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

4 sånger ur Gitanjali / 4 Songs from Gitanjali


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
4 sånger ur Gitanjali / 4 dal Gitanjali-ból
Foreign language / English title
4 sånger ur Gitanjali / 4 Songs from Gitanjali
Subtitle
For soprano voice, flute, clarinet and percussion
Dedication
"to my friends Ursula and Carl-Gunnar with many congratulations"
Stockholm, 27 May 1979
Year of composition
1979

Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
S. - fl. (anche rec.a.), cl. - perc. (2 esec.: crot., metallophone, dobaci)
Duration
9 min

Movements, parts
I - II - III - IV

Text
TAGORE, Rabindranath
Language
Swedish
Premiere information
26 November 1980, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin; Ilona Maros (S.), Wendy Colling (fl.), Hans Hartmann (cl.) Joachim Gleich, Thomas Lutz (perc.)
Publisher / Source
Swedish Music Information Centre, 138517
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Recordings
Phono Suecia LP PS 23, 1984 - Ilona Maros (S.), Marosensemblen, Miklós Maros (cond.)
Phono Suecia PSCD 23, 1992 - Ilona Maros (S.), Marosensemblen, Miklós Maros (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on texts by Tagore Rabindranath

Translated into swedish by Andrea Butenschön