Károly Thern
Thern Károly • Illustration — Károly Thern Károly (Carl) Thern (13 August 1817 – 13 April 1886) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor and arranger. He was of German descent, but was among the second generation of composers who developed the language of Hungarian art music. Thern was born in 1817, in Spišská Nová Ves (Zipser Neudorf in German, Iglo in Hungarian; now in Slovakia).
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Károly Thern

Károly Rusz · Vasárnapi Ujság, Pest (Budapest), 16 February 1868. p. 76 · Public domain
- Born
- 1817 · Spišská Nová Ves.
- Died
- 1886 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- composer · conductor · music educator · classical pianist · choir director · piano teacher
- Education
- University of Prešov
- Languages
- Hungarian
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Born at Spišská Nová Ves in 1817, died in Vienna in 1886.
Károly Thern studied at University of Prešov. Henri Gobbi and Antal Siposs are recorded as having studied under Károly Thern. The recorded working language is Hungarian. Employment is recorded with Nemzeti Zenede.

Thern Károly (1817-1886) zeneszerző, karmester, zeneíró fényképe.
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