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

Solomon´s Song of Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Salamon Énekek Éneke
Foreign language / English title
Solomon´s Song of Songs
Subtitle
Oratory for mezzo-soprano and tenor solo, mixed choir and orchestra, in five songs
Year of composition
1994

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
Ms. (Bride), T. (Bridegroom) - mixed choir (S-Ms-Ca-T-Bar-B) - 2 rec., 2 fl., 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb. - 4 timp. - string orchestra I: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb. - strings orchestra II: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.)
Duration
70 min

Movements, parts
1. Invokáció / Invocation
2. Első ének / First song
3. Második ének / Second song
4. Harmadik ének / Third song
5. Negyedik ének / Fourth song
6. Ötödik ének / Fifth song

Text
biblical
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
MS - Copyright 1994/2006 by Tamás Beischer-Matyó
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 1994, revised: 2006

Biblical text, translated by Gáspár Károli