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

Orfeus


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Orfeus
Foreign language / English title
Orfeus
Subtitle
For mixed choir
Dedication
to Eric Ericsons 60th Anniversary (Mov. I)
Year of composition
1978

Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B)
Duration
10 min

Movements, parts
1. Orfeus
2. Music (from Henry VIII)

Text
SHAKESPEARE, William; SÖDERGRAN, Edith
Language
Swedish / English
Publisher / Source
Swedish Music Information Centre, 105587
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Remarks, other info
Revised: 1983

Based on the texts by Edith Södergran and William Shakespeare