Name Rezso Kokai | Role Composer | |
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Elsie Parker, The Crusell Quartet performs Rezsó Kókai's Quartettino
Rezső Kókai (Hungarian: Kókai Rezső; 15 January 1906 in Budapest – 6 March 1962 in Budapest) was a Hungarian composer and musicologist.
Contents
- Elsie Parker The Crusell Quartet performs Rezs Kkais Quartettino
- Rezs Kkai Quartettino I Sonatina
- Life
- Selected works
- References
Rezsö Kókai Quartettino - I. Sonatina
Life
Kókai studied composition with János Koessler and piano with Emánuel Hegyi at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. In 1933 he received his doctorate in musicology from the University of Freiburg where he wrote the thesis Franz Liszt in seinen frühen Klavierwerken (Franz Liszt in His Early Piano Works). Between 1926 and 1934 he was professor of piano at the National Conservatory, and from 1929 taught composition, aesthetics, music history, and pedagogy at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Kókai was director of music for the Hungarian Radio from 1945 to 1948.
Kókai was awarded the Ferenc Erkel Prize (Erkel Ferenc-díj) three times in recognition of his work (1952, 1955, 1956).
Rezső Kókai composed in a variety of forms including stage works, orchestral compositions, a violin concerto, chamber music, works for piano, as well as film and radio scores. His scores are largely published by Editio Musica Budapest and Zeneműkiadó Vállalat.
Selected works
- Lassú magyar (Slow Hungarian Dance)
- Friss (Lively Hungarian Dance)
- Andalgó (Phantasy)
- Verbunkos induló (Recruiting March)
- Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance)
- Népi tánc (Folk Dance)
- Sirató tánc (Mourning Dance)
- Friss (Fresh)