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

Hölderlin Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Hölderlin-dalok
Foreign language / English title
Hölderlin Songs
Dedication
To Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Year of composition
1980

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instr. and orch.
Instrumentation
S. solo - cemb. - chamber orchestra
Duration
0 min

Movements, parts
1. Abbitte / Könyörgés / Apology
2. Hälfte des Lebens / Az élet fele / Half of Life
3. Das Angenehme dieser Welt... / Örömét a világ... / The Pleasure of this World...

Text
HÖLDERLIN, Friedrich
Language
German
Premiere information
1981, Budapest; Júlia Pászthy (S.), Marosvásárhely Chamber Orchestra, Gyula Hamza (concert master)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungarian Radio Sound Archiv (Recorded 1987)
1 min. sample
1 1. Könyörgés
2 2. Az élet fele
3 3. Örömét a világ
Remarks, other info
Composed on the Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin