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Spinning Room (Lyrical play in oue act) / Spinnstude (Ein ungarisches Lebesbild aus Siebenbürgen

Composer
Kodály Zoltán
Original / Hungarian title
Székely fonó (Daljáték egy felvonásban)
Foreign language / English title
Spinning Room (Lyrical play in oue act) / Spinnstude (Ein ungarisches Lebesbild aus Siebenbürgen
Year of composition
1932
Type
Stage work
Instrumentation
S., 2 A., 2 T., Bar. - mixed choir - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb. - timp., perc. (4 esec. - gr.c., ptto., trg., tmb.picc., tambourine) - strings
Duration
80 min
Text
KODÁLY, Zoltán (on folk texts)
Language
Hungarian / English / German
Premiere information
24th April 1932, Hungarian Royal Opera House, Budapest;

Orchestra of Hungarian Royal Opera House
Gusztáv Oláh (set-costume)
János Cieplinsky (choreographer)
László Márkus (director)

Housewife - Mária Basilides (A.)
Lover - Imre Palló (Bar.)
A Youth - Endre Rösler (T.)
Neighbour - Mária Budanovits (Ca.)
A Girl - Anna Báthy (S.)
The Flea - Oszkár Maleczky (T.)

Vilmos Roubal (chorus master)
Sergio Failoni (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition, UE10033 (piano reduction - German, English, Hungarian), UE30992 (choral score - German, English, Hungarian); Performance material available
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Kodály, Zoltán: Spinning Room Qualiton