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Live Transmission from Budapest Destroyed by the War - Oratorio

Composer
Hollós Máté
Original / Hungarian title
Egyenes adás a háború dúlta Budapestről - Oratórium
Foreign language / English title
Live Transmission from Budapest Destroyed by the War - Oratorio
Year of composition
1984
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S. solo - male choir - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., trb., arpa, 4 timp., perc. (1 esec. - gr.c., tmb.picc., ptto.gr., camp.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
1. Vérmező 1937, 1945 / Field of Blood 1937, 1945
2. Városliget / City Park
3. Múzeumkert / Museum Garden
4. Hazám vagy végre (You are My Home At Last...)
Text
TÓTH, Eszter; HOLLÓS KORVIN, Lajos
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Art Ensemble of the Hungarian Army
Premiere information
1984, Budapest
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest H-21
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Remarks, other info
Based on parts of the poem-cycle with the same title by Eszter Tóth and on parts of the poem "Hazám vagy végre..." / "You are My Home At Last..." by Lajos Hollós Korvin