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Title of the work

Three Old Inscriptions Op. 25 / Drei alte Inschriften Op. 25

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Három régi felirat Op. 25
Foreign language / English title
Three Old Inscriptions Op. 25 / Drei alte Inschriften Op. 25
Subtitle
For soprano and piano, in Hungarian and German
Dedication
"19 February 1987: for Márta to our fourty years together"
Year of composition
1987
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
S., pf.
Duration
7 min
Movements, parts
1. Wijrag thudjad / Flower (János Gugelweit scripsit, 1490)
2. Székelymángorló, 1792 / Transylvanian Székely mangle, 1792 (In memoriam Bálint Endre)
3. Sírkereszt a Mecseknádasdi Temetőben (Epilógus Bakó Ilona Lélekmadárjához) / On a cross in the Cemetery at Mecseknádasd (An epilogue to Ilona Bakó´s Soulbird)
Text
Folk text(s)
Language
Hungarian / German
Premiere information
16 October 1988, Berlin; Adrienne Csengery (S.), Zoltán Kocsis (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1992, Z. 13 378
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Recordings
COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870, 1994 - Adrienne Csengery (S.), Zoltán Kocsis (pf.)
Remarks, other info
To a Hungarian folk text, words on a Transylvanian mangle and the epitaph of a young German girl in a Hungarian village cemetery, in Hungarian and German

Composed: 1986 - 1987
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Kurtág, György - Portraitkonzert - Salzburg, 10. 8. 1993. Col Legno