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.

Title of the work

Poème Symphonique


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Poème Symphonique
Foreign language / English title
Poème Symphonique
Subtitle
for 100 metronomes
Year of composition
1962

Type
Other
Instrumentation
100 metronome, 2 or more players with conductor
Duration
20 min

Premiere information
13 September 1963, Hilversum City Hall, Netherlands; György Ligeti (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, ED 8150
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Remarks, other info
Mechanical music

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Sony