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András Szőllősy

アンドラーシュ・セレーシ

András Szőllősy

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1921-02-27 (Orăştie)
Died
2007-12-06 (Budapest) age 86
Nationality
Hungarian
Languages
Hungarian
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Budapest

Career

Occupations
composer, musicologist
Active Years
1950-2007
Affiliations
Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts
Memberships
Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts
Influenced By
Zoltán Kodály
Influenced
Béla Bartók

Education

Franz Liszt Academy of Music
Composition
Degree: none
Country: Hungary
Studied composition under Zoltán Kodály
University of Budapest
Degree: Ph.D.
Country: Hungary
Awarded Ph.D.

Awards

International Rostrum of Composers
1970
Work: Concerto No. 3 for sixteen strings
Category: Distinguished Composition of the Year
Organization: UNESCO
Result: 受賞
Erkel Prize
1971
Result: 受賞
Kossuth Prize
1985
Organization: Hungarian state
Result: 受賞
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
1987
Category: Commandeur
Organization: French government
Result: 受賞
Széchenyi Prize
1997
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Concerto No. 3 for sixteen strings

1970 Concerto

Concerto for sixteen strings.

contemporary music

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Style as professor of music history and theory

Legacy

Hungarian composer and musicologist known for the Szőllősy index of Béla Bartók's works.

In Popular Culture

  • Szőllősy index (Sz.) is standard for Bartók's works

Trivia

  • Created the Szőllősy index (Sz.) cataloging all of Bartók's compositions and musicological writings. E.g., Concerto for Orchestra is Sz. 116, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta is Sz. 106.