Halmos László
Composer
Place of Birth
Nagyvárad
Date of Birth
1909
10 November 1909 (Oradea, Romania) - 26. January 1997 (Győr, Hungary)
László Halmos, Hungarian composer, choirmaster, founder of the choir of the Győr Cathedral, was born on the 10th of November 1909 in Oradea, in a musical family. His father was a cantor teacher at the St. László parish church in Oradea, and his uncle was János Halmos, an opera singer. He studied organ and church music at the Academy of Music in Budapest with distinction. He was a founder of the Palestrina Choir (1931) and the Liszt Ferenc Mixed Choir, a member of the Hungarian Cecilia Association, and organist and second conductor of the Regnum Marianum.
He moved to Győr in 1931, when he was elected the new choirmaster of the Győr Cathedral. Many of his works were set to liturgical or liturgical-related texts in Latin. He is the author of more than 700 sacred and 1300 secular works, as well as being a significant music educator. On the 15th of March 1994, the Municipality of Győr awarded him the title of Honoured Citizen of the City of Győr for his entire life's work and for his contribution to the promotion of the vocal and musical culture of the city of Győr.
He died on the 26th of January 1997 in Győr.
László Halmos, Hungarian composer, choirmaster, founder of the choir of the Győr Cathedral, was born on the 10th of November 1909 in Oradea, in a musical family. His father was a cantor teacher at the St. László parish church in Oradea, and his uncle was János Halmos, an opera singer. He studied organ and church music at the Academy of Music in Budapest with distinction. He was a founder of the Palestrina Choir (1931) and the Liszt Ferenc Mixed Choir, a member of the Hungarian Cecilia Association, and organist and second conductor of the Regnum Marianum.
He moved to Győr in 1931, when he was elected the new choirmaster of the Győr Cathedral. Many of his works were set to liturgical or liturgical-related texts in Latin. He is the author of more than 700 sacred and 1300 secular works, as well as being a significant music educator. On the 15th of March 1994, the Municipality of Győr awarded him the title of Honoured Citizen of the City of Győr for his entire life's work and for his contribution to the promotion of the vocal and musical culture of the city of Győr.
He died on the 26th of January 1997 in Győr.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Hungaroton | SLPX 31432 | LP | |
| 1998 |
Hundred years of Hungarian sacred music
(A magyar egyházi zene 100 éve - A Szent István Bazilika kórusának válogatott felvételei) |
Magánkiadás | NL 1998 2 |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Psalm Motets | Mixed choir | 0 |
| 15 Easy Pieces for Piano | Instrumental solo | 1950 |
| 18 Offertorio and Communio | Mixed choir | 1943 |
| 18 Preludes | Instrumental solo | 1936 |
| 2 Christmas Carols | Choral music | 1939 |
| 3 Folk Songs of Today | Mixed choir | 1948 |
| 3 Lullabies (Serenade) | Mixed choir | 1948 |
| 3 Serenades | Choir a cappella | 1948 |
| 30 Motets | Choir a cappella | 0 |
| 4 Offertorio | Mixed choir | 1932 |
| 45 Motets | Choir a cappella | 0 |
| 5 Canons on 5 Black-keys | Instrumental solo | 1943 |
| 5 Christmas Carols | Choir a cappella | 1944 |
| 5 Easter Choruses | Mixed choir | 1943 |
| 5 Folk Songs | Male choir | 1935 |
| 5 Offertorio | Mixed choir | 1948 |
| 6 Little Piano Pieces | Instrumental solo | 1946 |
| 7 Hungarian Peasant Songs | Male choir | 1935 |
| 71 Hungarian Folk Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1947 |
| 9 Psalms | Choir a cappella | 1942 |
| A Peaceful Salutatory | Male choir | 1944 |
| A Song about Freedom, No. 1 | Vocal music | 1948 |
| A Song about Freedom, No. 3 | Mixed choir | 1948 |
| Autumn passed through Paris | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1938 |
| Autumn Tilinkó-play | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1938 |
| Autumn, how beautiful you are | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1935 |
| Ave Maria | Female choir | 0 |
| Az hol én elmegyek | Male choir | 1937 |
| Be Brave, Comrade | Vocal music | 1950 |
| Bihar Suite | Instrumental solo | 1944 |
| Blow Down the Block | Choir with accompaniment | 1950 |
| Break into the lead | Vocal music | 1950 |
| Cantata for April the 4th | Vocal music | 1948 |
| Cantate Domino | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Canticle of the Sun by St. Francis | Choir a cappella | 1940 |
| Christmas Mass | Choir and orchestra | 1945 |
| Create | Vocal music | 1950 |
| Dialogue | Chamber Music | 1935 |
| Easter Carol | Choir a cappella | 1941 |
| Elmultam 20 éves | Male choir | 1940 |
| Farewell | Female choir | 1939 |
| Five Latin Motets | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Flare Up | Choir with accompaniment | 1950 |
| Flower Songs | Male choir | 1941 |
| Folk Song Suite | Mixed choir | 1940 |
| For Anniversary | Male choir | 1949 |
| For farewell ceremony | Male choir | 1939 |
| For Young and Old | Instrumental solo | 1941 |
| Fore | Choir with accompaniment | 1950 |
| Free Life | Choir with accompaniment | 1950 |
| Fuga | Instrumental solo | 1931 |
| God´s Trumpet | Male choir | 1939 |
| Harmonia Sacra | Mixed choir | 1934 |
| Hey Love | Mixed choir | 1939 |
| Hey Mrs. Varga... | Mixed choir | 1936 |
