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

Panegyricus


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Panegyricus
Foreign language / English title
Panegyricus
Subtitle
Scenic play in 3 acts for soprano solo, 3 male voices, choir, actors, dancers and orchestra
Year of composition
1972

Type
Stage work
Instrumentation
S. solo, 3 male voices - choir - picc., c.ing., cl., fg. - 2 cor., tr., trb. - timp., perc. - arpa, pf. - strings: vl., vla., vlc., cb. (tutti, soli)
Duration
160 min

Text
PANNONIUS, Janus - GYÁRFÁS, Miklós - MEDICI, Lorenzo de
Language
Hungarian / Latin / Italian
Commissioned by
City of Pécs for the 5th Centenary of Janus Pannonius´death
Premiere information
1972, National Theatre of Pécs, Hungary; Tamás Breitner (cond.), Imre Eck (choreography)
Publisher / Source
MS by András Farkas (score & piano reduction)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1971 - 1972

See also: Vita poetae - Cantata