Márk Rózsavölgyi (born Mordecai ("Motke") Rosenthal, 1789 Balassagyarmat - 1848, Pest) was a Hungarian-Jewish composer and violinist. He was named "the father of czardas". 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Balassagyarmat is a city in Hungary. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pest (in Slovak Pešť, pron. ... The Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság) or Hungary (Magyarország) is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A violinist is an instrumentalist who plays the violin. ... Czardas or Csárdás (Hungarian csárdás, from csárda, a tavern, beer house) is a traditional Hungarian folk dance. ...

His son, Gyula founded a company with Norbert Grinzweil in 1850, which is still one of the largest music stores in Budapest and in Central Europe. Events January 4 - The first American ice-skating club is formed (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). ... See Budapest (band) for the British melancholic post-grunge band. ...

External links

• Rózsavölgyi.hu (http://www.rozsavolgyi.hu/) (only in Hungarian)