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

De Amore Fatali, Op. 31


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
De Amore Fatali, Op. 31
Foreign language / English title
De Amore Fatali, Op. 31
Subtitle
Cantata for soprano, mezzo, tenor and bass soli, mixed choir and orchestra on poems by Attila József
Year of composition
1940

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., Ms., T., B. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. - pf. - timp., perc. (tmb.picc., ptti., gr.c., trg.) - strings: vl. 1, vl .2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
20 min

Movements, parts
1. I Moderato
2. IIa Allegramente
3. IIb Moderato
4. III Presto
5. IV Recitativo
6. V Allegro risoluto

Text
JÓZSEF, Attila
Language
Hungarian / German
Premiere information
8 December 1939
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1968, K-83 and Z. 4676
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Remarks, other info
German translation by Imre Ormay