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

Four Songs, Op. 68


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Négy dal, Op. 68
Foreign language / English title
Four Songs, Op. 68
Subtitle
On the poems of Nelly Sachs for voice and piano
Dedication
to Nelly Sachs
Year of composition
1971

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
voice, pf.
Duration
7 min

Movements, parts
1. Hier und da / Itt meg ott / Here and there
2. Der Schwan / A hattyú / The Swan
3. Chassidim Tanzen / Chaszidok táncolnak / Hasids Dance
4. Glühende Rätsel / Izzó rejtélyek / Glowing Mystery

Text
SACHS, Nelly
Language
German / Hungarian
Premiere information
22 October 1971
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1971, Z. 6572
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32272, 2005 - Maria Teresa Uribe (S.), Anna Lugosi (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Hungarian translation by István Raics