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Witwe Pápai / Widow Pápai

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Pápainé
Foreign language / English title
Witwe Pápai / Widow Pápai
Subtitle
Mixed choir a capella
Year of composition
1953
Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B)
Duration
3 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
Hungarian folk ballad
Language
Hungarian / German / English
Premiere information
16 May 1967, Stockholm; Radio-Chamber Choir, Eric Ericsson (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, SKR 20018
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Recordings
EL 008 - Kammerchor Hortus Musicus Feldkirch, Gerhard Dallinger (cond.)
Sony 62 305, 1997 - London Sinfonietta Voices, Terry Edwards (cond.)
Note CAD 800 896 - Schola Cantorum Stuttgart, Clytus Gottwald (cond.)
DO-LA Studio Tape - ELTE Béla Bartók Choir, Gábor Baross (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Pápainé
Remarks, other info
Traditional Hungarian ballad

German edition: Hilger Schallehn, English version: Desmond Clayton
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
György Ligeti Edition 2 - A Cappella Choral Works Sony
Cadenza