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

Divertimento, Op. 20


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Divertimento, Op. 20
Foreign language / English title
Divertimento, Op. 20
Subtitle
Für Blechbläser und Schlagzeug / For brass and percussions
Year of composition
1976

Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
15
Instrumentation
2 cor., 6 tr., 3 trb., tuba - 4 timp., perc. (2 esec.: 2 tmb.picc., tmb.mlt., gr.c., ptto.gr., trg., ptp., marimba)
Duration
12 min

Movements, parts
1. Ziemlich flott und locker (... Gegenwart)
2. Gemütlich, doch auf der Lauer (...nächtliche Konfrontation...)
3. Rasch und gleichmässig, wie eine gut geölte Maschinerie (...das fernöstliche Räderwerk...)
4. Wieder flott und locker (...zurück in die Gegenwart...)

Premiere information
19 March 1976, Stephaniensaal, Graz; Brass Ensemble of the University of Music Graz, Hans Meister (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Doblinger - Musikhaus und Verlag, D. 06 641
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Recordings
Da Capo LP 7127 a/b, 1988 - Fanfare de Maasgalm, Elsloo; Jo Conjaerts (cond.) (Arrangement for Wind Band by Jo Conjaerts)
Crest Records, LP INC-81-3, 1981 - Brass Ensemble of the Graz College of Music, Department Oberschützen, Hans Meister (cond.)
F. Schulz, Freiburg-Tiengen, LP Nr. 48129/30, 1976 - Large Brass Ensemble of the Graz College of Music, Hans Meister (cond.)