György Kósa (24 April 1897 – 16 August 1984) was aHungariancomposer.[1]
György Kósa was born inBudapest,Hungary on 24 April 1897. He began studying music withBéla Bartók when he was ten years old. From 1908-1912 he attended theFranz Liszt Academy of Music where he was a student of music composition withZoltán Kodály, andVictor von Herzfeld. He also studied piano at that conservatory from 1908 through 1915, and later was a piano student ofErnst von Dohnányi in 1915-1916.[1]
Kósa worked at theHungarian State Opera as arépétiteur in 1916-1917; notably serving in that capacity for the premiere production of Bartok's operaThe Wooden Prince (1917). AfterWorld War I, he gave tours of Europe and North Africa before ultimately settling inTripoli, Libya where he worked as apit orchestra conductor in the city's theaters for two years. He returned to Hungary, and in 1927 joined the faculty of his alma mater, the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, as a professor of piano. He taught there for many years.[1]
Kósa was awarded the Ferenc Erkel Prize in (1955), and was later honored by the Hungarian People’s Republic as a Merited Artist and a Honoured Artist in 1972.[1]
Kósa died in Budapest on 16 August 1984.[1]
He composed nineoperas, fourballets, andincidental music for fourpantomimes, as well as ninesymphonies, oneorchestralsuite,chamber music, elevenoratorios, severalcantatas, onemass, one setting of theDies Irae, tworequiems, andlieder.[1]
His chamber works include: astring trio, acello sonata (1965), a sonatina for cello solo (1928), a string quartet entitled"Self-portrait" (1920), a second quartet (1929),In memoriam... for solo viola (1977), a duo for violin and viola (1943), and twelve miniatures for a harp trio (1965).
