{"id":55,"date":"2022-08-11T15:36:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mischdesign.hu\/miklosimuzeum\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2023-03-25T08:27:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T08:27:27","slug":"adam-jeno-emlekhaz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/miklosimuzeum.hu\/en\/adam-jeno-emlekhaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Jen\u0151 \u00c1d\u00e1m Memorial House"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jen\u0151 \u00c1d\u00e1m was born in Szigetszentmikl\u00f3s and became a well-known music educator, composer, and conductor throughout the country. He was born in 1896 and, after obtaining his teaching degree, was sent to the Eastern Front during World War I. He was captured and sent to Siberia, where he escaped and made his way back to Hungary through a series of adventures. Upon his return, he enrolled in the Hungarian Music Academy (today Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music), where he became a teacher until his retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning of his career, Jen\u0151 \u00c1d\u00e1m achieved success as a composer. His works were created in the spirit of Hungarian folk music, as initiated by Bart\u00f3k and Kod\u00e1ly. He achieved great success with his musical play, 'Hungarian Christmas,' and also wrote full-length musical plays, string quartets, orchestral suites, and choral works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1930s, he embarked on a major project with Kod\u00e1ly to popularize Hungarian folk songs through radio broadcasts. In the program, in addition to folk songs, he taught students his own arrangements, which resulted in songbooks such as 'Sz\u00e1ll az \u00e9nek' and 'K\u00e9t sz\u00e1l p\u00fcnk\u00f6sdr\u00f3zsa.'<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1933, he completed Felix Weingartner's conductor school and began to work as a conductor. He achieved his first major success with Handel's oratorio 'Saul' and later conducted many baroque oratorios. As a conductor, he formed and led the male choir of the Music Academy for 20 years, was the choir director of the 'Budai Dal\u00e1rda', and successfully led the 'M\u00c1V Testv\u00e9ris\u00e9g' Male Choir and the Ferenc Liszt Choir both in Hungary and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, his greatest successes were achieved as a teacher. Encouraged by Kod\u00e1ly, in 1942 he wrote his fundamental work, 'Methodical Teaching of Singing Based on Relative Solmization.' At the same time, his school textbooks based on the new method were first published, the 'Sz\u00f3-Mi' booklets and then the '\u00c9nekesk\u00f6nyv' textbook series. He designed the booklets and textbooks himself down to the smallest details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He loved teaching passionately and wanted to make folk songs known and cherished by the entire Hungarian nation - that's why he not only taught at home but also visited Hungarian communities around the world, and traveled to about fifty Hungarian-populated settlements across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Memorial House<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The building is a farmer's house built at the end of the 19th century, and it fits into the old cityscape of \u00c1rp\u00e1d Street in style. The building was inaugurated as the \u00c1d\u00e1m Jen\u0151 Memorial House on October 5, 1979, and \u00c1d\u00e1m Jen\u0151 himself was present at the inauguration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon entering the house, \u00c1d\u00e1m Jen\u0151's study can be found behind the door on the right side. The furnishings in the room come from the composer's apartment from Buda and are displayed in their original form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the entrance room and the next room facing the street, visitors can view the tangible mementos and documents of the music educator's career, as well as listen to some of his works and excerpts from his radio programs. In the room facing the street, \u00c1d\u00e1m Jen\u0151's piano is displayed alongside several paintings. The room, furnished with chairs, is used for small chamber performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n