Aladar Szekacs

Aladar Szekacs was born on 21 July 1872 in Budapest (at that time Austria-Hungary, today Hungary). After school, he studied law at the University of Budapest as well as cello under David Popper at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. In the end, he decided to pursue a career in jurisprudence.
In 1894, Aladar Szekacs entered the Hungarian legal system as a judge. In 1912, he was appointed judge at the Higher Regional Court in Budapest, and in 1917 he became an administrative law judge, and in 1940 he was finally appointed president of the Administrative Court. In 1922, he was appointed a member of a Mixed Arbitral Tribunal operating under the provisions of the Treaty of Trianon. In addition, Aladar Szekacs published many articles on judicial topics in professional journals.
Besides his respected legal career, Aladar Szekacs also cultivated his musical passion. He composed over 50 works, mainly songs, some of which were published by the Budapest publishing house Rozsavölgyi. In 1926, Aladar Szekacs was sculpted by Janos Horvay together with his cello, a sign that the cellist and composer Aladar Szekacs held a significant position in the musical scene of Budapest at that time.
Aladar Szekacs died on 2 June 1940 in Budapest (Hungary).

In my possession is the autograph manuscript of the song "Van egy kis kek ruhas leany.." for voice and piano by Aladar Szekacs. The work sets a poem by Imretöl Farkas to music. My manuscript is not dated, but has the additional name "Dr. Veress Endrene" written on the title page together with the date "1908. szeptember". So the work dates from that year or earlier.