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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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Cantiones optimae

Composer
Farkas Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Cantiones optimae
Foreign language / English title
Cantiones optimae
Subtitle
For soprano voice and string orchestra
Type
Solo voice(s) with orchestra
Instrumentation
S. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
8 min
Movements, parts
1. Bàtoritàs a halàl ellen / Encouragement devant la mort
2. Könyörgés / Imploration
3. Màrià ének / Chant à Marie
4. O Jézus / Oh Jésus
Text
SZEPETNEKI, János; BALASSI, Bálint
Language
Hungarian / French
Publisher / Source
Kontrapunkt Music Ltd. K-0099, 2012
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Recordings
Live recording - Lilla Orosz (S.), András Farkas (cond.) (Available on ferencfarkas.org)
Remarks, other info
Based on old Hungarian sacred melodies

French translation by Françoise Farkas

See also:
Cantiones optimae - For Voice and Piano