Mihály Eisemann (1898–1966) was a Hungarian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

and conductor. He composed

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s and

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s. He was born in an area that after the

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became part of

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. He was one of a number of leading composers to produce

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songs supporting a Greater Hungary and the reverse of the country's territorial losses at the

Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon (; ; ; ), often referred to in Hungary as the Peace Dictate of Trianon or Dictate of Trianon, was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace Conference. It was signed on the one side by Hungary ...

.Zeidler p.228

Selected filmography

* '' Hyppolit, the Butler'' (1931) * '' Everyone Asks for Erika'' (1931) * '' The Soaring Maiden'' (1931) * '' The Ghost Train'' (1933) * '' Es flüstert die Liebe'' (1935) * '' The Minister's Friend'' (1939) * '' Wild Rose'' (1939) * '' Borrowed Husbands'' (1942)

References

Bibliography

*Gänzl, Kurt. ''The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre, Volume 1''. Schirmer Books, 1994. * Zeidler, Miklós . ''Ideas on Territorial Revision in Hungary, 1920-1945''. Social Science Monographs, 2008.

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* 1898 births 1966 deaths Hungarian composers People from West Bačka District Hungarian male composers Hungarian film score composers Hungarian male film score composers Hungarian operetta composers Hungarian male classical composers {{Hungary-composer-stub