Mosonyi, Mihály (1815-1870)

Hungarian composer. He studied at Pozsony (now Bratislava) and was music master to a noble family 1835-42, then settled at Budapest. He changed his German name of Brand in 1859, when he began to aim at writing Hungarian national music.

Works Opera Kaiser Max auf der Martinswand (composed 1857), The Fair Ilonka (1861), and Almos (1862), both in Hungarian.

Choral three Masses.

Orchestral symphonies, symphonic poems Mourning for Széchényi and Festival Music and other orchestral works.

Piano and song 20 piano pieces in the Hungarian manner; 25 Hungarian folk-song arrangements.