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

Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 2 / Four Piano Pieces, Op. 2


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 2 / Négy zongoradarab, Op. 2
Foreign language / English title
Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 2 / Four Piano Pieces, Op. 2
Year of composition
1897

Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
34 min

Movements, parts
I. Scherzo in Cis-Moll (C sharp minor)
II. Intermezzo in A-Moll (A minor)
III. Intermezzo in F-Moll (F minor)
IV. Capriccio in H-Moll (B minor)

Premiere information
Movement I.: 7 October 1897
Movement IV.: 2 December 1897, Vienna
Movement II.: 2 April 1898, Besztercebánya
Movement III.: 10 November 1898, London
Publisher / Source
Doblinger, Vienna, 1905
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Recordings
EMI ALP 1552, (1553), Ernő Dohnányi (pf.), 1958
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1896-1897