Mátyás Seiber

composition, cello, piano · 1905–1960 · Budapest

Composer born in Budapest in 1905, who settled in the United Kingdom in 1935 and died in 1960 in a car accident in Kruger National Park. His music blends Hungarian traditions, serialism, jazz and light music.

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Styles

• Third stream
• British jazz

Landmark tracks

• Two Jazzolettes (1929)
• Improvisations for Jazz Band and Orchestra (1959)

Sources

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