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Title of the work

Solitude

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Egyedül
Foreign language / English title
Solitude
Subtitle
For children´s or female choir
Dedication
In memoriam Kodály
Year of composition
1956
Type
Children's choir
Instrumentation
children´s choir or female choir
Duration
4 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
KAPUVÁRI, Béla
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
13 November 2007, 50th Anniversary of Muzsika, Jubilee Concert No. 1, MÜPA - Palace of Arts, Budapest; Children´s Choir of the Hungarian Radio, Gabriella Thész (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Salabert Paris, SLB-00584300
Available here!
Recordings
Live recording of the premiere, 2007 - Children´s Choir of the Hungarian Radio, Gabriella Thész (cond.) (CD available at the Budapest Music Center´s Library)
1 min. sample
1 Solitude
Remarks, other info
Revised: 2006

Based on the text by Béla Kapuvári

Eötvös composed Solitude when he was 12. This is one of his very first compositions.

Revised again in 2017 (See "The Summer Cloud")