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

Music of Seasons, Op. 18


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Évszakok zenéje, Op. 18
Foreign language / English title
Music of Seasons, Op. 18
Subtitle
For three-part female choir
Year of composition
1967

Type
Female choir
Instrumentation
female choir (S-Ms-A)
Duration
0 min

Movements, parts
1. Téli tanács magamnak / Winter Advice for Myself
2. Március / March
3. Esőcseppek / Raindrops
4. Gyilkos Apolló / Killer Apollo
5. Éjjeli zene / Night Music
6. Őszvégi kicsi dal / Little Song at the End of Autumn
7. Epilógus / Epilog

Text
ÁPRILY, Lajos
Language
Hungarian / German
Premiere information
16 October 1968, Budapest, Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Hungarian Radio and Television Female Choir
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1970, Z. 5909
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX 11764, 1977 - Zoltán Kodály Female Choir, Ilona Andor (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 I. Winter Advice for Myself
2 II. March
3 III. Raindrops
4 IV. Killer Apollo
5 V. Night Music
6 VI. Little Song at the End of Autumn
7 VII. Epilog
Remarks, other info
Based on poems by Lajos Áprily

German translation by Imre Ormay