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

3 Ungarische Madrigale, Op. 22 / 3 Hungarian Madrigals, Op. 22


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
3 magyar madrigál, Op. 22
Foreign language / English title
3 Ungarische Madrigale, Op. 22 / 3 Hungarian Madrigals, Op. 22
Subtitle
Für Frauenchor a capella / For female choir a capella
Dedication
to the Girls Choir of the Music School Keszthely, Hungary
Year of composition
1976

Type
Choir a cappella
Instrumentation
female choir
Duration
6 min

Movements, parts
1. Kikelet / Springtime
2. Hold és tanya / Moon and Homestead
3. Tavaszi variációk / Spring Variations

Text
ILLYÉS, Gyula; WEÖRES, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
20 February 1989, Zagreb, Croatia; Pro Arte Choir, Ernst Hoffmann (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS (Unpublished)
Remarks, other info
Based poems by Gyula Illyés and Sándor Weöres