Tibor Ág, Obenau

* Bratislava, 13 Apr. 1928 – † Nagymegyer, 29 August 2013 / folk music collector, conductor, specialist writer ; ; He graduated from high school in his hometown and earned a degree in humanities from the Komenský University in Poznań. From 1953, he was a member and leader of various Slovak Hungarian folk art ensembles (Népes, Ifjú Szívek), later a folk music specialist of the Csemadok (1967), secretary of the Czechoslovak Hungarian Ethnographic Society (1969), and then until his retirement, a specialist referent at the Dunaszerdahely Municipal Cultural Center. ; Honorary President of the Slovak Hungarian Ethnographic Society (1989), Head of the Society's Folk Music Working Group (1993), Foreign Honorary Member of the Hungarian Ethnographic Society, Owner of the Kodály Memorial Medal. In recognition of his folk music research activities and role in the choral movement, the Ministry of National Heritage of the Republic of Hungary awarded him the Életfa Award (1995), and the Sándor Márai Foundation in Bratislava awarded him the Open Europe Award (1997). He also received the Posonium Literary Award (2001). ; – The most successful Hungarian folk music collector in Slovakia (he collected and partially processed more than 16,000 melodies!). His groundbreaking work Édesanyám rózsafája (Po. 1974) is of great importance. his collection of folk songs and his Slovak Hungarian ballads Vétéssek ki szóló szívem(Po. 1979). He publishes in Hungarian and Slovak professional journals and study volumes. His popularization writings have appeared in Hétben, Új Szób, Nőben. He has given popularization lectures on the Hungarian broadcast of the Slovak radio for several years. He is an outstanding figure and driving force of the Slovak Hungarian choral movement. ; ; Works: Dalolj vezelek, Po. 1953, 100 Slovak Hungarian folk songs, Po. 1957, Gyere velem – add távalás. Hágyományápoló cserkészek kényekéne, Dsz. 1992, Ki égyát iliet? Vélegátság épi közletek számátok támadóunk, Dsz. 1992, Vígan zengjetek, citorák. Csallóközi nativity scenes and mendicants, Dsz. 1992, Music of the Golden Garden. Csallóközi folk songs, Po. 1999, Sunlit by the sun. Folk songs of Eastern Slovakia, Dsz. 1999, Let's make a news bell. Folk ballads of the Nitra region, ibid. 2001, I have done nothing to the city of Nitra. Folk songs of the Nitra region, ibid. 2004 . ; ; Literature: "Stars, stars, shine beautifully". Studies to greet Tibor Ág on his 65th birthday (ed. Liszka J.), Komárom–Dsz. 1993, Ilona L. Juhász: List of Tibor Ág's publications on folk music.= In service. Folklore studies in honor of Tibor Ág's 70th birthday (ed. József Liszka), Dsz. 1998. ; ; L. J.