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

Beautifully


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Szépen
Foreign language / English title
Beautifully
Subtitle
Cycle for mixed choir
Year of composition
1996

Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
S. solo, male choir (4 part), mixed choir (4 or 5 part)
Duration
18 min

Movements, parts
1. Előhang / Prologue (L. Gyöngyösi)
2. Szerenád / Serenade (W. Shakespeare)
3. Fönséges éj / Majestic Night (S. Petőfi)
4. Ha én kedvesemről gondolkodom / When I think about my Darling (S. Petőfi)
5. Mögöttem a múlt / Behind Me the Past (S. Petőfi)
6. Neked / For You (M. Fellegi)

Text
GYÖNGYÖSI, Levente - SHAKESPEARE, William - PETŐFI, Sándor - FELLEGI, Melinda
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1 May 1996, Old Music Academy, Budapest; Anna Fűri (S.), Choir of the Music Academy, Anna Mechler (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1995 - 1996

Composed on the texts and poems by Levente Gyöngyösi, William Shakespeare, Sándor Petőfi, Melinda Fellegi

Movements III, IV and V are from "Waves of Running River - Petõfi Songs for Mixed Choir"

Movement I for Sopran Solo
Movement II for Male Choir (4 part)
Movements III, IV, V and VI for Mixed Choir (4 or 5 part)