Dénes von Buday
Buday Dénes was a Hungarian composer, born in Budapest. He was a well known composer of both poems and music for films made between 1930 and 1950. Buday studied at the Academy of Music, which is today known as the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where his teacher, Hans von Koessler, held his lectures in German.
Work
Opera
Buday's only opera, the comedy Loreley, premiered in 1919 in Vienna.Operettas
Buday authored many operettas and musical comedies, which were shown on stage between 1916 and 1947.| Title | Year | Libretto, Co-author | Approximate English Translation |
| Fogadjuk! | 1916 | Imre Harmath | I'll Bet You That... |
| Teca meg akar halni | 1916 | Zsolt Harsányi | Teca Wants to Die |
| Menüett | 1917 | Imre Harmath | Minuet |
| A paradicsommadár | 1918 | Gyula Kőváry | The Bird of Paradise |
| A kék postakocsi | 1919 | László Szilágyi | The Blue Stage-Coach |
| Öt év után | 1919 | Gyula Kőváry | After Five Years |
| Csengődi harangok | 1924 | Zsolt Harsányi | The Bells of Csengőd |
| Pipafüst | 1924 | Elek Erdődy | Smoke of Pipe |
| Császárné! | 1924 | Andor Zsoldos | Empress |
| A haláltánc | 1926 | Imre Harmath | Dance Macabre |
| Ki a Tisza vizét issza | 1926 | Imre Harmath | Those Who Drink the Water of Tisza |
| Diákszerelem | 1927 | Ernő Andai, Ernő Innocent-Vince | Calf-love |
| Erdélyi diákok | 1929 | Ernő Andai, Ernő Innocent-Vince | Transylvanian Students |
| A csodahajó | 1935 | Dezső Kellér, Imre Harmath | The Wonder-boat |
| Sonja | 1936 | Dezső Kellér, Imre Harmath | Sonia |
| Csárdás | 1936 | László Szilágyi | Czardas |
| Szakítani nehéz dolog | 1936 | Mihály Szécsén, Kálmán Csathó | Hard to Break-away |
| Farsangi esküvő | 1939 | László Zalai Szalay | Wedding at Carnival |
| Három huszár | 1940 | László Szilágyi, Gyula Halász | Three Hussars |
| Csodatükör | 1941 | József Babay | Wonder Mirror |
| Fityfiritty | 1941 | Rudolf Halász | Immodest Gal |
| Egy boldog pesti nyár | 1943 | Mihály Eisemann, Szabolcs Fényes | A Happy Summer in Pest |
| A tábornokné | 1943 | Miklós Tóth, Kálmán Vándor | The Wife of the General |
| Meztelen lány | 1946 | Gábor Vaszary | Naked Girl |
| Három szegény szabólegény | 1947 | József Babay | Three Poor Young Tailors |