Gábor Mátray
Gábor Mátray (23 November 1797, in Nagykata – 17 July 1875, in Budapest) was a Hungarian librarian and composer. Mátray was a librarian at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest from 1847 to 1874. He distinguished himself as a collector and recorder of Hungarian folk songs, and as the founder of the Music Conservatory in Budapest (1840).
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Gábor Mátray
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- Name
- Gábor Mátray
- Born
- 23 November 1797
- Birthplace
- Nagykata
- Died
- 17 July 1875
- Place of death
- Budapest
- Occupation
- Composer
- Full name
- Rothkrepf Gábor.
- Nationality
- Hungary.
- Languages
- Hungarian.
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Gábor Mátray (23 November 1797, in Nagykata – 17 July 1875, in Budapest) was a Hungarian librarian and composer. Mátray was a librarian at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest from 1847 to 1874. He distinguished himself as a collector and recorder of Hungarian folk songs, and as the founder of the Music Conservatory in Budapest (1840).
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• Name — Gábor Mátray • Born — 23 November 1797 • Birthplace — Nagykata • Died — 17 July 1875 • Place of death — Budapest • Occupation — Composer
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Gábor Mátray is recorded with the occupation music historian. Recorded as composer, music historian, librarian, archaeologist and musicologist. Recorded at birth as Rothkrepf Gábor.
Portrait of Gábor Mátray
Vasárnapi Ujság, 1860. 33. sz.
Portrait of Gábor Mátray
Zsigmond Pollák / Ferenc Haske · Vasárnapi Ujság, 1875. 31. sz.
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Gábor Mátray died on 17 July 1875.
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