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

For Love Wanders There


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Suhanj, szerelem!
Foreign language / English title
For Love Wanders There
Subtitle
Cantata for tenor solo, mixed choir and piano (or orchestra)
Dedication
to Ildikó Herboly
Year of composition
1961

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s)
Instrumentation
T. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - pf. [or orchestra: 2 fl., ob., 2 cl., fg. - 2 cor., tr. - perc. (2 esec.), timp., arpa - strings]
Duration
11 min

Movements, parts
1. Suhanj, szerelem! / For Love Wanders There
2. A kedvesért / For the Dear One
3. Szerenád / Serenade
4. Májusi szél / May Breeze
5. Suhanj, szerelem! / For Love Wanders There

Text
JOYCE, James
Language
Hungarian / English
Premiere information
1962, Liszt Ferenc Acdemy of Music, Budapest; (Movement I and II)

1969, Liszt Ferenc Acdemy of Music, Budapest; (Movement III and IV)
Publisher / Source
Folk Educational Institute (Népművelési Intézet) Ⓒ 1968
Recordings
Hungarian Radio
Remarks, other info
Based on the texts by James Joyce

Hungarian translation by Ágnes Gergely

Version for mixed choir and orchestra in 2007