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. 5 (Sinfonia Breve), Op. 55


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
V. Szimfónia (Simfonia Breve), Op. 55
Foreign language / English title
Symphony No. 5 (Sinfonia Breve), Op. 55
Dedication
To the Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio and Television, and to Miklós Erdélyi (cond.) who premiered the Compostition
Year of composition
1961

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr. - timp., perc. (ptti., trg., tmb.mlt., gr.c.) - strings
Duration
16 min

Movements, parts
1. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Andantino
3. Vivo

Premiere information
17th January 1961, Miklós Erdélyi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
EMB © 1962, K-49 and Z. 3938
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 1960 - 1961