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

The Ant and the Cricket / La Cigale et la Fourmi


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
A tücsök és a hangya
Foreign language / English title
The Ant and the Cricket / La Cigale et la Fourmi
Subtitle
For mezzo soprano, four-part mixed choir and four guitars or piano
Year of composition
1977

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s)
Instrumentation
Ms. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 4 chit. or pf.
Duration
4 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
LA FONTAINE, Jean de; KOSZTOLÁNYI, Dezső
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
MS by András Farkas
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Remarks, other info
See also the original version:
La Cigale et la Fourmi

Hungarian translation by Dezső Kosztolányi