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.

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Title of the work

6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 44

Composer

Kurtág György

Original / Hungarian title

6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 44

Foreign language / English title

6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 44

Subtitle

For string quartet

Dedication

to György Kurtág Jr.

Year of composition

2005

Type

Chamber Music

Number of players

Instrumentation

strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.

Duration

17 min

Movements, parts

I. Invocatio (un fragment)
2. Footfalls… (mintha valaki jönne…)
3. Capriccio
4. In memoriam Sebők György
5. … rappel des oiseaux… (étude pour les harmoniques)
6. Les Adieux (in Janáčeks Manier) (Janáček modorában)

Commissioned by

Concours International de Quatour à Cordes de Bordeaux 2005

Premiere information

25-30 June 2005, Concours International de Quatour à Cordes, Bordeaux; Participants

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1 min. sample

1 1. Invocatio (un fragment)