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Canti Ceremissi / Cheremis Folk Songs

Composer
Veress Sándor
Original / Hungarian title
Canti ceremissi / Cseremisz népdalok
Foreign language / English title
Canti Ceremissi / Cheremis Folk Songs
Subtitle
Per voce con accompagnamento di pianoforte / For voice and piano accompaniment
Year of composition
1945
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
S., pf.
Duration
9 min
Movements, parts
1. Mit nézitek a derekam? / Why do you stare...
2. Utca, utca, miért vagy... / Tell me, little road...
3. Miért is hoztál világra? / Why did you ever bear me...
4. Árok partján lenvirág... / Flax by the side of the roads...
5. Elvisszük a fenyőt... / We take the pinetree down...
6. Apátlan gyermeket... / No one loves a fatherless child...
7. Mentem, mentem... / I was walking...
8. Játszik a lány... / Girls have a while to play...
9. Szép muzsika ez, táncra hív... / Hark how the fiddlesticks...
Text
Folk text(s)
Language
Hungarian / English / German
Premiere information
1946, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Erzsébet Török (S.), Sándor Veress (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano, 5078
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32013, 2003 - Katalin Halmai (Ms.), Dénes Várjon (pf.)