Ránki György. Sonata per pianoforte No. 3

Budapest: EMB, 1982. — 6 p.György Ránki's art is characterized by stylistic variety. His individual application of Hungarian folk music and the musical folklore of other nations is observable throughout his work. Ránki not only employed authentic folk melodies and musical idioms in his music but also pulled on jazz elements. In addition, he frequently took advantage of the power that quotation from the most diverse musical periods and styles has of creating atmosphere. Rich in ideas that are full of character, his compositions reveal surpassing mastery of his craft. His exceptional descriptive ability and his special feeling for the grotesque, the ironic and the exotic made him one of the most outstanding composers of his time for the theatre. Besides operas, incidental music for the theatre, oratorios and other vocal and instrumental compositions he also wrote numerous film scores.