Pál Budai

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Pál Budai
Born1906 (1906)
Died1944 (1945) or 1945 (1946) (aged 37-39)
Occupation(s)Composer, hazzan

Pál Budai (1906 – 1944 or 1945) was a Hungarian Jewish composer. Budai was a Cantorial musician who also wrote music for Yiddish vaudeville productions. [1] His witty "Doll Doctor: Short Dances" for two pianos is featured on the 2008 album In Memoriam: Hungarian Composers, Victims Of The Holocaust . The piece was published in 1966 and is probably a four-hand reduction of theater orchestra scores.

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References

  1. Michael Haas Forbidden Music: The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis 0300154305 2013 Budai, Pal 273