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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.

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Title of the work

S. K. Remembrance Noise, Op. 12 / S. K. Erinnerungsgerausch, Op. 12

Composer

Kurtág György

Original / Hungarian title

Eszká emlékzaj, Op. 12

Foreign language / English title

S. K. Remembrance Noise, Op. 12 / S. K. Erinnerungsgerausch, Op. 12

Subtitle

Seven songs to poems by Dezső Tandori for soprano voice and violin, in Hungarian

Dedication

to Lajos Bárdos

Year of composition

1975

Type

Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)

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Instrumentation

S., vl.

Duration

8 min

Movements, parts

1. A damaszkuszi út / Road to Damascus
2. Kant-emlékzaj / Kant-Remembrance Noise
3. Két sor a "Tekercs"-ből (első-utolsó) / Two Lines from "Tape"
4. Kavafisz-haiku / Kavafis-haiku
5. Hogy ki ne jöjjünk a gyakorlatból / So that we never get out of practice
6. A puszta létige szomorúsága / The sadness of the bare copula
7. Les Adieux

Text

TANDORI, Dezső

Language

Hungarian

Premiere information

28 December 1976, Budapest; Júlia Pászthy (S.), András Ligeti (vl.)

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Recordings

COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870, 1994 (movement no.7); HUNGAROTON HCD 31576, 1994
Video recording, 17 April 2021 at BMC Library; Anna Molnár (Ms.), Éva Osztrosits (vl.)(Available on youtube.com)

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1 1. Road to Damascus