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

Crocodile Songs, Op. 28


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Krokodilslieder, Op. 28
Foreign language / English title
Crocodile Songs, Op. 28
Subtitle
For middle voice and/or children´s choir and piano
Dedication
"Meinen Kindern, Natalie und Leonard"
Year of composition
1980

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s)
Instrumentation
middle voice solo - children´s choir - pf.
Duration
15 min

Movements, parts
1. Krokodilslied
2. Elefantenlied
3. Ententaufe
4. Die Klapperschlange
5. Beat-Lied
6. Anhang: Ins Stammbuch

Text
BLETSCHACHER, Richard
Language
German
Premiere information
Orchestral version: 29 August 1983, Alpbach, Tirol, Austria; Heinz Karl Gruber (Bar.), Ensemble Kontraste Wien, Julius Kalmar (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Doblinger - Musikhaus und Verlag, D. 08 655
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Recordings
Austrian Broadcasting Corporation - Landesstudio Steiermark
Amadeo Records (Orchestral version)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1979 - 1980

Original version for Bariton and/or Children´s choir and Chamber Orchestra is available

See also:
Krokodilslieder, Op. 28 - für Bariton und/oder Kinderchor und Kammerorchester