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Song about the City - "Cantus Urbis"

Composer
Ránki György
Original / Hungarian title
Ének a városról - "Cantus Urbis"
Foreign language / English title
Song about the City - "Cantus Urbis"
Subtitle
Oratorio on texts by Tibor Déry - For solo voices, organ, harpsichord, choir and chamber orchestra
Year of composition
1972
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
S., T., A., B. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - fl., c.ing., cl.b. - 6 or 12 timp. (2 or 4 esec.), perc. (1 esec. - tmb.picc., gr.c., ptto.sosp., gong, camp.) - org., cemb.el. - strings: 4 or 8 cb.
Duration
31 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
DÉRY, Tibor
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Budapest Municipal Council to mark the 100th anniversary of the unification of three towns (Pest, Buda, Óbuda) into the city of Budapest
Premiere information
18 October 1973, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1973, Z. 10167
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX 11699, 1974 - Margit László (S.), Márta Szirmay (A.), György Korondy (T.), Endre Ütő (B.), Kodály Choir Debrecen, György Gulyás (choir master), Gábor Lehotka (org.), János Sebestyén (cemb.), Hungarian State Orchestra, András Kórodi (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 I-VII.
2 VIII-IX.