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

Infinitiv


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Infinitiv / Infinitívusz
Foreign language / English title
Infinitiv
Subtitle
For soprano voice and harpsichord
Dedication
to György Ligeti for his 60th Birthday
Year of composition
1983

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
S., pf.
Duration
4 min

Movements, parts
1. A pokol hetedik köre / Helvetets sjunde krets
2. Infinitívusz / Infinitiv
3. Fohász / Akallan

Text
PILINSZKY, János
Language
Hungarian / Swedish
Premiere information
19 January 1984, Berwaldhallen, National Radio Sweden; Ilona Maros (S.), Eva Nordwall (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Swedish Music Information Centre, 112543
Available here!
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1983, revised: 1991

3 Songs on the Poems by János Pilinszky

See also revised version:
Infinitive II - 3 Songs on the Poems by János Pilinszky

Swedish translation by Gábor Harrer