Zoltán Göncz

Zoltán Göncz (born July 23, 1958 in Budapest) is a Hungarian composer who often applies archaic forms (canon, passacaglia) and complex structures in his compositions.

He graduated from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in 1980. He was music editor at the National Philharmonic Agency between 1983 and 1997, then worked in the same capacity with the musical ensembles of the Hungarian Radio from 1997 to 2008. Since 2008 he has been researcher and lecturer at the Department of Hymnology of John Wesley Theological College in Budapest.

He has dealt intensively with musicology for decades.

Awards and distinctions

For his strenuous work in the field of familiarizing and propagating contemporary Hungarian music he was awarded with the Artisjus-Prize twice (1994, 2006). For his outstanding achievements in international Bach research and the book entitled Bach testamentuma [Bach’s Testament] he has been decorated with the Silver Cross of Distinction of the Hungarian Republic in 2009.

Works and completions
  • “…i rinoceronti del nero cosmo…” – omaggio a Dino Buzzati – for brass quintet (1985–86)
  • Great canon (Canon perpetuus per tonos et semitonium in contrario motu) – for orchestra (1987–88)
  • J. S. Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 562 (completion: 1989) (see external links)
  • J. S. Bach: Contrapunctus XIV (Quadruple fugue) from The Art of Fugue (reconstruction and completion: 1990–92) (the score published by Carus-Verlag [CV 18.018] in 2006) (see external links)
  • Whirl, Palimpsest, Pentium – 3 algorithmic studies for 2 pianos (1996) (see external links)
  • Canon gradus a 12 (per tonos, in contrario motu, per arsin et thesin) ad honorem J. S. – for mixed choir to a poem “Ten stairs” by Sándor Weöres (2005)
  • J. S. Bach: O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid! – chorale prelude (fragment from the Orgelbüchlein – BWV Anhang 200) (completion: 2011) (see external links)
  • J. S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 190/1 (reconstruction) Early Music Vol. 47/4, November 2019, Online Appendix

Publications
  • "The Permutational Matrix in J. S. Bach’s Art of Fugue," Studia Musicologica Vol. 33, 1991, 109–119.
  • "Reconstruction of the Final Contrapunctus of The Art of Fugue," International Journal of Musicology Vol. 5, 1997, 25–93. ISBN 3-631-49809-8; Vol. 6, 1998, 103–119. ISBN 3-631-33413-3 (in Hungarian: "A fúga művészete zárócontrapunctusának rekonstrukciója," Bach Tanulmányok 2, 1993)
  • Bach testamentuma [Bach’s testament], Budapest, Gramofon könyvek, 2009 ISBN 978-963-86157-5-6
  • "The Sacred Codes of the Six-Part Ricercar," Bach. The Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute Vol. 42/1 (2011), 46–69. (see external links) (in Hungarian: "A hatszólamú ricercar szakrális kódjai," Magyar Zene 2011/1, 17–37.)
  • Bach's Testament. On the Philosophical and Theological Background of the Art of Fugue. Contextual Bach Studies 4, Scarecrow Press, 2013 ISBN 978-0-8108-8447-2 (see external links)
  • "In search of the lost parts of Bach’s cantata Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (BWV190)" Early Music Vol. 47/4, November 2019, 515–532.
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gollark: That's basically what I said (the extra volume of halloween stuff mucks up the ratios).
gollark: Any opinions on my theory of what's going on with the pricing? Basically, I said that if extra dragons are introduced to the total but not the rest of the system (golds, whatever else), then rarer stuff's ratios will be affected more than common stuff, so the gold pricing goes crazy and nebulae stay the same.
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gollark: My theory of what's up, copied from the forum thread:If many new eggs are being introduced to the system, then that will most affect the stuff which is rarest, by making it rarer by comparison, but commons will stay the same. As for why it happened now? Weekly updates, possibly.Example:Imagine there are 200 dragons, 5 of which are golds.The ratio of golds to total dragons is now 5:200 = 1:40. If the target ratio is 1:50 then prices will be higher to compensate.Now imagine there are an extra 200 dragons added, none of which are golds.The ratio would then be 5:400 = 1:80. Then, assuming the same target, prices will drop.This is of course simplified, and the ratios may not work like this, but this matches observed behavior pretty well.
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