Leó Festetics
Hungarian patron of music and amateur composer, politician
About Leó Festetics
Lived 1800 – 1884 (aged 84). Leó Festetics was a Hungarian composer, politician, theatre critic and theatre manager.
Count Leó Festetics de Tolna (8 October 1800, Pécs, Hungary15 November 1884), was a patron of music and an amateur composer, from a prominent Croatian Hungarian family, Festetics.
He was a friend and correspondent of Franz Liszt, who dedicated to him his Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 in A minor (1847, pub. 1853). Liszt based his Spanisches Ständchen (S. 487) on a melody provided by Count Festetics. In 1856, Festetics published his designs for a theatre (British Library collection).
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Who was Leó Festetics?
Hungarian patron of music and amateur composer, politician (1800-1884)
When was Leó Festetics born?
Leó Festetics was born on 8 October 1800 in Pécs.
When did Leó Festetics die?
Leó Festetics died on 15 November 1884 in Budapest.
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Leó Festetics was a composer, politician, theatre critic and theatre manager.
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Leó Festetics was Hungarian.
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