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

Rhapsody


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Rapszódia
Foreign language / English title
Rhapsody
Subtitle
For orchestra
Year of composition
1979

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
3 fl. (II anche fl.a., III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (II. anche picc., III. anche cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr. (III. anche tr.picc.), 3 trb. (III. anche trb.b.), tuba - timp., perc. (3 esec. - gr.c., ptti.sosp., tam-tam, tmb.picc.s.c., tom-tom, flexaton, side drum, marimba, cas., 3 bongo, camp., campli.) - cel., 2 arpa, pf. - strings: 14 vl. 1, 14 vl. 2, 10 vla., 10 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
38 min

Movements, parts
I- II - III - IV

Premiere information
1980; Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio, György Lehel (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, D-3 (On rental) Z. 10238
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Recordings
Hungarian Radio
Remarks, other info
The last movement is identical with "Una Rapsodia Ungherese".