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

Csongor and Tünde - Suite, Op. 10b


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Csongor és Tünde - Szvit, Op. 10b
Foreign language / English title
Csongor and Tünde - Suite, Op. 10b
Subtitle
For orchestra and ad lib. female choir
Year of composition
1913

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb. - timp., perc. (campli., trg., tam-tam) - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb. - female choir ad lib.
Duration
24 min

Movements, parts
1. Éj / Night
2. Balga / Callow
3. Tündértánc / Fairy Dance
4. A bánkódó Tünde / The Grieving Tünde
5. Boszorkánykonyha / Witches´ Kitchen
6. Aranyalmafa / Golden Apple Tree

Premiere information
1915
Publisher / Source
Rózsavölgyi & Co. Budapest © 1937

Editio Musica Budapest © 1953, Z. 1005 (On rental)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31740, 1997 - North Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Miskolc, László Kovács (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 I. Night
2 II. Callow
3 III. Fairy Dance
4 IV. The Grieving Tünde
5 V. Witches´ Kitchen
6 VI. Golden Apple Tree
Remarks, other info
Composed after the play by Mihály Vörösmarty

Version as incidental music:
Csongor and Tünde, Op. 10

Balett version:
Csongor and Tünde, Op. 10

Version for the Sopianae Ballet Company, Pécs:
Csongor and Tünde, Op. 10c