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

Horacian Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Horatiusi dalok
Foreign language / English title
Horacian Songs
Subtitle
For soprano, violin, cello and harpsichord
Year of composition
1966

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
S. - cemb. - vl., vlc.
Duration
8 min

Movements, parts
1. Ad sestium (Carminum I.4)
2. Ad Chloen (Carminum I.23)

Text
HORATIUS
Language
Latin
Premiere information
19 May 1968, Chamber Music Hall, National Philharmony, Budapest; Erika Sziklay (S.), József Sepsey (vl.), László Mező (vlc.), János Sebestyén (cemb.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Based on poems by Quintus Horatius Flaccus