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

Spinnerlied aus "Der fliegende Holländer" (S.440) / Spinning-Song from "The Flying Dutchman" (S.440)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Spinnerlied aus "Der fliegende Holländer" (S.440) / Fonódal "A bolygó hollandi"-ból (S.440)
Foreign language / English title
Spinnerlied aus "Der fliegende Holländer" (S.440) / Spinning-Song from "The Flying Dutchman" (S.440)
Subtitle
"Chœur des fileuses"
Dedication
To Louis Jungmann
Year of composition
1860

Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
7 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Publisher / Source
Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1861, Plate 10395.

Editio Musica Budapest 2004, Z. B 12400
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31743-44, 1998 - Endre Hegedűs (pf.)
Naxos CD 8111121, 2006 - Galina Werschenska (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Concert-paraphrase based on the "Chœur des fileuses" from Act II of the Opera "The Flying Dutchman" by Richard Wagner