Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály 1882-1967 Zoltán Kodály, composer, musicologist and educator was born in Kecskemét. His father was employed by the Royal Hungarian Railway and therefore the family moved often. Kodály spent 7 …
Zoltán Kodály Read MoreAmerican Hungarian Museum – Amerikai Magyar Múzeum
American Hungarian Museum – Amerikai Magyar Múzeum
Zoltán Kodály 1882-1967 Zoltán Kodály, composer, musicologist and educator was born in Kecskemét. His father was employed by the Royal Hungarian Railway and therefore the family moved often. Kodály spent 7 …
Zoltán Kodály Read MoreZOLTÁN VÉN GRAPHIC ARTIST ZOLTÁN VÉN, graphic artist, was born in Pesterzsébet, Hungary, in 1941. After finishing his schooling, he worked at the Department of Treasury as a designer. After …
Zoltán Vén Read MoreTOROCKÓ, TORDA-ARANYOS COUNTY, TRANSYLVANIA TOROCKÓ, TORDA-ARANYOS MEGYE, KOLOZSVÁRTÓL DÉLRE
Torockó, Transylvania Read MoreSzűr An ancient type of coat made of fleece, worn by Hungarians for thousands of years The szűr was always made by men, the so called szűr-tailors, embroidery and appliqué …
Szűr Read MoreDocumenting Folklore Hédi Sztanó “When moviemaker make movies about folklore, those might be movies, but will not contain folklore in their essence. When ethnographers make a movie, it might contain …
Hédi Sztanó Read MoreSZILÁGYSÁG, SZILÁGY COUNTY, NORTH-WEST TRANSYLVANIA
Szilágyság, Transylvania Read MoreSzékelyföld, Transylvania
Székelyföld, Transylvania Read MoreLAJOS SZALAY: A REMEMBRANCE By Charles Phipps Lajos Szalay was a black and white artist in a world of color. He liked to see life as either one way …
Lajos Szalay Read MoreVERONIKA SINKÓ GRAPHIC ARTIST – PAINTER Veronika Sinkó was born in Budapest, Hungary, in February 1945. She also completed her education in the capital. She will always remember the nuns …
Veronika Sinkó Read MoreMIKLÓS SEBEK Sculptor Miklós Sebek was born in Sóskut, Hungary, in 1941. He studied architecture and sculpture in Budapest. In 1969 he left his country for Italy, where he spent 7 …
Miklós Sebek Read MoreHarpsichordist HÉDI SALÁNKI Harpsichordist HÉDI SALÁNKI was born in Szerencs, Hungary. She earned degrees and diplomas in piano performance and as a music teacher from the Liszt Academy and Bartók …
Hédi Salánki Read MoreRudy Hajnal The History of America In 1986, intense interest was created by the project entitled Salute to Liberty. Rudy Hajnal took part in this project and based on designs by Endre Szász …
Hajnal: History of America Read MoreRACKA The ancient Hungarian sheep, the RACKA, has long curly wool and a unique, noble head with twisted horns. Its homogeneous features and color developed over thousands of years of breeding, …
Racka Read MoreRÁBAKÖZ, GYŐR-SOPRON COUNTY, WESTERN-TRANSDANUBIA
Rábaköz, Transdanubia Read MoreJózsef Plohn Photographer HUNGARIAN PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE GREAT HUNGARIAN PLAIN Photographer József Plohn recorded the people and their lifestyle of the Hódmezővásárhely area from 1882 to 1925. He was born …
József Plohn Read MoreŐRSÉG – ŐRVIDÉK, LAJTABÁNSÁG ŐRSÉG – BURGENLAND After the western region of Hungary – today called Burgenland – was annexed to Austria, Hungarians were forbidden to use their Hungarian attire. …
Őrség – Burgenland Read MoreORMÁNSÁG, BARANYA COUNTY, SOUTH-TRANSDANUBIA
Ormánság, Baranya County Read MoreNÁNDOR NÉMETH GRAPHIC ARTIST 1910-1978 “The American Hungarian Community Reflected Through Ex Libris” Graphic artist Nándor Németh was born in Újpest, Hungary in 1910. At the Academy for Applied Arts …
Nándor Németh Read MoreMIHÁLY GYIRÁSZI PAINTER Mihály Gyirászi was born in Szakoly, Hungary in 1918. Even as a child he was interested in drawing and painting. At the age of 16, he painted an …
Mihály Gyirászi, Painter Read MoreBÉLA KÁSA Photographer Béla Kása was born in Pécs, Hungary, in 1952. He completed his education in Germany, where his family was living since 1965. He received his diploma in artistic …
Béla Kása Photographer Read MoreKALOTASZEG, Western Transylvania
Kalotaszeg, Western Transylvania Read MoreJENŐ DOBY 1834-1907 Jenő Doby, copperplate engraver and painter, was born in the city of Kassa, North-Hungary (today Kosice) in 1834 and died at Portore in 1907. His father was …
Jenő Doby Read MoreIN MEMORIAM BÉLA BARTÓK by Dr. Charles Géczy It was fifty years ago at a quiet West Side hospital in New York City that one of the century’s greatest musicians, Béla …
In Memoriam Béla Bartók Read MoreBrief History of Hungary 1100 years of statehood in the Carpathian Basin, 1000 years of Christian Kingdom, 40 years since the 1956 Freedom fight. In 1996 Hungarians were celebrating the …
Brief History of Hungary Read MoreHUNGARIAN INVENTORS I Írta és összeállította: Kerkayné Maczky Emese Angolra fordította/translated by: Bányai Bíbor Felsővályi Klára Kertész Kinga Papp Tamás Sziráki Dorottya Tála Teréz Rajzolta/Drawings by: Benkő Andrea Veronika Kiadta/Published …
HUNGARIAN INVENTORS I Read MoreHungarian Folk Attire Source of the pictures A képek alatti leírások előtt feltüntetett rövidítés jelzi a forrást. The abbreviations preceding the description of the pictures indicate their source according to …
Hungarian Folk Attire Source Read MoreLÁSZLÓ FORNWALD, Composer, Pianist László Fornwald, pianist, composer, was born in Máramarossziget, Transylvania (Sighetu-Marmetiei) in 1949. He started his musical carrier at an early age by attending a Musical Elementary …
László Fornwald Read MoreANTAL FERY 1908-1993 THE GREAT MASTER OF HUNGARIAN WOODCUT ART ANTAL FERY, graphic artist, was born in Szerencs, Zemplén county, Hungary in 1908 as the tenth child of the family. …
Fery Antal Read MoreEASTER IN HUNGARY Emese Kerkay The Hungarians call Lent the Great Fast (nagyböjt). Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, Tomorrow it won’t be as it is today, sing and lament the Hungarians. During Lent it …
Easter in Hungary Read MoreBy Susanna Lippóczy Rich Dr. Nicholas Gabriel Lippóczy was born on Good Friday, March 21, 1913, in Tállya, Hungary, the sixth of Norbert and Anna’s seven children. Dating back to …
Dr. Nicholas Gabriel Lippóczy (1913–2004) Read More