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

Macbeth


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Macbeth
Foreign language / English title
Macbeth
Subtitle
Incidental music to the radio drama
Year of composition
1962

Type
Incidental music
Instrumentation
female choir (S-S-Ms-Ms-A-A) - picc., fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp. (2 esec.), perc. (tmb.picc., ptti., gr.c., xil., cel., tam-tam, trg.) - 8 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 6 vla., 6 vlc., 4 cb.
Movements, parts
1. Nyitány / Ouverture
2. Csatazaj / Sound of Battle
3. Fanfárok / Fanfares
4a. "Tafel-musik" - Asztali zene / "Tafel-musik" - Table-music
4b. "Zenélő óra" / "Musical Watch"
5a. "Szirén" kórus / "Siren" Choir
5b. Asszonyi jajgatás / Women Wailing
6. Banquo jelenése / Appearance of Banquo
7. Boszorkánytánc / Whitches Dance
8. Allegro moderato

Premiere information
1962
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Music to the radio drama based on the work of William Shakespeare