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Colindă-Baladă, Op. 46

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Colindă-Baladă, Op. 46
Foreign language / English title
Colindă-Baladă, Op. 46
Subtitle
For tenor solo, double mixed choir and chamber ensemble
Dedication
"...in amintirea profesorului nostru Felician Brinzeu..." [in memory of our professor, Felician Brînzeu]
Year of composition
2008
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & chamber ensemble
Instrumentation
T. solo - double mixed choir - cl., cl.b. - cor., tr., trb. - perc. (vibr., marimba, 3 bongo [medium-grave], ptti., ptto., camp., raganella, frusta) - strings: vla., vlc.
Duration
19 min
Text
Romanian colinda
Language
Romanian
Premiere information
29 March 2009, Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár), Romania; Ştefan Pop (T.), “Transilvania” Philharmonic Choir and Instrumental Ensemble, Cornel Groza (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest Ⓒ 2008, Z. 14668 (Performance material on hire, number K-119)
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 2006 - 2008

Based on a Romanian colinda text and melody collected by Béla Bartók