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

Hunyadi


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Hunyadi
Foreign language / English title
Hunyadi
Subtitle
Heroic song for soprano, alto, tenor and baritone soloists, children´s choir, mixed choir and orchestra to words by József Romhányi
Year of composition
1951

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., A., T., B. solo - mixed choir, children´s choir - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - 2 arpa - timp., perc. (ptti., tmb.picc., tam-tam, camp.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
53 min

Movements, parts
1. Coro
2. Testo e tenore solo
3. Coro
4. Alto solo
5. Testo
6. Tenore solo e coro
7. Testo
8. Coro
9. Coro e duetto
10. Testo
11. Orchestra
12. Soprano solo
13. Testo e coro
14. Coro

Text
ROMHÁNYI, József
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Hungarian Radio
Premiere information
15 October 1952, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Irén Szecsődy (S.), Magda Tiszay (A.), Endre Rösler (T.), László Jombor (B.), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Choir, Children´s Choir of the Elementary School at Mihály Horváth Square Budapest, László Somogyi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest 1961, S-23
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Recordings
Hngaroton SLPX-11418, 1969 - Gabriella Déry (S.), Erzsébet Komlóssy (Ca.), József Simándy (T.), György Melis (Bar.), Budapest Choir, Children´s Choir of the Hungarian Radio and Television, Hungarian State Orchestra, Miklós Forrai (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD 31794, 2000 - Gabriella Déry (S.), Erzsébet Komlóssy (Ca.), József Simándy (T.), György Melis (Bar.), Budapest Choir, Children´s Choir of the Hungarian Radio and Television, Hungarian State Orchestra, Miklós Forrai (cond.)