Gabor Urban

Gabor Urban was born on 12 July 1901 in Csanadapaca (Hungary). He studied music in Cluj-Napoca under Bela Sztanko and Jozsef Bahnert and finished in 1919. Then he chose a career as a teacher and continued studies to become a singing teacher. Gabor Urban then moved to Mako where he taught at the local girls' school from 1927 to 1948. He then moved to Kenderes where he taught in a similar position.
Beside his teaching career Gabor Urban also made his name as a composer. Among his compositions are operas, the symphony "Martyr", other orchestral works, chamber music, songs and works for chorus. Gabor Urban also wrote the book "Hangzatok világa" (A world of sounds).
Gabor Urban died on 14 December 1984 in Budapest (Hungary).

In my possession are the autographs of the two operas of Gabor Urban:

1) Erzsebet kiralyne

The opera "Erzsebet kiralyne" was composed in 1934. The opera deals about the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the texts were taken from the Hungarian translations of the books "Meine Vergangenheit" by Countess Marie Louise Larisch-Wallersee and "Elisabeth, Kaiserin von Österreich, Königin von Ungarn, die Leidgekrönte" by Pal Gerhard Zeidler. The opera consists of 4 acts and 8 scenes. My manuscript is the piano reduction with a total of 364 pages.

2) Zora

The opera "Zora" was composed between 1936 and 1940. The opera treats of Zora, the daughter of a sheik and has an oriental setting. In this case the libretto was also written by Gabor Urban. My manuscript is the full score with a total of 521 pages.