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

The Rooster and the Fox


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
A kakas és a róka
Foreign language / English title
The Rooster and the Fox
Subtitle
For mezzo-soprano and piano
Year of composition
1993

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
Ms., pf.
Duration
6 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
LA FONTAINE, Jean de
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
18 March 1993, Concert Hall, Old Academy of Music, Budapest; Andrea Szántó (Ms.), Tamás Beischer-Matyó (pf.) (Non-official premiere)

30 April 1999, Siklós Art ´99, Castel Chapel, Siklós, Hungary; Tünde Estefán (A.), Tamás Beischer-Matyó (pf.) (Official premiere)
Publisher / Source
MS - Copyright 1993 by Tamás Beischer-Matyó
Available here!
Recordings
2017 - Tünde Estefán (A.), Dóra Bizják (pf.) (Available at www.beischermatyo.hu)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Jean de La Fontaine
Hungarian translation by Miklós Radnóti