!!!Takács, Jenö

b. Siegendorf (Burgenland), Sept. 25, 1902, composer, pianist. 
1927-1932 taught in Cairo (studied non-European music); 1942-1948 at 
the conservatoire in Pecs; 1952-1970 taught at Cincinnati University. 
Combines contemporary tonality with folk music (esp. Hungarian) 
elements.

!Further works
ballets: Nilusi Legenda - Aegyptische Liebeslegende, 
1940; The Songs of Silence, 1967. - Piano music: Von Nah und Fern, 
1983. - Vocal music, orchestral works, chamber music.

!Literature
J. Shintani (ed.), J. T. - Werkverzeichnis, 
1999.


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