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

Cantata No. 1


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
I. Kantáta
Foreign language / English title
Cantata No. 1
Subtitle
For soprano voice, chamber choir and four instruments
Year of composition
1968

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s)
Instrumentation
S. - chamber choir (S-S-Ca-Ca-T-T-B-B) - fl., vl., cimb., pf.
Duration
18 min

Movements, parts
1. Az éjbe
2. Ablak az éjbe
3. Barbár dal

Text
WEÖRES, Sándor; MICHAUT, Henri
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1971, Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1983, Z. 12112
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Remarks, other info
Based on poems by Sándor Weöres and Henri Michaut
(Hungarian translation by Sándor Weöres)