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Sotto voce No. 2

Composer
Lendvay Kamilló
Original / Hungarian title
Sotto voce No. 2
Foreign language / English title
Sotto voce No. 2
Subtitle
Chanson d´ automne / Autumn Chanson - For female choir
Year of composition
1979
Type
Female choir
Instrumentation
female choir (S-S-S-S-A-A-A-A)
Duration
7 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
VERLAINE, Paul; TÓTH, Árpád
Language
French / Hungarian
Commissioned by
City of Debrecen (Hungary) for the 9th Béla Bartók International Choir Competition 1980
Premiere information
1981, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Debrecen Female Choir, Zsolt Szesztay (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1980, Z. 8982
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1 Sotto voce No. 2
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Paul Verlaine

Hungarian tranlsation by Árpád Tóth

2nd Prize Winner of the BBC´s Competition in 1982