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

Symphony No. 4, Op. 53


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
IV. Szimfónia, Op. 53
Foreign language / English title
Symphony No. 4, Op. 53
Dedication
"Musica funebre in memoria d´un grande uomo" (Funeral Music in Memory of a Great Man)
Year of composition
1959

Type
String orchestra
Instrumentation
strings
Movements, parts
1. Allegro passionato
2. Presto adirato
3. Lugubre, molto rubato

Premiere information
5th January 1961
Publisher / Source
EMB © 1961, Z. 10130