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Title of the work

After Autumn Dew

Composer
Pongrácz Zoltán
Original / Hungarian title
Őszi harmat után
Foreign language / English title
After Autumn Dew
Subtitle
9 Choral Works on Kuruc Poems
Dedication
"To the 200th Anniversary of Our Grand Suzerain´s Death"
Year of composition
1935
Type
Choir a cappella
Instrumentation
Mov. I: mixed choir (S-S-A-T/B)
Mov. II: female choir (S-A)
Mov. III: female choir (S-A)
Mov. IV: female choir (S-A)
Mov. V: female choir (S-S-A)
Mov. VI: female choir (S-S-A)
Mov. VII: female choir (S-A)
Mov. VIII: mixed choir (S-A-T-B)
Mov. IX: mixed choir (S/A-T/B)
Movements, parts
1. Kurucdal Székelyországban / Kuruc Song in Szekely Country
2. Kegyelmes az Isten / God is Gracious
3. Rákóczi búcsúja / Rákóczi´s Farewell
4. Rákóczi Ferenc imádsága / Ferenc Rákóczi´s Prayer
5. Kuruc siralmas / Kuruc Lament
6. Újvári leányok dala / Újvár Girls´ Song
7. Egy bújdosó szegény legény / One Poor Exiled Lad
8. A bújdosó kuruc / The Exiled Kuruc
9. Tiszta az ég Tallós felett / Clear Sky Over Tallós
Text
Folk song(s) - SZŐKE, Ambrus - SZEGEDI KISS, István - ENDRŐDI, Sándor - THALY, Kálmán
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1935, Radio Broadcast, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Chamber Choir Miklós Forrai (Movement VIII and IX only)
Publisher / Source
Hungarian Choir Works, Budapest 1935
Remarks, other info
Based on the texts of the following autors:

1. Ambrus Szőke from 1670
2. István Szegedi Kiss from 1510
3. Folk song
4. Collection of István Bartalus
5. Beginning phrases of the "Rákóczi Song" from 1708
6. Dr. J. Ozorai and Folk childern-songs
7. Kuruc Poem from 1711
8. Kálmán Thaly
9. Sándor Endrődi