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

Toccata and Fugue for the left hand, Op. 56


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Toccata und Fuge für die linke Hand, Op. 56
Foreign language / English title
Toccata and Fugue for the left hand, Op. 56
Year of composition
1951

Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
7 min

Movements, parts
I - II

Premiere information
1960, Graz, Austria
Publisher / Source
Doblinger - Musikhaus und Verlag, D. 01 514
Recordings
CD SONY Classical
CD Pepperland Music Production PEP 97203
Remarks, other info
Two short, technically demanding concert-pieces

Composed: 1950 - 1951