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

Danube Valley Garland


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Dunavölgyi koszorú
Foreign language / English title
Danube Valley Garland
Subtitle
For soprano and tenor soli, with orchestra accompaniment
Year of composition
1976

Type
Solo voice(s) with orchestra
Instrumentation
S., T. solo - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), ob., 2 cl., fg. - 2 cor., tr. - strings
Duration
15 min

Movements, parts
3 Slovak songs

1. Apenko, mamenko / Édesapám, anyám
2. Anicka mamila / Ancsurkám virágom
3. A ti pescanske divcence / Ingó, bingó rózsabimbó


3 Croatian songs

1. Kak places slavicek / Besírsz kicsiny madár
2. De pol noci bum te cakal / Ejtél tájig vártam terád
3. Zena ide nagoste / Asszonyt várja vendégség


3 Romanian songs

1. Auzi t´am joi la moara / Ha rákezdem a bús dalom
2. Deas st´i cantaca cucu / Hej, ha kakuk lehetnék
3. Zöld bokor a domb oldalán

Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Multilingual (Slovak, Croatian, Romanian) / Hungarian
Publisher / Source
MS by András Farkas (score & piano reduction)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton Classic HCD-32616, 2009 - Ilona Tokody (S.), Sándor Palcsó (T.), MR Symphony Orchestra, András Farkas (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Hungarian translation by István Raics, József Vulcanu and László Szabédi