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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.

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Symphony

Composer
Kodály Zoltán
Original / Hungarian title
Szimfónia
Foreign language / English title
Symphony
Year of composition
1961
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (trg., ptto.) - strings
Duration
30 min
Commissioned by
Luzern Festival Orchestra
Premiere information
16th August 1961, Luzern Festival, Luzern Festival Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Boosey & Hawkes