Dénes von Buday
| Dénes Buday | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
October 8, 1890 Budapest, Hungary |
| Died |
October 19, 1963 Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Occupation | pianist, composer |
| Years active | 1910-1956 |
The native form of this personal name is Buday Dénes. This article uses the Western name order.
Buday Dénes (Denes von Buday) was a Hungarian composer, born in Budapest.[1] He was a well known composer of both poems and music for films made between 1930 and 1950.[2] Buday studied at the Academy of Music, which is today known as the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where his teacher, Hans von Koessler, held his lectures in German.
Work
Opera
Buday's only opera, the comedy Loreley, premiered in 1919 in Vienna.
Operettas
Buday authored many operettas and musical comedies, which were shown on stage between 1916 and 1947.
| Title | Year | Libretto, Co-author | Approximate English Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fogadjuk! | 1916 | Imre Harmath | I'll Bet You That... |
| Teca meg akar halni | 1916 | Zsolt Harsányi | Teca Wants to Die |
| Menüett | 1917 | Imre Harmath | Minuet |
| A paradicsommadár | 1918 | Gyula Kőváry | The Bird of Paradise |
| A kék postakocsi | 1919 | László Szilágyi (Árpád Latabár) | The Blue Stage-Coach |
| Öt év után | 1919 | Gyula Kőváry | After Five Years |
| Csengődi harangok | 1924 | Zsolt Harsányi | The Bells of Csengőd |
| Pipafüst | 1924 | Elek Erdődy | Smoke of Pipe |
| Császárné! | 1924 | Andor Zsoldos | Empress |
| A haláltánc | 1926 | Imre Harmath | Dance Macabre |
| Ki a Tisza vizét issza | 1926 | Imre Harmath | Those Who Drink the Water of Tisza |
| Diákszerelem | 1927 | Ernő Andai, Ernő Innocent-Vince | Calf-love |
| Erdélyi diákok | 1929 | Ernő Andai, Ernő Innocent-Vince | Transylvanian Students |
| A csodahajó | 1935 | Dezső Kellér, Imre Harmath | The Wonder-boat |
| Sonja | 1936 | Dezső Kellér, Imre Harmath | Sonia |
| Csárdás | 1936 | László Szilágyi | Czardas |
| Szakítani nehéz dolog | 1936 | Mihály Szécsén, Kálmán Csathó | Hard to Break-away |
| Farsangi esküvő | 1939 | László Zalai Szalay | Wedding at Carnival |
| Három huszár | 1940 | László Szilágyi, Gyula Halász | Three Hussars |
| Csodatükör | 1941 | József Babay | Wonder Mirror |
| Fityfiritty | 1941 | Rudolf Halász | Immodest Gal |
| Egy boldog pesti nyár | 1943 | Mihály Eisemann, Szabolcs Fényes | A Happy Summer in Pest |
| A tábornokné | 1943 | Miklós Tóth, Kálmán Vándor | The Wife of the General |
| Meztelen lány | 1946 | Gábor Vaszary | Naked Girl |
| Három szegény szabólegény[3] | 1947 | József Babay | Three Poor Young Tailors |
Movie composer
| Year | Original title | Director | Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Opernring[4] | Carmine Gallone | Jan Kiepura[5] |
| 1936 | Blumen aus Nizza [6] | Augusto Genina | |
| 1937 | Mámi (The Old Lady) | János Vásáry | Sári Fedák |
| 1937 | Premiere ("Das Buch der Liebe", "Ich hab' vielleicht noch nie geliebt") | Walter Summers, Géza von Bolváry | Zarah Leander |
| 1938 | Varjú a toronyórán (Crow on the Tower) | Endre Rodriguez | Gábor Rajnay |
| 1938 | Tizenhárom kislány mosolyog az égre (13 Girls Smile at the Sky) | Ákos Ráthonyi | Imre Ráday |
| 1938 | A 111-es | Székely István | Pál Jávor |
| 1938 | Az ember néha téved (Man Sometime Errs) | Béla Gaál | |
| 1939 | Zwischen Strom und Steppe (Gypsy Ways) | Bolváry Géza[7] | |
