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

The Life of Mary - 11 Songs to Poems by R. M. Rilke


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Mária élete - 11 dal R. M. Rilke verseire
Foreign language / English title
The Life of Mary - 11 Songs to Poems by R. M. Rilke
Year of composition
1999

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
S., pf.
Movements, parts
1. Mária születése / The birth of Mary
2. Angyali üdvözlet / The Angels´ Greeting
3. Mária látogatása / The visitation of Mary
4. József aggodalma / The grief of Joseph
5. Krisztus születése / The birth of Christ
6. A pásztorok látogatása / The visit of the Sheperds
7. Pihenő az egyiptomi meneküléskor / Rest during the flight to Egypt
8. A kánai menyegző / The wedding in Canaan
9. A passió előtt / Before the Passion
10. Pietà
11. Mária halála / Death of Mary

Text
RILKE, Rainer Maria
Publisher / Source
MS