of Hungarian folk music, he is not seen to draw on folk traditions in the way that Bartók or Kodály do. Some characterize his style as traditional mainstream Euro-Germanic in the Brahmsian manner (structurally more than in the way the music actually sounds) rather than specifically Hungarian, while others hear very little of Brahms in his music. The very best of his works may be his Serenade in C major for string trio, Op. 10 (1902) and Variations on a Nursery Tune for piano and orchestra, Op. 25 (1914). His Second symphony is a major work which he composed during the Second World War. It is uncharacteristically sombre, notably in the third movement, which is grotesque and dissonant. Stage Der Schleier der Pierrette (The Veil of Pierrette), Mime in three parts (Libretto after Arthur Schnitzler), Op. 18 (1909) Tante Simona (Aunt Simona), Comic Opera in one act (Libretto by Victor Heindl), Op. 20 (1912) A vajda tornya (The Tower of the Voivod), Romantic Opera in three acts (Libretto by Viktor Lányi, after Hans Heinz Ewers and Marc Henry), Op. 30 (1922) A tenor (The Tenor), Comic Opera in three acts (Libretto by Ernő Góth and Carl Sternheim, after Bürger Schippel by Carl Sternheim), Op. 34 (1927) Choral Szegedi mise (Szeged Mass, also Missa in Dedicatione Ecclesiae), Op. 35 (1930) Cantus vitae, Symphonic Cantata, Op. 38 (1941) Stabat mater, Op. 46 (1953) Orchestral Symphony in F major (1896, unpublished) - Hungarian King's Prize in 1897 Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 9 (1901) Suite in F-sharp minor, Op. 19 (1909) Ünnepi nyitány (Festival Overture), Op. 31 (1923) Ruralia hungarica (based on Hungarian folk tunes), Op. 32b (1924) Szimfonikus percek (Symphonic Minutes), Op. 36 (1933) Symphony No. 2 in E major, Op. 40 (1945, revised 1954-7) American Rhapsody, Op. 47 (1953) Solo instrument and orchestra Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 5 (1898) (the opening theme was inspired by Brahms's Symphony No. 1) Konzertstück (Concertpiece) in D major for cello and orchestra, Op. 12 (1904) Variations on a Nursery Tune (Variationen über ein Kinderlied) for piano and orchestra, Op. 25 (1914) Violin Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 27 (1915) Piano Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 42 (1947) Violin Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 43 (1950) Concertino for harp and chamber orchestra, Op. 45 (1952) Chamber and instrumental String Quartet in D minor, 1893