Leó Festetics, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leó Festetics

patron of music and amateur composer

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1800

Place of Birth: Pécs, Baranya County, Hungary

Date of Death: 15-Nov-1884

Profession: composer

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Count Leó Festetics de Tolna (8 October 1800, Pécs, Hungary – 15 November 1884), was a patron of music and an amateur composer, from a prominent Croatian Hungarian family, Festetics.He was a friend and correspondent of Franz Liszt, who dedicated to him his Hungarian Rhapsody No.
13 in A minor (1847, pub.
1853).
Liszt based his Spanisches Ständchen (S.
487) on a melody provided by Count Festetics.
In 1856, Festetics published his designs for a theatre (British Library collection).