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

Vita poetae / The Poet´s Life


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Vita poetae / A költő élete
Foreign language / English title
Vita poetae / The Poet´s Life
Subtitle
Cantata for mezzo-soprano solo, 3 male voices, mixed choir and 16 instruments
Year of composition
1976

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
Ms. solo, 3 male voice - mixed choir - fl. (anche picc.), ob. (anche c.ing.), cl., fg. - 2 cor., tr., trb. - perc. (2 esec.) - arpa, pf. - vl. solo, vla. solo, vlc. solo, cb. solo
Duration
30 min

Movements, parts
1. Studia
2. Amores
3. Amicitiá
4. Mors matris
5. Vita aulica
6. Mors poëtae

Text
PANNONIUS, Janus; MEDICI, Lorenzo de
Language
Latin / Italian
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1978, Z. 10 216(score)

Editio Musica Budapest (performance material on hire, piano reduction)
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Remarks, other info
In latin by Janus pannonius and in Italian by Lorenzo di Medici

See also: Panegyricus