Mihály Mosonyi -real name: Michael Brand- (04/09/1815 - 31/10/1870), a Hungarian composer. He was born in Boldogasszonyfalva, Hungary (now: Frauenkirchen / Austria) near the borders of Hungary into a German-speaking family and studied in Pozsony, the modern Bratislava. He spent the later part of his career, some thirty years, in Pest, where he taught the piano and composition, turning his own attention to the composition of truly Hungarian music, an aim in which he enjoyed considerable success. His many works include operas, sacred and secular vocal works, two symphonies and a quantity of piano music of Hungarian inspiration.