Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Bird Call


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Madárhívogató
Foreign language / English title
Bird Call
Subtitle
Four-part canon for children´s choir or female choir
Dedication
In memoriam Zoltán Kodály
Year of composition
1982

Type
Children's choir
Instrumentation
children´s choir (or female choir)
Duration
7 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
WEÖRES, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
13 March 1983, Budapest; Schola Hungarica, László Dobszay (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1982, Z. 12345
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Recordings
Hungarian Radio - Győr Maiden Choir, Miklós Szabó (cond.) (Available at nava.hu)
1 min. sample
1 Bird Call
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Sándor Weöres

Prize winner in 1982 at the Zoltán Kodály Memorial Choral Competition

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Hungaroton