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

Das Lied der Hunde / Dogs´ Song


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
A kutyák dala
Foreign language / English title
Das Lied der Hunde / Dogs´ Song
Year of composition
1955

Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-S-A-A-T-B)
Movements, parts
One movement

Text
PETŐFI, Sándor
Language
Hungarian / German
Publisher / Source
EMB © 1956, Z. 1955
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Recordings
MHV HPL-128, (Recorded in 1956) - Choir of Hungarian State´s Folk Ensemble, Imre Csenki (choir director)
Hungaroton SLPX 11716 - Mixed Choir of the City Veszprém, István Zámbó (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed on the Poem by Sándor Petőfi

Part of "Three Petőfi Choruses"
See also the other two parts:
The Handcuffs
The River Rose

Translation to German by Zsigmond László