Hungarian Literature,

Film and Music

Hungarian Literature
Péter Esterházy
The grand master of contemporary
Hungarian fiction and a commanding
presence on the international literary scene,
Péter Esterházy was perhaps the most
established of these writers within Hungary.
His major works include Helping Verbs of the
Heart, A Little Hungarian Pornography, Not
Art and Celestial Harmonies: A Novel, the
latter of which is a record of his own family’s
downfall.
Hungarian Literature
Magda Szabó,
The Door
Weöres Sándor: The
Brableberry
The Brambleberry
Eves of autumn
Gleam with the brambleberry’s
Gleam with the brambleberry’s
Shimm’ring dress.
Thorns a-rustling,
Winds scurry hither-thither,
Trembles the brambleberry
Comfortless.
Should but the moon let lower her veil,
Bush turns maiden, starts to wail…
Eves of autumn
Gleam with the brambleberry’s
Gleam with the brambleberry’s
Shimm’ring dress.
 Weöres Sándor,
Galagonya
If you are interested, please listen to the
poem in Hungarian at the following link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vJv8IroFzA
Photography:
Robert Cappa

war
photographer

photojournalist
 Hungarian Film
G Á BO R C S U P Ó : H U N G A R I A N A N I M ATO R, F I L M D I REC TO R, W R I T ER ,
P RO D U CE R, G RA P H I C D ES I G N E R
 “Hungarian cinema has produced
some stunning films over the years,
with Oscar winning movies and
Hungarian renowned directors producing works
Cinema which are more than worth watching.”

Great names in Hollywood

William Fox
Adolph Zukor
Béla Lugosi Peter Falk Adrian Brody
Drew Barrymore Rachel Weiss Goldie Hawn
Michael Curtiz
Hungarian-born producer, director in the
Golden Age of Hollywood
From silent films to talkies

Academy Awards in 1942 for Casablanca

Andrew G. Vajna
Hungarian-born producer
István Szabó and the Academy Awards
László Nemes Jeles and The Son of Saul
Son of Saul

Auschwitz during World War II

Sonnerkommando
Sing by Kristóf
Deák
Mindenki
Please watch this short movie at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0piiNk_jMrE&t=2s
Hungarian Music
very rich Hungarian folksong culture

folk singer: Márta Sebestyén

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsNY8eQ5-iY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2O4dZgAIcU
Are you familiar with any piece of
Hungarian music?
Rich Hungarian folk tradition blended
with popular music
Zorán and Rúzsa Magdi, Ederlezi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olnGO_HMmRI

Zorán, Kóló
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60kkMxudmXc
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
 Tom and Jerry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpEfHVFilRc&t=128s
Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dances

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEK_QSjWpcs
Kodály Zoltán, composer,
ethnomusicologist and philosopher
 Hungaricum!!!! and world famous
music pedagogy and education based on
child-developmental approach
Children are first introduced to musical
concepts through experiences such as
Kodály Method listening, singing, or movement. It is only
after the child becomes familiar with a
concept that he or she learns how to notate
it.

rhythmic syllables: ta-ta-ti-ti-ta

Hand-signs
Dances of
Galánta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0PYn1KzJ_4
 Bartók Béla

Evening in the village: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvdJSVmi404