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

Bösendorfer


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Bösendorfer
Foreign language / English title
Bösendorfer
Subtitle
Opera in One Act - Based on Ferenc Karinthy´s play "Bösendorfer"
Dedication
"to the memory of my granfather"
Year of composition
1991

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 S., Ms., Ca., T., character T., B.Bar., dramatic Bar. - fl. (anche picc.), cl. (anche cl.b.), fg. (anche cfg.) - tr. (anche crnt.) - timp., perc. (trg., xil., vibr., tambourine, conga, tmb.picc.c.c., gr.c., ptto.sosp.) - pf. - strings: vl., vla., vlc., cb.

Duration
110 min

Movements, parts
1. Bevezetés / Introduction
2. No.1 Az üzlet / No.1 The Business
3. Intermezzo I
4. No.2 A rendszer hatalma / No.2 Power of the Regime
5. Intermezzo II
6. No.3 Családi kötelékek / No.3 Family Ties
7. Intermezzo III
8. No.4 A szakértő / No.4 The Expert
9. Intermezzo IV
10. No.5 A kisasszony / No.5 The Lady
11. Intermezzo V
12. No.6 kétségbeesés árnyakat szül / No.6 Desperation Creates Demons
13. Intermezzo VI
14. No.7 A fennhéjázó inas / No.7 The Arrogant Butler
15. Intermezzo VII
16. No.8 A leleplezés / No.8 The Disclosure
17. Intermezzo VIII
18. No.9 A nagy vallomás / No.9 The Great Confession
19. Epilogue: The New Business

Text
KARINTHY, Ferenc
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
MS - Copyright 1998-2012 by Tamás Beischer-Matyó
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1 min. sample
1 1. Introduction
2 2. No. 1 The Business
3 4. No. 2 Power of the Regime
4 6. Family Ties
5 8. No. 4 The Expert
6 10. No. 5 The Lady
7 18. No. 9 The Great Confession
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1988-1991/2001/2005/2009/2011-2012