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.

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Title of the work

Seven Pieces for Piano Op. 11

Composer

Kodály Zoltán

Original / Hungarian title

Hét zongoradarab, Op. 11

Foreign language / English title

Seven Pieces for Piano Op. 11

Year of composition

1918

Type

Instrumental solo

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pf.

Duration

25 min

Movements, parts

1. Lento (1917)
2. Székely keserves / Székler Klage (1918)
3. Esik a városban / "il pleure dans mon cœur comme il pleut sur la ville" (Verlaine) (1910)
4. Sírfelirat / Grabinschrift (1918)
5. Tranquillo (1918)
6. Székely nóta / Székler Volkslied (1917)
7. Rubato (1917)

Premiere information

22 October 1922, Royal-Hall, Royal Hotel, Budapest; György Kósa (pf.) (Mov. III, VI and VII)

Publisher / Source

Universal Edition, UE6653, UED0665303
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Recordings

BMC CD 143, 2008 - Adrienne Krausz (pf.)

1 min. sample

1 Lento