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

Pimpalin´s Gown, Op. 24


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Pimpalin köpenye, Op. 24
Foreign language / English title
Pimpalin´s Gown, Op. 24
Year of composition
1998

Type
Ensemble
Number of players
7
Instrumentation
speaking voice - fl., fl. dolce, tr., perc. (tmb.picc.), pf., vl.
Duration
8 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
MOSONYI, Alíz
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Premiere information
1 March 1998, Budapest; Iván Fischer (speaker), Andor Lukács (mime), members of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, László Tihanyi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Remarks, other info
Musical play for speaking voice and six instruments, based on a tale by Alíz Mosonyi