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

Commendation / Widmung


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Ajánlás / Widmung
Foreign language / English title
Commendation / Widmung
Subtitle
For 12 voices
Year of composition
1989

Type
Vocal ensemble
Number of players
12
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-S-S-S-A-A-A-T-T-T-B-B)
Duration
8 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
SCHÖNBERG, Arnold
Language
German
Premiere information
10 November 1989, Budapest; Tomkins Vocal Ensemble, János Dobra (chorus master), Zsolt Serei (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 14543
Remarks, other info
Based on a sentence by Arnold Schönberg: "Möge ihnen diese Stille klingen" ["Should this silence speak to them" / "Szólaljon meg nékik ez a csend"]