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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.

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Volumina

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Volumina
Foreign language / English title
Volumina
Subtitle
For organ
Year of composition
1962
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
org.
Duration
16 min
Premiere information
Tape recording: 4 May 1962, Radio "pro musica nova", Bremen; Karl-Erik Welin (org.)

In concert: 10 May 1962, Westerkerk, Amsterdam; Karl-Erik Welin (org.) - [Registration: Giuseppe Giorgio, Englert Nilsson, Leo Nilsson]

17 October 1971, Grand Hall, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Gábor Lehotka (org.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
Ⓒ 1967 by Henry Litolff´s Verlag, Published by Edition Peters, EP 5983 (German version), EP 5983a (English version)
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 1961-1962, revised: 1966
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
György Ligeti Edition 6 - Keyboard Works Sony
Ligeti, György: Aventures Deutsche Grammophon
Ligeti, György: Continuum; Pieces (10) for Wind Quintet; Artikulation; Glissandi; Study for Organ no 1 "Harmonies"; Volumina Wergo
BIS Records
Deutsche Grammophon
Wergo
Vox Box