ARTICLES BEING VIEWED NOW:
- Intelligently Structured and Winningly Executed - Mike Wheeler is impressed by Fenella Humphreys and Martin Roscoe's Buxton Festival recital marking the centenary of the death of Gabriel Fauré
- February 2023 New Releases - Browse a large selection of new recordings
- Spotlight. Musical Siblings - Gerald Fenech heartily recommends Isata Kanneh-Mason's new Mendelssohn album
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- New Releases for April 2024 and Later - Browse a selection of new recordings
VIDEO PODCAST: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Youth Involvement in Classical Music - this specially extended illustrated feature includes contributions from Christopher Morley, Gerald Fenech, Halida Dinova, Patricia Spencer and Roderic Dunnett.
THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL: Roderic Dunnett previews the 2024 edition of the UK's oldest music festival, 27 July until 4 August.
Hungarian composer Jenő Huszka was born in Szeged on 24 April 1875. He learnt to play the violin when he was very young, and in 1896 he played in the Paris-based Lamoureux Orchestra.
He studied composition at Budapest's Zeneakadémia and also studied law. He then worked in the art department at the Ministry of Education.
Inspired by Hungarian folk music and Viennese waltzes, Huszka wrote a series of operettas, for which he is best known, including Bob herceg (Prince Bob).
He died in Budapest on 2 February 1960, aged eighty-four.
Portraits. Jenő Huszka - In defence of operetta and copyright, by Anett Fodor