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Title of the work

Cantata lirica - St. John´s Fountain

Composer
Farkas Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Cantata lirica - Szent János kútja
Foreign language / English title
Cantata lirica - St. John´s Fountain
Subtitle
For mixed choir and orchestra, on the poems by Jenő Dsida
Year of composition
1946
Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
mixed choir - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 3 cor., 2 tr., trb. - arpa, cel. - strings
Duration
21 min
Movements, parts
1. Andante
2. Emléke visszacsillog / Still fällt ein sanftes Leuchten
3. Élünk szép Violámmal / Komm Liebste
4. Elszállt szerelem illatától / Ich fühl versunkner Liebe Sehnen
5. Szép a világ / Schön ist die Welt
6. Emléke visszacsillog / Still fällt ein sanftes Leuchten
Text
DSIDA, Jenő
Language
Hungarian / German
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1959, Z. 1048 (pocket score)

Editio Musica Budapest, perfomance material on hire

Piano reduction by András Farkas (printed by the composter, © 1952)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31852, 1999 - Budapest Chorus, Hungarian State Orchestra, Miklós Forrai (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1945 - 1946

Piano reduction of No. 2, 4, 5 and 6 also in esperanto translated, MS by András Farkas

German translation by Anneliese Eulau-Felsenstein