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Drinking Fellow / Zechergesang

Composer
Kodály Zoltán
Original / Hungarian title
Mulató gajd
Foreign language / English title
Drinking Fellow / Zechergesang
Year of composition
1917
Type
Male choir
Instrumentation
male choir
Duration
2 min
Text
anonymous 17th century poet
Language
Hungarian / English / German
Premiere information
Academy of Music, Large Hall, Budapest; Budai Dalárda (Choir of Buda), Sándor Szeghő (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition UE7445B (choral score, English), UE32364 (choral score, German, Hungarian);
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 6726
Recordings
Hungaroton LPX 11339
Remarks, other info
Translated by Leo Black (English), Bence Szabolcsi (German), Mátyás Seiber (English)