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

Apollon Musaget


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Apollón Muzagetész
Foreign language / English title
Apollon Musaget
Subtitle
Cantata - Based on Homer´s Anthem-fragments
Dedication
To György Gulyás and the Kodály Maiden Choir of Debrecen
Year of composition
1958

Type
Choir and solo instrument(s)
Instrumentation
female choir - cl. - pf. - perc. (4 esec.)
Text
HOMER
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
May 1958, Debrecen, Hungary; Kodály Maiden Choir of Debrecen, Student´s Instrumental Ensemble of the Zoltán Kodály Secondary School of Music, Zoltán Pongrácz (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Based on Homer´s Anthem-fragments translated to Hungarian by Gábor Devecseri