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

Stora Grusharpan


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Stora Grusharpan
Foreign language / English title
Stora Grusharpan
Subtitle
Radio Opera after the short story by August Strindberg
Year of composition
1982

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
5 voice solo - mixed choir - fl., ob., cl., fg. - cor. - chit., pf. - perc. (2 esec.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
29 min

Text
STRINDBERG, August
Language
Swedish
Commissioned by
Sveriges Riksradio
Premiere information
17 September 1983, National Radio Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden; Ilona Maros (S.), Chamber Choir, Marosensemblen
Publisher / Source
Swedish Music Information Centre, 117210
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Recordings
Phono Suecia LP PS 23, 1984 - Ilona Maros (S.), Chamber Choir, Marosensemblen
Phono Suecia PSCD 23, 1992 - Ilona Maros (S.), Chamber Choir, Marosensemblen