Name Zoltan Goncz | Role Composer | |
Books Bach\'s Testament: On the Philosophical and Theological Background of The Art of Fugue |
O traurigkeit o herzeleid bwv anh 200 zolt n g ncz s completion
Zoltán Göncz (born July 23, 1958 in Budapest) is a Hungarian composer who often applies archaic forms (canon, passacaglia) and complex structures in his compositions.
Contents
- O traurigkeit o herzeleid bwv anh 200 zolt n g ncz s completion
- Zolt n g ncz fugue in f major exercise in style
- Awards and distinctions
- Works and completions
- Publications
- References
He graduated from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in 1980. He was music editor at the National Philharmonic Agency between 1983 and 1997, then worked in the same capacity with the musical ensembles of the Hungarian Radio from 1997 to 2008. Since 2008 he has been researcher and lecturer at the Department of Hymnology of John Wesley Theological College in Budapest.
He has dealt intensively with musicology for decades.
Zolt n g ncz fugue in f major exercise in style
Awards and distinctions
For his strenuous work in the field of familiarizing and propagating contemporary Hungarian music he was awarded with the Artisjus-Prize twice (1994, 2006). For his outstanding achievements in international Bach research and the book entitled Bach testamentuma [Bach’s Testament] he has been decorated with the Silver Cross of Distinction of the Hungarian Republic in 2009.