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

Dirge for a Bull


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Bikasirató
Foreign language / English title
Dirge for a Bull
Subtitle
For tenor voice, mixed choir and symphiny orchestra
Year of composition
1975

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
T. - mixed choir - orchestra
Duration
21 min

Movements, parts
1. Lento
2. Allegretto
3. Maestoso

Text
DEVECSERI, Gábor
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
MS (Lost)
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31982, 2001 - Sándor Palcsó (T.), Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)
Hungaroton SLPX-12056, 1979 - Sándor Palcsó (T.), Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Gábor Devecseri