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

Fiery March, Op. 28


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
A Tűz Márciusa, Op. 28
Foreign language / English title
Fiery March, Op. 28
Subtitle
Oratorio
Year of composition
1959

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., A., T., Bar., B. - mixed choir - children´s choir - 2 pf., org. - orchestra - narrator
Duration
65 min

Movements, parts
1. Előjáték - A holnap elébe / Prelude - Before Tomorrow
2. Az Isten harsonája / The Lord´s Trombone
3. Álmodik a nyomor / Destitution Is Dreaming
4. Csatakép / A Picture of a Battle
5. Új várak / New Castles
6. Véres panorámák tavaszán / In the Spring of Bloody Sights
7. Piros gyász / Red Mourning
8. A tűz márciusa / Fiery March

Text
ADY, Endre
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Hungarian Radio
Premiere information
July 1959, Hungarian Radio, Budapest
Publisher / Source
Legend Art Publishing
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Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Endre Ady

Composed: 1958 - 1959