre / Musica per ottoni for wind band (1982) – partitúra és szólamok / score and parts – Z. 12765

Romantikus szonáta fagottra és zongorára / Sonate romantique for bassoon and piano (1982) – Z. 13019

Szerenád fuvolára és két hegedűre / Serenade for flute and two violins (1940 ) – partitúra és szólamok / score and parts – Z. 5207

Szonatina fuvolára és zongorára / Sonatina for flute and piano (1959) – Z. 5870

Trigón fuvolára (vagy klarinétra), fagottra és zongorára / for flute (or clarinet), bassoon and piano (1988) – Z. 13843

Trió hegedűre, gordonkára és zongorára / Trio for violin, violoncello and piano (1979) – partitúra és szólamok score and parts – Z. 12094

Voice and piano, Violin and Piano
$28.45
Voice and piano
$15.95
Voice and piano
$19.95
Upper Voices
$1.95
Mixed Voices
$2.45
Mixed Voices
$2.45
Violoncello and Piano
$11.95
Violin and Piano
$16.45
Violoncello and Piano
$14.45
Violoncello and Piano, Viola and piano
$10.95
Voice and piano
$17.95
Mixed Voices
$4.45
Klavír
$14.45
Violoncello and Piano
$21.95
Violin and Piano
$14.45
Organ
$17.95
Upper Voices
$1.95
Klavír, Piano and orchestra
$23.95
Oboe and orchestra
$11.95
Oboe and Piano
$19.45
Brass instrument and orchestra
$11.95
Trumpet and Piano
$27.45
Wiind Ensemble
$29.95
Klavír
$14.45
Klavír
$14.45
Voice and piano
$9.95
Mixed Voices
$1.95
Mixed Voices
$2.45
Mixed Chamber Duo
$14.45
Voice and piano
$9.95
Mixed Voices
$1.95
Mixed Voices
$2.95
Mixed Voices
$1.95
Chamber Music with Voice
$65.95
Voice and piano
$18.95
Mixed Voices
$2.45
Mixed Voices
$2.45
Voice and Guitar
$8.95
Children's Choir
$4.45
Upper Voices
$2.95
Voice and piano
$14.45
Mixed Voices
$2.95
Klavír
$14.45
Mixed Voices
$4.45
Klavír
$13.95
Klavír
$13.95
Upper Voices
$2.45
Brass Band
$21.95
Mixed Chamber Octet
$69.95
Wind Quintet
$44.95
Mixed Voices
$3.45
Upper Voices and Accompaniment
$1.95
Mixed Voices
$2.45
Chamber Orchestra
$59.95
Mixed Voices
$1.95
String Orchestra
$10.95
Brass Band
$28.45
String Orchestra
$31.45
Mixed Voices
$2.95
Harpsichord
$14.45
Guitar 4 part
$4.15
Guitar 1 part
$3.95
Guitar 3 part
$4.15
Guitar 2 part
$4.15
Mixed Voices
$3.45
Children's Choir
$2.95
String Orchestra
$55.95
Mixed Voices
$1.95
Klavír
$14.45
Double Bass and Piano
$31.95
Violoncello and Piano
$19.95
Chamber Music for Mixed Ensemble
$24.95
Upper Voices
$1.95
Violin and Piano
$21.95
Mixed Voices
$2.45
Mixed Voices
$2.95
Violin and Piano, Viola and piano, Flute…
$24.95
More Clarinets
$23.95
Voice and piano
$18.95
Mixed Chamber Trio
$11.95
Wind Quintet
$31.45
Flute and Piano
$20.95
Violin
$12.95
String Duo
$21.95
Bassoon and Piano
$20.95
Flute and Piano
$20.95
Double Bass and Piano, Bassoon and Piano…
$17.95
Violin and Piano
$17.95
String Quartet
$21.95
String Quartet
$28.45
Lower Voices
$2.45
Children's Choir
$1.95
Klavír
$14.45
Mixed Chamber Trio
$18.95
Voice and piano
$11.45
Voice and piano
$11.45
Klavír
$10.95
Chamber Music with Voice
$14.45
Upper Voices
$2.45
Chamber Music for Mixed Ensemble
$29.95
Chamber Music for Strings and Piano
$28.45
Mixed Voices
$3.45
Violin and Piano
$28.45
Children's Choir and Accompaniment
$1.95
Voice and piano
$14.45
Children's Choir
$2.45
Children's Choir
$2.45
Voice and piano
$17.95
Mixed Voices
$1.95
Children's Choir
$2.45
Voice and piano
$11.95
String Quartet
$21.95
Violin and Piano
$29.95

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