Ference Farkas
Hungarian composer and teacher. Born Nagykanizsa, 15 December, 1905
His works include operas and operettas, ballets and Singspiels, pastoral and marionette music, as well as musicals and a dance oratorio. In addition, he has composed numerous instrumental, vocal and orchestral works, both sacred and secular.
WORKS
(selective list) DRAMATIC- A büvös szekrény [The magic cupboard] (opera, 2 acts, Libretto by G. Kiszely), 1938- 42
- Fúrfangos diákok [The sly students] (ballet, 1 act, libretto M. Jókai, G. Oláh), 1949
- Csinom Palkó (musical play, A. Dékány), 1949-50, rev. 1960
- Vidróczki (radio ballad, E. Innocent-Vincze), 1959, rev. as 3-act opera 1964
- Panegyricus (dance oratorio, J. Pannonius), 1972
- Incidental music for about 30 stage and radio plays, over 70 film scores
ORCHESTRAL
- Divertimento, 1930
- Finnish Folk Dances, 1935
- Harp Concertino, 1937
- Musica pentatonica, 1945
- Prelude and Fugue, 1947
- Concertino, pf/hpd, orch, 1947-9
- Piccola musica di concerto, 1961
- Trittico concertato, vc, str, 1964
- Cone. all'antica, baryton/va da gamba, orch, 1965
- Planctus et consolationes, 1965
- Sérénade concertante, fl, str, 1967
- Commemoratio Agriae, 1969
VOCAL
- Choral: Cantata lirica (J. Dzsida), 1946
- Cantus pannonicus (Pannonius), 1959
- 3 masses, 1962, 1964, 1968
- Laudatio Szigethiana (K. Vargha), oratorio, 1966
- Tavaszvárás [Waiting for the spring] (G. Juhász), cantata, 1967
- Bontott zászlók [Unfurled flags] (L. Kassák), cantata, 1972
- Aspirationes principis (F. Rákóczi, K. Mikes), cantata, 1974-5
Songs:
- Pastorali (A. Keleti, G. Sirola), 1931-68
- Fagyöngy [Mistletoe] (Szabó), 1932
- Gyümölcskosár [Fruit basket] (Weöres), 1946-7
- Naptár [Calendar] (M. Radnóti), 1955
- A vándor dalai [The wanderer's songs] (M. Füst), 1956
- Hommage A Alpbach (P. von Preradovic), 1968
- Autumnalia (D. Kosztolányi, Juhász, Z. Jékely,
Pilinszky, G. Illyés), 1969-74