| 1939 | Tiszavirág[8] (Flower of the Tisza) | Géza Bolváry | Klári Tolnay |
| 1939 | Magyar feltámadás (Hungary's Revival[9]) | Jenő Cserpeghy, Ferenc Kiss | |
| 1939 | Áll a bál (Valzer d'amore, Italian title) | Viktor Bánky | Zita Szeleczky |
| 1940 | Igen vagy nem? (Da ili ne, Serbian title) | Viktor Bánky | Muráti Lili |
| 1940 | Hazafelé (Homeward) | Cserépy Arzén | Sári Fedák |
| 1941 | Végre! (Finalmente! Italian title) | Zoltán Farkas | Lili Muráti |
| 1941 | Elkésett levél (Letter, too late) | Endre Rodriguez | Éva Szörényi |
| 1942 | Férfihűség (Weil ich dich liebe, German title) | József Daróczy | |
| 1942 | Üzenet a Volgapartról (Message from the banks of the Volga) | Deésy Alfréd | János Sárdy, tenor |
| 1942 | Egy szív megáll (A Heart Attack) | László Kalmár | Katalin Karády |
| 1942 | Szakítani nehéz dolog (Hard to Break with Her) lost film | Emil Martonffy | Gábor Rajnay |
| 1942 | Gyávaság (Cowardliness) | Nádasdy Kálmán | Vera Sennyei |
| 1943 | Tilos a szerelem (The Love is Prohibited) | László Kalmár | |
| 1943 | Miért? (La signorina terremoto, Italian title) | József Daróczy | Lili Muráti |
| 1943 | Kalotaszegi Madonna (title of a painting) | Endre Rodriguez | János Sárdy |
| 1943 | Szerelmi láz (Love Fever) | István Lázár, jr. | Gyula Csortos, Margit Dajka |
| 1943 | Zenélő malom (Musical Mill, Musical editor) | István Lázár, jr. | Zita Szeleczky |
| 1943 | Késő (Late) | Daróczy József | Jávor Pál |
| 1943 | Pista tekintetes úr (Respectful Pista) | József Daróczy | Jávor Pál |
| 1944 | Zörgetnek az ablakon (Knock on the Window) | László Sipos | |
| 1944 | A hangod elkísér (Accompanied by Your Voice) (as conductor) | Ágoston Pacséry | Katalin Karády |
| 1944 | Nászinduló (Wedding March) | Zoltán Farkas | Zita Szeleczky |
| 1948 | Valahol Európában (It Happened in Europe) | Géza von Radványi | Artúr Somlay |
| 1956 | Ünnepi vacsora (...aber die Verwandten, German title) | György Révész | |
| After the composer's death, soundtracks: | |||
| 1999 | A napfény íze ("Ezzel a kis dallal", "Minden kislány") | István Szabó | |
| 2003 | Rosenstrasse ("Ich hab vielleicht noch nie geliebt")[10] | Margarethe von Trotta | |
References
- ↑ György Székely (1994). "Színészkönyvtár (Book of Actors)". Retrieved 2014-02-17.
- ↑ "Dénes Buday". Retrieved 2013-06-09.
- ↑ The title referred to a nursery rhyme, that collected by Zoltán Kodály
- ↑ "Opernring (im Sonnenschein)".
- ↑ "Mein Herz ist voller Sonnenschein".
- ↑ "Blumen aus Nizza".
- ↑ Zwischen Strom uns Steppe and Tiszavirág are based on the same novel, created by a German and a Hungarian staff
- ↑ Palingenia longicauda Mentioned an insect name, ethographical and entomolical interest
- ↑ "Magyar feltámadás". IMDB. Retrieved 2013-06-09. Publicly called Horthy's Message Banned by Hungarian authorities after the World War
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298131/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd
Book Reference
- Kürti, László (2001). The Remote Borderland: Transylvania. State University of New York Press. ISBN 0791450244.
- Székey, György (1994). Magyar Színházművészeti Lexikon. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 888. ISBN 9630566354.
External links
- Testamentum on YouTube by Gyula Juhász; the composer is singing and playing the piano
- Szeretlek, Ágnes on YouTube ≈I love you Ágnes with János Sárdy
- Szív nem tudja kiontani on YouTube ≈Hearth could not pour forth with Janka Sólyom
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