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ABRANJI (Abranyi) Emil (p. 22 IX 1882, Budapest) - Hungarian composer and conductor. The son of the poet E. Abrani, the grandson of C. Abrani. From 1896 he studied at the Academy of Music. F. Liszt in X. Kösler (composition and organ) and I. Thoman (fp. ). Since 1902 he improved as a conductor with A. Nikisch in Leipzig. In 1904-07, the conductor of the City Theater in Cologne, in 1907-11 in Hanover. From 1911, conductor, from 1921-26 director of Gore. Theater in Budapest. In 1922 he organized the Budapest Symph. orchestra. In 1923-25 ​​he conducted a conducting course at the Higher School of Muses. art them. Liszt (former Academy of Music). He performed as a conductor in decomp. cities of Hungary (since 1942- in Szeged). In opera followed ch. arr. Wagnerian traditions (many of his operas are written in the libre. father). The author of the music-critical. articles.