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 Joy Slips By


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Az öröm illan
Foreign language / English title
The Joy Slips By
Subtitle
For 4-part mixed choir, on the poems by Árpád Tóth
Dedication
to the Debrecen Kodály Choir and it´s conductor György Gulyás
Year of composition
1962

Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B)
Duration
9 min

Movements, parts
1. Az öröm illan / The joy slips by
2. Ez a nap is / This day too
3. Tavaszi Holdtölte / Springtime full moon

Text
TÓTH, Árpád
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest 1965, Z. 4135
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31853, 2000 - Ars Nova Vocal Ensemble, Katalin Kiss (cond.)