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

Sieben Lieder auf Gedichte von Attila József, Op. 60 / Seven Songs on Poems by Attila József, Op. 60


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Hét dal József Attila verseire, Op. 60
Foreign language / English title
Sieben Lieder auf Gedichte von Attila József, Op. 60 / Seven Songs on Poems by Attila József, Op. 60
Dedication
To Erika Sziklay and Lóránt Szücs
Year of composition
1964

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
voice, pf.
Movements, parts
1. Nem én kiáltok / Nicht mein Geschrei ist´s / Not my Shout
2. Vak, vak, vak... / Wau, Wau, Wau... / Bow-Wow, Bow...
3. Reménytelenül / Ohne hoffnung / Hopeless
4. Ősz / Herbst / Autunm
5. A kanász / Der Schweinhirt / The Swineherd
6. Emberiség / Menschengeschlecht / Humankind
7. Irgalom, Édesanyám / Mutter, um Gnade ich Flehe / Mercy on Me Mother

Text
JÓZSEF, Attila
Language
Hungarian / German
Premiere information
17 May 1966
Publisher / Source
EMB © 1965, Z. 4677
Remarks, other info
German translation by Imre Ormay