Dénes von Buday
{{Short description|Hungarian composer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dénes Buday
| image =Buday Dénes.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|10|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Budapest, Hungary
| death_date = {{dda|1963|10|19|1890|10|8|df=y}}
| death_place = Budapest, Hungary
| nationality = Hungarian
| occupation = pianist, composer
| yearsactive = 1910-1956
}}
{{eastern name order|Buday Dénes}}
Buday Dénes (Denes von Buday) was a Hungarian composer, born in Budapest.{{Cite web|url=http://www.szineszkonyvtar.hu/contents/a-e/budayelet.htm|title=Színészkönyvtár (Book of Actors)|accessdate=2014-02-17|year=1994|author=György Székely|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721011151/http://www.szineszkonyvtar.hu/contents/a-e/budayelet.htm|archive-date=2014-07-21|url-status=dead}} He was a well known composer of both poems and music for films made between 1930 and 1950.{{cite web|title=Dénes Buday | website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118893/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|accessdate=2013-06-09}}
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.
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| 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 szabólegényThe title referred to a nursery rhyme, that collected by Zoltán Kodály | 1947 | József Babay | Three Poor Young Tailors |
Movie composer
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!Year!!Original title!!Director!!Actor | |||
| 1936 | Opernring{{cite web|title=Opernring (im Sonnenschein)|url=http://www.film.at/opernring }} | Carmine Gallone | Jan Kiepura{{cite web|title=Mein Herz ist voller Sonnenschein |url=http://www.dismarc-audio.org/GHT/GHT001/001_4185_a.jpg}} |
| 1936 | Blumen aus Nizza {{cite web|title=Blumen aus Nizza| website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228074/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1}} | 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 GézaZwischen Strom uns Steppe and Tiszavirág are based on the same novel, created by a German and a Hungarian staff | |
| 1939 | TiszavirágPalingenia longicauda Mentioned an insect name, ethnographical and entomological interest (Flower of the Tisza) | Géza Bolváry | Klári Tolnay |
| 1939 | Magyar feltámadás (Hungary's Revival{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896946 |title=Magyar feltámadás|work=IMDB|accessdate=2013-06-09}} Publicly called Horthy's Message
Banned by Hungarian authorities after the World War ) | 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){{ref|a}} | 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 | |
| colspan="4"|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"){{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298131/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd|title=Rosenstrasse (2003) - IMDb|website=IMDb }} | Margarethe von Trotta |
References
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Book Reference
- {{cite book|first=László|last=Kürti|title=The Remote Borderland: Transylvania|year=2001|publisher=State University of New York Press|isbn= 0791450244}}
- {{cite book | title=Magyar Színházművészeti Lexikon| url=http://mek.oszk.hu/02100/02139/html/| last=Székey| first=György| year=1994| pages=888| publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó| location=Budapest|isbn= 9630566354}}
External links
- {{YouTube|id=GjzgazsH7XM|title=Testamentum}} by Gyula Juhász; the composer is singing and playing the piano
- {{YouTube|id=W5jW3pT2QCQ|title=Szeretlek, Ágnes}} ≈I love you Ágnes with János Sárdy
- {{YouTube|id=ZNqciFmLFzM|title=Szív nem tudja kiontani}} ≈Hearth could not pour forth with Janka Sólyom
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Category:20th-century Hungarian composers