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

Elegia per baritono, arpa e archi / Elegy for Bariton, Harp and String


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Elegia per baritono, arpa e archi / Elégia baritonra, hárfára és vonósokra
Foreign language / English title
Elegia per baritono, arpa e archi / Elegy for Bariton, Harp and String
Subtitle
Su testo di Walther von der Vogelweide / After the text by Walther von der Vogelweide
Year of composition
1964

Type
Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
Bar. solo - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
17 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
VOGELWEIDE, Walther von der
Language
German
Premiere information
2 March 1965, Bern, Switzerland; A. Loosli (Bar.), Bern Chamber Orchestra, H. Müller (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano, 6321 (pocket score on sale); 6320 (on hire)
Available here!
Recordings
MGB-6131 CD, 1997 - Claudio Danuser (Bar.), Miskolc North Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, János Mészáros (cond.)