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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
Dedication
Márta Kurtág
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 (János Gugelweit scripsit, 1490)
2. Székelymángorló, 1792 (In memoriam Bálint Endre)
3. Sírkereszt a Mecseknádasdi Temetőben (Epilógus Bakó Ilona Lélekmadárjához)
Text
Folk text(s)
Language
German / Hungarian
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
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 - for soprano and piano, in Hungarian and German
 

Recordings

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