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

The Angels and the Shepherds


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Angyalok és pásztorok
Foreign language / English title
The Angels and the Shepherds
Year of composition
1935

Type
Choir a cappella
Instrumentation
female choir or children´s choir
Duration
4 min

Text
Folk text(s)
Language
Hungarian / English / German
Premiere information
BBC London, UK; Boy´s Choir of St. Alban the Martyrs, Holborn; Zoltán Kodály (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition, UE10755; Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 14590; Z. 6724
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31291
Remarks, other info
English translation by Elisabeth M. Lockwood
German translation by Stephan Hoffmann