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 Trees Cannot Sleep, Op. 8


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Nem tudnak a fák aludni, Op. 8
Foreign language / English title
The Trees Cannot Sleep, Op. 8
Subtitle
Song for baritone voice and orchestra
Year of composition
1926

Type
Solo voice(s) with orchestra
Instrumentation
Bar. solo - orchestra
Duration
5 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
SZÉP, Ernő
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1927 - 1928

Based on a poem by Ernő Szép