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

Japanese Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Japán dalok
Foreign language / English title
Japanese Songs
Subtitle
Sketches for mezzo-soprano and string quartet
Dedication
to Tünde Estefán
Year of composition
1999

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
S. or Ms. - strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
11 min

Movements, parts
1. Tücsök / Cricket
2. Madár / Bird
3. Szüret / Harvest
4. Várakozás / Waiting
5. Tavavsz / Spring
6. Magasan / High
7. Nyomok / Traces
8. Fenyő / Pine
9. Emlékezés / Remembrance
10. Hullás / Falling
11. Búcsú / Farewell
12. Cseresznyefa / Cherry Tree
13. Tücsök / Cricket

Text
Folk song(s); Japanese poets
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
9 May 2004, Hangszemle, Óbudai Társaskör, Budapest; Kriszta Jónás (A.), Members of Ensemble Intermoduláció
Publisher / Source
MS - Copyright 1999 by Tamás Beischer-Matyó
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Remarks, other info
Hungarian translations by Dezső Kosztolányi