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Title of the work

Four Songs / Vier Lieder

Composer
Kodály Zoltán
Original / Hungarian title
Négy dal
Foreign language / English title
Four Songs / Vier Lieder
Subtitle
For vocie and piano
Year of composition
1907
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
voice, pf.
Duration
12 min
Movements, parts
1. Haja, haja / Dorfszene
2. Nausikaa
3. Mezei dal / Lied auf der Wiese
4. Fáj a szívem / Schwer und Trostlos
Text
ARANY, János; BÁLINT, A.; MÓRICZ, Zsigmond
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32555-56, 2007 - Andrea Meláth (Ms.), Anna Korondi (S.), Szabolcs Brickner (T.), Gyula Orendt (Bar.), Emese Virág (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Based on poems by János Arany and Aranka Bálint, and on texts by Zsigmond Móricz

Revised in 1917