Jakab Gyula Major

1858–1925 (age 67)

Biography

Jakab Gyula Major (1858–1925) composed across genres, from operatic scenes to light pieces, always attentive to melody and the lyric impulse.

He guided students at conservatories and encouraged performers to cherish nuance, an enduring influence marked at Kozma Street Jewish Cemetery.

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