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Title of the work

Acht Petőfi Lieder / Eight Petőfi Songs

Composer
Szervánszky Endre
Original / Hungarian title
Nyolc Petőfi dal
Foreign language / English title
Acht Petőfi Lieder / Eight Petőfi Songs
Dedication
To Judit Sándor and István Hajdú
Year of composition
1952
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
voice, pf.
Movements, parts
1. Mögöttem a múlt / Wie ein blauer Wald / Past I left behind

2. Mi foly ott a mezőn? / Was fliesst auf der Wiese? / What flows on the Meadow?

3. Hová lesz a kacaj? / Wohin flieht das Lachen? / What happens with the Laughter?

4. Az erdőnek madara van / Vogel haust im grünen Holze / Forrest has birds

5. Nehéz, nehéz a szívem / Ach, das Sehnen, das Bangen / My heart hurts, hurts

6. Száll a felhő / Schwebt die Wolke / Cloud passes

7. Piroslik a kecskerágó / Rot erglüht der Spindelbaum / Spindle reddens

8. Alkony / Die Sonne neigt / Nightfall
Text
PETŐFI, Sándor
Language
Hungarian / German
Premiere information
1953; Judit Sándor (voice), István Hajdú (pf.)
Publisher / Source
EMB © 1953, Z. 1256
Remarks, other info
Composed on the poems by Sándor Petőfi

German translation by Zsigmond László