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Threshing Songs from Angasmayo

Composer
Soproni József
Original / Hungarian title
Cséplődalok Angasmayo-ból
Foreign language / English title
Threshing Songs from Angasmayo
Year of composition
1979
Type
Choir a cappella
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B), perc. (2 or 4 esec. - trg., tmb.b.) (ad lib.)
Movements, parts
1. Fordulunk most... / Swing around now
2. Jaj, lima-lima virág... / Oh, lima-lima flower...
3. Gyíkom, gyíkom... / Lizard, lizard...
Text
Indian folk texts
Language
Hungarian / English
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1980, Z. 8984
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Remarks, other info
Composed on Kechua Indian Poetry from Peru

Translations to Hungarian by Sándor Weöres, to English by Katalin Komlós

Percussion played by 2 or 4 members of the choir