Brdos: Cantemus!

• Composer: Lajos Brdos (1899-1986)
• Format: Choral Octavo – Format guide
• Instrumentation: Mixed Choir
• Work: Cantemus! (SATB)
• Binding:
• Work language: Latin
• ISMN: 9790080085394
• Size: 6.7 x 9.4 inches
• Pages: 8

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Description

The composer, choirmaster, musicologist and music educator Lajos Brdos was born on the 1st of October 1899 in Budapest and studied composition with Zoltn Kodly at the Music Academy in Budapest. As choirmaster, he worked with the Palestrina Choir and the Cecilia Choir, which he united in 1941, thus founding the Budapest Choir. From 1928 until his retirement in 1966 he worked as a teacher of the Budapest Music Academy and taught several subjects. His compositional work, consisting mainly of choral works, comprises almost 600 pieces, but he has also composed chamber music.

From 1918, Lajos Brdos was president of the Hungarian Cecilia Society, participated in the direction of the Hungarian Singing Association, as well as the Bartk Association. in addition, he founded in cooperation with Gyrgy Kernyi and Gyula Kertsz in 1931, the magazine and the publishing company Magyar Krus (Hungarian Choir).

Lajos Brdos has passed away on the 18th of November 1986 in Budapest.