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Title of the work

A Desert March...

Composer
Csapó Gyula
Original / Hungarian title
Sivatagi induló...
Foreign language / English title
A Desert March...
Subtitle
For piano
Dedication
"to all victims of the 1991 war in Iraq and to those of the so-called new world order"
Year of composition
1993
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
35 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 2005, Z. 14430
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Recordings
Open Space OS CD 7 - Gusztáv Fenyő (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1991 - 1993, revised: 2018 - 2019

A Desert March is a protest march and a requiem for European musical culture. This seemingly endless march carries with it subdued or disfigured Western art music quotations (Brahms, Schubert, Beethoven, Bartók, Janácek, Satie). Iconic items such as Beethoven´s Ode to Joy (now the hymn of the European Union) and the United States national anthem appear in numerous, often distorted forms as if molten metal ransacked by the military machine of the relentless march. Yet this monumental work strives for a state of calm and ultimate balance.