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Title of the work

Sieben Gesänge, Op. 6 / Seven Songs, Op. 6

Composer
Kodály Zoltán
Original / Hungarian title
Megkésett melódiák, Op. 6
Foreign language / English title
Sieben Gesänge, Op. 6 / Seven Songs, Op. 6
Subtitle
For voice and piano
Year of composition
1916
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
voice, pf.
Duration
29 min
Movements, parts
1. Magányosság / Einsamkeit
2. Levéltöredék barátnémhoz / Brieffragment an die Freundin
4. A tavasz / Der Frühling
5. Búsan csörög a lomb / Braust der traurige Wald
6. Elfojtódás / Tränenlos
7. A farsang búcsúszavai / Faschings Abschied
Text
BERZSENYI, Dániel; KÖLCSEY, Ferenc; CSOKONAI, Vitéz Mihály
Language
Hungarian / German
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1955, Z. 1841
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32555-56, 2007 - István Kovács (B.), Gyula Orendt (Bar.), Szabolcs Brickner (T.), Jenő Jandó (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Based on poems by Dániel Berzsenyi, Ferenc Kölcsey and Mihály Vitéz Csokonay

German translation by Bence Szabolcsi