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.

Search
New search
Title of the work

Fünf Lieder nach Arany / Five Songs on Poems by Arany

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Öt Arany-dal
Foreign language / English title
Fünf Lieder nach Arany / Five Songs on Poems by Arany
Subtitle
For soprano voice and piano
Year of composition
1952
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
voice, pf.
Duration
11 min
Movements, parts
1. Csalfa sugár (Trügerischer Sonnenstrahl / Treacherous Ray of Sunlight)
2. A legszebb virág (Die Schönste Blume / The Most Beautiful Flower)
3. A csendes dalokból (Aus den stillen Liedern / From the Quiet Songs)
4. A bujdosó (Der Verbannte / The Errant)
5. Az ördög elvitte a fináncot (Der Teufel nahm den Finanzbeamten mit / The Devil Has Taken away the Tax Man)
Text
ARANY, János; BURNS, Robert
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, ED 8686
Buy here!
Recordings
Sony 62311, 1997 - Rosemary Hardy (S.), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pf.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Treacherous Ray of Sunlight
2 2. The Most Beautiful Flower
3 4. The Errant
Remarks, other info
Based on poems and a translation by János Arany (Text of Movement 5 (The Devil Has Taken away the Tax Man) written by Robert Burns, Hungarian translation by János Arany
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
György Ligeti Edition 4 - Vocal Works Sony