His music, which is stylistically rooted in the Wagner-Strauss tradition, without renouncing elements of his own style, has largely fallen into oblivion today.
[1] Born in Budapest, Pászthory was the son of a senior government official of the Royal Curia, who came from an old Hungarian family.
After extensive travels, which took him all over Europe and as far as Asia Minor, he settled in Vienna, where he worked for many years as a teacher of cello at the Conservatory.
In addition, he took part in the musical life of his time, among other things, as accompanist for his songs on the piano and as conductor of his orchestral works.
[3] When Pászthory lost his home and belongings in Vienna as a result of the war events of 1945, he moved to Salzburg in 1950 after a long stay at Attersee, where he was mainly occupied with composition.