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Title of the work

Farewell to a century Gone - oratorio on lines by 20th century Hungarian poets

Composer
Decsényi János
Original / Hungarian title
Búcsú egy tovatűnt évszázadtól - oratórium XX. századi magyar költők verssoraira
Foreign language / English title
Farewell to a century Gone - oratorio on lines by 20th century Hungarian poets
Dedication
to the memory of my tutors, Rezső Sugár, Endre Szervánszky
Year of composition
2001
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
Ms., T., B. solo - choir - children choir - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. - timp., perc. - 12 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 10 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
100 min
Movements, parts
Part 1.: I. Radetzky March; II. Between Two Wars; Part 2.: IV. One Sentence on Tyranny; V. 1956; VI. Somehow Still Not...; VII. The Last Decade
Text
ADY, Endre; BABITS, Mihály; ILLYÉS, Gyula; JÓZSEF, Attila; NAGY, László; ORBÁN, Ottó
Commissioned by
National Fund for Culture
Premiere information
2001, Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music
Remarks, other info
Oratorio