László Lajtha (in Hungarian Lajtha László) (30 June 1892 – 16 February 1963) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor. Born in Budapest, Lajtha studied with Viktor Herzfeld in the Academy of Music in that city and then in Leipzig, Geneva and finally Paris where he was a pupil of Vincent d'Indy. Before the First World War, in collaboration with Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, he undertook the study and transcription of Hungarian folk song, heading up a project to produce a series of folk music recordings. Throughout the war he served at the front as an artillery … read more
László Lajtha (in Hungarian Lajtha László) (30 June 1892 – 16 February 1963) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor. Born in Budapest, Lajtha studied with Viktor Herzfeld in the Academy of Music in that city and then in Leipzig, Geneva and finally Paris where he was a pupil… read more
László Lajtha (in Hungarian Lajtha László) (30 June 1892 – 16 February 1963) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor. Born in Budapest, Lajtha studied with Viktor Herzfeld in the Academy of Music in that city and then in Leipzig, Geneva and finally Paris where he was a pupil of Vincent d'Indy. Before the First World War, in collaboration wi… read more
