Gabriel von Wayditch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gabriel von Wayditch

American-Hungarian composer

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1888

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 28-Jul-1969

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gabriel von Wayditch (28 December 1888, Budapest – 28 July 1969 New York City) was a Hungarian-American composer whose output consisted primarily of 14 grand operas. The son of Dr.
Aloysious (Lajos) von Wayditch von Verbovac (Verbovác), a nobleman and inventor who had taught physics at the University of Pécs, and Helena von Dönhoff, a Prussian baroness, Gabriel (Wayditch Gabor) was born in Budapest.
He studied piano, conducting, and composition at the National Hungarian Academy of Music (now the Franz Liszt Academy of Music) where his teachers included Franz Liszt's pupil Emil von Sauer and Hans von Koessler, who was also the teacher of composers Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Erno Dohnányi, and Emmerich Kálmán.