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
  1. A büvös szekrény [The magic cupboard] (opera, 2 acts, Libretto by G. Kiszely), 1938- 42
  2. Fúrfangos diákok [The sly students] (ballet, 1 act, libretto M. Jókai, G. Oláh), 1949
  3. Csinom Palkó (musical play, A. Dékány), 1949-50, rev. 1960
  4. Vidróczki (radio ballad, E. Innocent-Vincze), 1959, rev. as 3-act opera 1964
  5. Panegyricus (dance oratorio, J. Pannonius), 1972
  6. Incidental music for about 30 stage and radio plays, over 70 film scores

ORCHESTRAL

  1. Divertimento, 1930
  2. Finnish Folk Dances, 1935
  3. Harp Concertino, 1937
  4. Musica pentatonica, 1945
  5. Prelude and Fugue, 1947
  6. Concertino, pf/hpd, orch, 1947-9
  7. Piccola musica di concerto, 1961
  8. Trittico concertato, vc, str, 1964
  9. Cone. all'antica, baryton/va da gamba, orch, 1965
  10. Planctus et consolationes, 1965
  11. Sérénade concertante, fl, str, 1967
  12. Commemoratio Agriae, 1969

VOCAL

  1. Choral: Cantata lirica (J. Dzsida), 1946
  2. Cantus pannonicus (Pannonius), 1959
  3. 3 masses, 1962, 1964, 1968
  4. Laudatio Szigethiana (K. Vargha), oratorio, 1966
  5. Tavaszvárás [Waiting for the spring] (G. Juhász), cantata, 1967
  6. Bontott zászlók [Unfurled flags] (L. Kassák), cantata, 1972
  7. Aspirationes principis (F. Rákóczi, K. Mikes), cantata, 1974-5

Songs:

  1. Pastorali (A. Keleti, G. Sirola), 1931-68
  2. Fagyöngy [Mistletoe] (Szabó), 1932
  3. Gyümölcskosár [Fruit basket] (Weöres), 1946-7
  4. Naptár [Calendar] (M. Radnóti), 1955
  5. A vándor dalai [The wanderer's songs] (M. Füst), 1956
  6. Hommage A Alpbach (P. von Preradovic), 1968
  7. Autumnalia (D. Kosztolányi, Juhász, Z. Jékely, Pilinszky, G. Illyés), 1969-74