His Style

As we can see from the above, though he lived in the hectic 20th century his fundamental experience was the Hungarian folk music. Treating it in he embodies it with individual tone. His melodies, however, radiate the spirit of the folk songs even when they have nothing to do with their treatment. His chords are never atonal, since his life itself was harmonic as well, avantgarde is foreign to his nature. So they are for anyone to comprehend. He does not aim at light popularity, even musically educated listeners enjoy his works. His musical construction is often polyphonic, the form is always clear. In this respect he was highly influenced by the great forefather, J. S. Bach. Those who become profoundly familiar with Bojtár's compositions realise that he has a recognisably individual style. It is due to his musical sincerity with which he insisted on his own ideas not submitting to the tempting tendencies of shallow populatity or musical aristocratism.