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Mátyás Seiber

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Also known as Matyas Seiber

British-Hungarian composer (1905–1960)

Person · Open Library

Born
1905
Died
1960
Works
19

Top works

  • Besardo suite, no. 2, for string orchestra
  • Elegy, for solo viola and small orchestra
  • Four Hungarian folk songs
  • Improvisations, for jazz band and symphony orchestra
  • Improvization for oboe and piano

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Hungary
Active from
1905-05-04
Active to
1960-09-24
classicalcomposercontemporary classicaljazzmodern classical

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
508
Total plays
3,122

Tags

composer20th-century composer

Mátyás György Seiber (4 May 1905 – 24 September 1960) was a Hungarian-born composer who lived and worked in England from 1935 onward. Seiber's music is eclectic in style, showing the influences of jazz, Bartók and Schoenberg. His output includes Ulysses (1947), a cantata on words by James Joyce and a clarinet concertino; scores to animated films, including Animal Farm (1954); a setting of the Scottish "poet and tragedian" William McGonagall's work <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/M%C3%A1ty%C3

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Mátyás
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Budapest
Place of death
Cape Town
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
Hungarian
Field of work
film score
Genre
jazz
Instrument
cello
Image
Mátyás Seiber.jpg
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date of death
1960-09-24
date of birth
1905-05-04
manner of death
accidental death
student
Hugh Wood
cause of death
traffic collision
P8168
Acid
name in native language
Seiber Mátyás
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