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

La musicien par lui-méme, en quatre masques, Op. 8 / Four Masked Self-Portraits, Op. 8


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Négy önarckép álarcban, Op. 8
Foreign language / English title
La musicien par lui-méme, en quatre masques, Op. 8 / Four Masked Self-Portraits, Op. 8
Subtitle
Suite for harpsichord
Year of composition
1958

Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
cemb.
Duration
9 min

Movements, parts
1. Toccata (Manuel de Falla)
2. Gavotte (Sergei Prokofiev)
3. Sarabande (Maurice Ravel)
4. Gigue

Premiere information
2 May 1971, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; János Sebestyén (cemb.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1967, Z. 5426
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Recordings
Qualiton LPX 1181, 1963 - János Sebestyén (cemb.)