"Petöfi" by Josef Pecsi is a spirited ouverture, named after the Hungarian national hero Sandor Petöfi. The composer created a tribute to his adopted country Hungary.
Sandor Petöfi, actually Alexander Petrovics, was born 1st January 1823 in Kiskörös. He was a poet and national hero in the Hungarian struggle for freedom in 1848. Since the fight at Schäburg on 31. July 1848 he is reported as missing and probably died on the battlefield as he predicted in many of his poems.