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

The magic cupboard / Der Wunderschrank / L´armoire magique - Overture for Orchestra

Composer
Farkas Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
A bűvös szekrény - Nyitány zenekarra
Foreign language / English title
The magic cupboard / Der Wunderschrank / L´armoire magique - Overture for Orchestra
Year of composition
1942
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc., (vibr. ad lib.) - arpa, cel. - strings
Duration
6 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Publisher / Source
EMB + Universal (Performance material on hire)

EMB, Z. 4556 (pocket score)

Universal Edition, UE 13998 (pocket score)
Available here!
Recordings
Radio broadcast recording - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Concert overture from the opera: The Magic Cupboard