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Title of the work

Two Ballads, Op. 20

Composer
Szokolay Sándor
Original / Hungarian title
Két ballada, Op. 20
Foreign language / English title
Two Ballads, Op. 20
Subtitle
For mixed choir, two pianos and percussion
Year of composition
1957
Type
Choir and solo instrument(s)
Instrumentation
mixed choir - timp., perc. (3 esec.) - 2 pf. (anche cel.)
Duration
8 min
Movements, parts
1. Az elsorvadt erdő - Bolgár népballada / The Withered Forest - Bulgarian folk ballad
2. Mrile - Bantu ballada / Mrile - Bantu ballad
Text
Folk poetry
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 3939
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Recordings
Qualiton LPX-1166, 1963 - Choir of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, Lajos Dévai, Tibor Dévényi (pf.), Márton Göröncsér, Ferenc Petz, József Márton (perc.), Imre Csenki (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Hungarian translations by Géza Képes and Milán Füst