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Missa brevis (organ version)

Composer
Kodály Zoltán
Original / Hungarian title
Missa brevis (orgonás változat)
Foreign language / English title
Missa brevis (organ version)
Year of composition
1944
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s)
Instrumentation
3 S., A., T., B. solo - mixed choir - org.
Duration
32 min
Movements, parts
1. Introitus
2. Kyrie
3. Gloria
4. Credo
5. Sanctus
6. Benedictus
7. Agnus Dei
8. Ite missa est
Language
Latin
Premiere information
11th February 1945, lower cloakroom of Opera House Budapest; Júlia Orosz (S.), Lilan Birkás (S.), Lívia Dobay (S.), Mária Budanovits (Ms.), László Nagypál (T.), Imre Palló (Bar.), Oszkár Maleczky (Bar.), János Fodor (B.Bar.), Mihály Székely (B.), Gusztáv Oláh (arm.)
Publisher / Source
Magyar Kórus, Boosey and Hawkes