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

Three Madrigals


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Három madrigál
Foreign language / English title
Three Madrigals
Subtitle
On poems by Francis Jammes and Gil Vincente and French folk poems, for five solo voices or chamber choir
Dedication
to the Gesualdo Quintet
Year of composition
1966

Type
Solo voice(s) a cappella
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
5 voice / chamber choir (S-S-A-T-B)
Duration
6 min

Movements, parts
1. Két harangvirág
2. Molnár alszol
3. Szerelmes ének

Text
JAMMES, Francis; VICENTE, Gil; French folk poems
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1967, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1980, Z. 8842
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Remarks, other info
Hungarian translations by György Rónay, Sándor Weöres and Zsuzsa Rab