| Hodie Christus natus es / Tui sunt coeli | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Home Guard Recruiter | Vocal music | 1950 |
| Humorous Serenade | Mixed choir | 1943 |
| Hungarian Cantuale | Choir a cappella | 1935 |
| Hungarian-Russian Folk Song Bouquet | Mixed choir | 1947 |
| Hunger of Hungarians | Mixed choir | 1941 |
| Hymn to the Sun | Choir a cappella | 0 |
| I am already old | Mixed choir | 1940 |
| I Serve My Country with Labour | Male choir | 1947 |
| I´m Waiting for You | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1950 |
| In Front of Our House | Mixed choir | 1940 |
| It is simple | Choir a cappella | 1947 |
| Jubilate | Choir a cappella | 0 |
| Jubilate | Choir a cappella | 1941 |
| Jubilate | Mixed choir | 1946 |
| King Stephen | Mixed choir | 1938 |
| Kolozsváros | Mixed choir | 1946 |
| Kyrie in d | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Labour | Mixed choir | 1948 |
| Lads from Rátót | Mixed choir | 1938 |
| Lark Mass | Children's choir | 1934 |
| Leaving light... | Choir a cappella | 1941 |
| Let Us Protect Peace | Choir with accompaniment | 1950 |
| Life is Beautiful | Choir with accompaniment | 1950 |
| Light-Canon | Vocal music | 1950 |
| Little Christmas Carol | Vocal music | 1941 |
| Little Folk Song Suite | Male choir | 1940 |
| Long Live the Plan | Mixed choir | 1949 |
| Magnificat | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Magnificat | Choir a cappella | 1934 |
| March of the 5-Year Plan | Vocal music | 1950 |
| March of the Times of Peace | Choir a cappella | 1950 |
| March on the 5-Year Plan | Orchestral work | 1950 |
| Mass in B-Minor | Mixed choir | 1944 |
| Mass in E-flat Minor | Mixed choir | 1946 |
| May Song | Vocal music | 1950 |
| Melodia | Chamber Music | 1949 |
| Merry Folk Song Suite | Mixed choir | 1935 |
| Minstrel Song | Male choir | 1940 |
| Missa Barbara | Mixed choir | 1936 |
| Missa de nativitate Domini | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1946 |
| Missa e sole | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1933 |
| Missa in e-moll | Mixed choir | 1943 |
| Missa in honorem S. Benedicti | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1980 |
| Missa in honorem S. Elisabeth | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| Missa in honorem S. Ladislai | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1933 |
| Missa in honorem S. Norberti | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1936 |
| Missa Jaurinensis / Győr Mass | Choir a cappella | 1946 |
| Missa melodica | Mixed choir | 1945 |
| Missa Polyphonica | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1943 |
| Missa pro Defunctis | Choir a cappella | 0 |
| Missa Verna, Tempore paschali (Eastern Mass) | Choir a cappella | 1938 |
| November | Chamber Music | 1935 |
| Omnis terra Deo jubilate | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| On the Sea | Mixed choir | 1937 |
| Our Mother... | Vocal music | 1932 |
| Password | Choir a cappella | 1933 |
| Peace | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1950 |
| Peace Canon | Choir a cappella | 1948 |
| Peace for the People | Choir with accompaniment | 1950 |
| Peasant Ballad | Mixed choir | 1942 |
| Peasant Songs | Male choir | 1940 |
| Prayer | Mixed choir | 1937 |
| Protect Peace | Vocal music | 1950 |
| Requiem | Mixed choir | 1937 |
| Requiem | Choir a cappella | 1938 |
| Rich man´s forest | Choir a cappella | 1949 |
| Salutation | Male choir | 1935 |
| Singing King | Mixed choir | 1942 |
| Slowly, wondering | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1946 |
| Soldier life, hey | Mixed choir | 1942 |
| Soldier´s Song | Choir with accompaniment | 1950 |
| Sonata | Chamber Music | 1931 |
| Song About Freedom, No. 2 | Choir a cappella | 1948 |
| Song About King László | Choir a cappella | 1942 |
| Song About Margaret of Hungary | Choir a cappella | 1942 |
| Song on Labor Day | Choir with accompaniment | 1950 |
| Song to the Mother | Choir a cappella | 1950 |
| Songs of Soldiers | Mixed choir | 1942 |
| Spring Song | Vocal music | 1948 |
| Spring Wins | Mixed choir | 1948 |
| Swift Water | Mixed choir | 1940 |
| Te Deum | Mixed choir | 1933 |
| Te Deum | Choir a cappella | 1944 |
| Te Deum laudamus | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| The Ballad of László Fehér | Mixed choir | 1952 |
| The Country is Ours | Choral music | 1948 |
| The Country Is Under Construction | Choir with accompaniment | 1948 |
| The devil´s grandmother | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1950 |
| The Love of the Double Bass | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1950 |
| The Mine is Waiting | Choir with accompaniment | 1948 |
| The Morning Star is on its Way | Mixed choir | 1939 |
| The World is Beautiful | Choir with accompaniment | 1950 |
| There is no better song | Choir a cappella | 1937 |
| Three Faces | Chamber Music | 1979 |
| Three Salutations | Choir a cappella | 1944 |
| To St. Margaret | Mixed choir | 1942 |
| Two Psalms | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 1934 |
| We Have to Win | Choir with accompaniment | 1948 |
| With A Pure Heart | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1946 |
| Young Lives | Choir a cappella | 1948 |
| Youth March | Choir a cappella | 1948 |
| Youth of May | Vocal music | 1948 |
| Zeng a toborzó | Choir with accompaniment | 1950 |
| Zwölf Alleluja / Twelve Alleluias | Choir a cappella | 0 |