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

Symphony No. 8


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
VIII. Szimfónia
Foreign language / English title
Symphony No. 8
Subtitle
For orchestra
Year of composition
1959

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 5 cl. (I anche cl. in Eb, V anche cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc.. - arpa, cel., pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
24 min

Movements, parts
1. Andantino triste - Allegretto
2. Allegro marcato - Andantino
3. Andante
4. Andante animato

Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1965, K-61 and Z. 4186
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31982, 2001 - Hungarian State Orchestra, Endre Kemény (cond.)
Qualiton SLPX-1297, 1968- Hungarian State Orchestra, Endre Kemény (cond.)