Jagamas, János ( b Dej , June 8, 1913; d Cluj-Napoca , Sept 15, 1997 ). Romanian-Hungarian musicologist and composer. After studying composition at the conservatory in Cluj (now Cluj-Napoca) ( 1936–40 ) he studied under Albert Siklós and János Viski at the Budapest Academy of Music and was a folk music research pupil of Kodály ( 1941–2 ). In 1948 he became director of the Cluj Conservatory and subsequently held posts as fellow ( 1949–60 ) and director ( 1956–8 ) of the Cluj section of the Folklore Institute, senior fellow at the Hungarian Arts
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Jagamas, János
András Benkő
revised by Ferenc László
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Almási, István
Ferenc László
Almási, István ( b Cluj [now Cluj-Napoca] , Dec 8, 1934 ). Romanian-Hungarian ethnomusicologist. He studied music education and choir direction under János Jagamas, Ferenc Major and István Nagy at the Cluj Academy of Music ( 1951–6 ). He joined the Folklore Archives of the Romanian Academy of Sciences ( 1957 ), initially as an assistant researcher, becoming researcher ( 1960 ) and senior researcher ( 1970 ). He took the doctorate in 1989 at the Academy of Music under Romeo Ghircoiaşiu, with a dissertation on the early stages of Hungarian folk music
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Angi, Ştefan
Gabriel Banciu and Cristina Şuteu
Romanian music aesthetician and musicologist. He is considered the founder of musical aesthetics in Romania. Ştefan Angi studied at Cluj-Napoca Conservatory ( 1953–8 ) where his teachers included Márkos Albert (music theory), Jodál Gabor (harmony), Max Eisikovits (counterpoint), Jagamas János (forms), Földes László (aesthetics), Lakatos István and Benkő András (music history), Zsurka Péter (violin), Ana Voileanu-Nicoară (chamber music), Antonin Ciolan (orchestral ensemble), and Szenik Ilona (folklore). He then studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University ( 1963–5
