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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Anecdote

Composer
Madarász Iván
Original / Hungarian title
Anekdota
Foreign language / English title
Anecdote
Subtitle
For oboe (or tuba) and piano
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
ob. (or tuba), pf.
Duration
4 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
Hungarian National Oboe Competition
Publisher / Source
Akkord Music Publishers Ltd. © 2009, A-1163
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Recordings
Hungarian Radio, live recording, 2023 - Roland Szentpáli (tuba), Henrik Szőcs (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Version for tuba and piano composed in 2023

The title of the composition suggests there is a story – that can be told in words – lying behind the music. This piece however rests on a happening that has not happened, we could say a fictitious story, one whose subject is undetermined and whose events are given actual content by the imaginations of the performer and the listener. The interest of the composer in this direction is perhaps indicated by the title of another piece by him “A story left to the imagination”.