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

Woe is Me / Ach, könnt´ ich sterben nur


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Meghalok, meghalok
Foreign language / English title
Woe is Me / Ach, könnt´ ich sterben nur
Year of composition
1957

Type
Female choir
Instrumentation
female choir (S., 3 A. solo)
Duration
4 min

Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian / English / German
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition, UE13630; Editio Musica Budapest Z. 6724
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 12948
Remarks, other info
Translated by Michael Dimi Calvocoressi (English), Emma Kodály (German)